Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1995, 7:01 PM CST for Cumberland County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 1995, 7:01 PM CST (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1995, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cumberland County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSDF 210103 RRA SVRSDF KYC057-169-210130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 701 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...SOUTHERN METCALFE COUNTY AT 7 PM CST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILLOW SHADE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN METCALFE COUNTY...ABOUT 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO BAKERTON IN NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY BY 7 30 PM CST. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. KD/JA
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, Mar 20, 6:22 PM CST, 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
722 PM EST MON MAR 20 1995
TIME/DATE REPORT AND LOCATION
718 PM EST PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT LEBANON IN MARION COUNTY
KY...40 NW SME...BY A SPOTTER.
VBSpecial weather statement, Mar 20, 6:25 PM CST, 36 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-210100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 725 PM EST MON MAR 20 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOYLE...MADISON... GARRARD...MERCER...AND JESSAMINE COUNTIES UNTIL 11PM EST... AT 715 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MOVING THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY. OTHERS WERE APPROACHING MERCER AND BOYLE COUNTIES. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER. BH
Special weather statement, Mar 20, 6:29 PM CST, 32 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-098-210100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 725 PM EST MON MAR 20 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BOYLE...MADISON... GARRARD...MERCER...AND JESSAMINE COUNTIES UNTIL 11PM EST... AT 715 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MOVING THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY. OTHERS WERE APPROACHING MERCER AND BOYLE COUNTIES. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA TAKE SHELTER. BH
Local storm report, Mar 20, 6:55 PM CST, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
755 PM EST MON MAR 20 1995
TIME/DATE REPORT AND LOCATION
747 PM EST MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY A SHERIFFS DEPUTY
ALONG TAYLOR/ADAIR COUNTY KY LINE...30 NW SME...
FROM CAMPBELLSVILLE 911.
VBLocal storm report, Mar 20, 6:56 PM CST, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
755 PM EST MON MAR 20 1995
TIME/DATE REPORT AND LOCATION
747 PM EST MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY A SHERIFFS DEPUTYV
ALONG TAYLOR/ADAIR COUNTY KY LINE...30 NW SME...
FROM CAMPBELLSVILLE 911.
VBSpecial weather statement, Mar 20, 7:00 PM CST, 1 minute before
KYZALL-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 800 PM EST MON MAR 20 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR THAT PORTION OF KENTUCKY WEST OF A LINE FROM BARDSTOWN TO BOWLING GREEN... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED FOR THAT PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 125 EAST OF THE LINE FROM BARDSTOWN TO BOWLING GREEN ... THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE MOVED EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AT 8PM EST. RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN PADUCAH AND BOWLING GREEN MOVING EAST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE AS THIS PRECIPITATION CONTINUES EAST. NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 125 VALID UNTIL 11PM EST REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF LIBERTY... COLUMBIA AND BURKESVILLE. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER PASS YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. RNK
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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.