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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Louisville, KY

May 15, 1995Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1995, 12:23 AM EDT for Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1995, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1995, 12:40 AM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Rowan County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 83 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 383 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1995-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLEX 150422
SVRLEX
KYC205-150500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1223 AM EDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ROWAN COUNTY
 
AT 1220 AM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF MOREHEAD
...SOME 60 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
35 MPH. THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH ROWAN COUNTY BY 1240 AM.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
RIECK/PUMA

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, 10:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1010 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

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

1005 PM EDT   MARION COUNTY                    SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER
              NEW MARKET                       REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL.

RNK
Local storm report, May 15, 12:08 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
1205 AM EDT MON MAY 15 1995

TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION...    STATE
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...          ...EVENT/REMARKS...

1030 PM       BOYLE CO.             KY    GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
5/14/95                                   DANVILLE DES.

1045 PM       GARRARD CO.           KY    3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL AND 40 MPH
5/14/95                                   WINDS...REPORTED BY GARRARD CO
                                          DES.

1105 PM       SO. JESSAMINE         KY    3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR CAMP NELSON
5/14/95                                   REPORTED BY RESIDENT

1110 PM       LEXINGTON             KY    TREES AND METAL LIGHT POLES DOWN
5/14/95       SO. FAYETTE                 ALONG ALUMNI DR...REPORTED BY
                                          TV36.
^
PUMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen46 min
May 14, 9:15 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen45 min
May 14, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue36 min
May 14, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor39 min
May 14, 9:47 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMarion13 min
May 14, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle41 min
May 14, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington29 min
May 14, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard38 min
May 14, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer50 min
May 14, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin42 min
May 14, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine25 min
May 14, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette29 min
May 14, 11:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark36 min
May 15, 12:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen44 min
May 15, 12:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWayne35 min
May 15, 12:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell26 min

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.