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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Louisville, KY

May 14, 1995Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 11:55 PM CDT for Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 1995, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 1995, 12:21 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Russell County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 3331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 13.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 150457
SVRSDF
KYC207-231-150530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1255 AM EDT MON MAY 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...SOUTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 1255 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET NEAR OLGA.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH SEWELLTON AND
CABELL BY 115 AM EDT.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  GO TO
THE INTERIOR SECTIOrN...OR PREFERABLY A BASEMENT OR LOWEST LEVEL
IF POSSIBLE.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM
ALL DOWNED WIRES.
 
KIRKPATRICK/FUNK

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, 9:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 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 14, 11:08 PM CDT, 47 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

Local storm report, May 14, 11:31 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1230 AM EDT MON MAY 15 1995

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

1225 AM EDT   MILLTOWN KY                       MARBLE TO DIME
5-15-95       ADAIR                             SIZE HAIL

DK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	46 min
May 14, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green	45 min
May 14, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	36 min
May 14, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	39 min
May 14, 8:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Marion	13 min
May 14, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle	41 min
May 14, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	29 min
May 14, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard	38 min
May 14, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Mercer	50 min
May 14, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	42 min
May 14, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jessamine	25 min
May 14, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	29 min
May 14, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	36 min
May 14, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	44 min
May 14, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Rowan	17 min
May 14, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Wayne	35 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.