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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Louisville, KY

May 14, 1995Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 4:31 AM EDT for Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 1995, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 1995, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Shelby County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 140831
SVRSDF
KYC211-140900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
431 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 LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...SHELBY COUNTY
 
AT 430 AM EDT...HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH NEAR
SIMPSONVILLE...20 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST AT
40 MPH...AND WILL BE CLOSE TO SHELBYVILLE BY 440 AM AND PEYTONA BY 450
AM EDT.
 
 
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.
 
LIGHTNING IS THE SINGLE WORST KILLER WITHIN A THUNDERSTORM
...SO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
HEA(VY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY
...SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
REITMEYER
 
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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, 3:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 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.

RNK

Local storm report, May 14, 3:44 AM EDT, 47 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

MOORE

Local storm report, May 14, 3:45 AM EDT, 46 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.

RNK

Local storm report, May 14, 3:54 AM EDT, 37 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.

CHANCE

Local storm report, May 14, 4:01 AM EDT, 30 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.

CHANCE

Local storm report, May 14, 4:09 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
410 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

TIME EDT      ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE        ...EVENT...
DATE          ...COUNTY LOCATION...             ...REMARKS...

345 AM        RADCLIFF                         LOCAL DES REPORTED THAT
              HARDIN CO. KY                    THREE MOBILE HOME PARKS
                                               RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL
                                               DAMAGE.  SOME INJURIES
                                               WERE REPORTED AS WELL.

CHANCE

The 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, 4:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	53 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, 4:51 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

Nearby

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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.