Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 4:07 AM EDT for Bullitt County, Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bullitt County, KY, Hardin County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.4
- Supercell composite
- 30.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 140808 SVRSDF KYC029-093-140900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 407 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BULLITT COUNTY...HARDIN COUNTY AT 405 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR DEPICTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR FT KNOX AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN BY 420 AM EDT...AND SHEPHERDSVILLE BY 430 AM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED POWER LINES. REITMEYER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 14, 3:21 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
320 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
255-310 AM SHEPHERDSVILLE TREES AND POWER LINES
BULLITT COUNTY DOWN ALL OVER...SOME
UNSPECIFIC PROPERTY DAMAGE.
z FROM COUNTY DES.
REITMEYERLocal storm report, May 14, 3:29 AM EDT, 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
327 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
320 AM TAYLORSVILLE TREES DOWN ACROSS
SPENCER COUNTY COUNTY. REPORTED BY
SPENCER COUNTY DISPATCH.
RNKLocal storm report, May 14, 3:44 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
340 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION... STATE
...COUNTY LOCATION... ...EVENT/REMARKS...
325 AM LAWRENCEBURG KY TREES DOWN...REPORTED BY
5/14/95 ANDERSON CO. ANDERSON CO. DISPATCH
335 AM GRAEFENBURG KY 75 MPH GUST...REPORTED BY
5/14/95 FRANKLIN CO. HAM RADIO OPERATOR KC4MIS
MOORELocal storm report, May 14, 3:45 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
329 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
205 AM HARDINSBURG TREES DOWN ACROSS
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY COUNTY. ELECTRIC LINES
DOWN. FROM CENTRAL
DISPATCH.
UNKNOWN IRVINGTON WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY MPH. TREES/POWERLINES
DOWN. RELAYED BY HAM
RADIO OPERATOR.
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220 AM BRANDENBURG TREES/POWERLINES DOWN.
MEADE COUNTY KY MOBLE HOME OFF FOUNDATION.
RELAYED BY DES.
248 AM FT. KNOX TORNADO REPORTED AT FORT KNOX
HARDIN COUNTY KY KY BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
249 AM FLOYD COUNTY IN. FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT
114 MILE MARKER I-64 BY
JEFFERSON COUNTY KY DES.
300 AM LOUISVILLE 1 FT. DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
JEFFERSON COUNTY KY. REPORTED BY WX SERVICE
EMPLOYEE.
325 AM UPTON MARBLE SIZE HAIL...50 MPH
HARDIN COUNTY KY WINDS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
320 AM TAYLORSVILLE TREES DOWN. RELAYED BY
SPENCER COUNTY KY CENTRAL DISPATCH.
325 AM CECILIA TORNADO REPORTED BY HAM
HARDIN COUNTY KY RADIO OPERATOR.
305 AM VALLEY STATION LARGE TREE DOWN. RELAYED
JEFFERSON COUNTY KY FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY DES.
RNKLocal storm report, May 14, 3:54 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
352 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
330 AM VINE GROVE NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
HARDIN CO. KY LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN
BY VINE GROVE PD.
CHANCELocal storm report, May 14, 4:01 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
352 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
402 AM GEORGETOWN DIME SIZED HAIL WAS
FLOYD CO. IN REPORTED BY A LOCAL
SPOTTER.
CHANCEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Caldwell, Crittenden | 28 min |
| May 14, 1:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 42 min |
| May 14, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 52 min |
| May 14, 2:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 43 min |
| May 14, 2:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| May 14, 2:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 32 min |
| May 14, 2:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 14, 3:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 28 min |
| May 14, 3:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 62 min |
| May 14, 3:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 41 min |
| May 14, 3:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 41 min |
| May 14, 3:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 38 min |
| May 14, 3:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 65 min |
| May 14, 3:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 50 min |
| May 14, 3:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 50 min |
| May 14, 3:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 59 min |
| May 14, 4:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 14, 4:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison | 65 min |
| May 14, 4:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 36 min |
| May 14, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 29 min |
| May 14, 4:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair | 5 hr |
| May 14, 5:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Taylor | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Russell | 5 hr |
| May 14, 5:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green | 29 min |
| May 14, 5:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 29 min |
| May 14, 5:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green | 4 hr |
| May 14, 5:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 30 min |
| May 14, 5:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland | 34 min |
| May 14, 6:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 4 hr |
| May 14, 6:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 4 hr |
| May 14, 6:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey, Taylor | 4 hr |
| May 14, 6:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | McCreary, Wayne | 4 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.