Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 2:35 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Kentucky. It was in force for 70 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crittenden County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 180736 SVRPAH ILC069-151-KYC055-180845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 235 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH ILLINOIS ...HARDIN COUNTY...POPE COUNTY IN WEST KENTUCKY ...CRITTENDEN COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH OR NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN AND GALCONDA ILLINOIS AND MARION KENTUCKY BETWEEN 245 AND 315 AM CDT. AT 230 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF PADUCAH NEAR BROOKPORT. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. 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. WATSON/HUMPHREY
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 18, 12:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
100 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
1000PM EDT CORYDON IN WATER ON 4 ROADS: OLD GOSHEN
5-17-95 HARRISON CO. IN ROAD, BOUSALBARGER ROAD,
CORYDON-RAMSEY ROAD, PONDERSOA
ROAD, AND ELIZABETH-MIDDLETOWN
ROAD. WATER WAS 8 INCHES OVER
THESE ROADS. REPORTED BY
BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
1030PM EDT BRANDENBURG KY U.S 60, WATER OVER ROAD IN
5-17-95 MEADE CO. KY SOME SPOTS. SEVERAL STREETS
IN MULDRAUGH WERE COVERED
WITH WATER. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.
1030PM EDT IRVINGTON KY WATER WAS JUST OVER THE ROAD
5-17-95 BRECKINRIDGE CO. KY ON U.S. 60, REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.
1045PM EDT SHEPERDSVILLE KY WATER WAS OVER MANY ROADS
5-17-95 BULLITT CO. KY DURING STORM. REPORTED BY
COUNTY DISPATCH.
1100PM EDT LOUISVILLE KY 7TH AND BERRY, 3RD AND
5-17-95 JEFFERSON CO. KY EASTERN PARKWAY, AND
BARDSTOWN ROAD AND EASTERN
PARKWAY WERE COVERED WITH
WATER. REPORTED BY
LOUISVILLE POLICE.
1115PM EDT BARDSTOWN KY PLUM RUN ROAD AND STONER
5-17-95 NELSON CO. KY ROAD IN BLOOMFIELD WERE
IMPASSABLE. HIGH GROVE ROAD
HAD APPROX. 2 FT OF WATER
OVER IT. REPORTED BY COUNTY
DISPATCH.
1115PM EDT TAYLORSVILLE KY WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND HWY 55
5-17-95 SPENCER CO. KY SOUTH HAD WATER OVER IT BUT
SINCE HAS GONE DOWN. REPORTED
BY COUNTY DISPATCH.
1115PM EDT SHELBYVILLE KY HWY 636 TO HWY 395, HWY 55,
5-17-95 SHELBY CO. KY BRUNERSTOWN ROAD AND SNOWHILL
ROAD WERE ALL CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. 2-3 FT REPORTED
BY COUNTY DISPATCH.
JARVIS/STUREYSpecial weather statement, May 18, 12:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 115 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED AT 1107PM EDT FOR ANDERSON... FRANKLIN...SCOOT...AND WOODFORD COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 115AM EDT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT. SOILS REMAIN SATURATED AND STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN. SOME STREAMS ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS FLOOD ING ROADS IN FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY WELL OCCUR TONIGHT REQUIREING ADDITIONAL WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUTATION. BH
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 130 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED AT 1124PM EDT FOR BOURBON... FAYETE...AND HARRISON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 130AM EDT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT. SOILS REMAIN SATURATED AND STREAMS ARE SWOLLEN. SMALLER STREAMS REMAIN AT BANKFUL OR ARE ALREADY OUT OF HTEIR BANKS. ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY WELL OCCUR TONIGHT REQUIRING ADDITIONAL WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SIT4UTATION. BH
Special weather statement, May 18, 1:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-181200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 220 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 AM CDT (8 AM EDT). THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA OVER- NIGHT...SOME OF WHICH WILL BECOME SEVERE. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL THAT SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOS. STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEA,THER SERVICE RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. STUREY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 4 hr |
| May 18, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 39 min |
| May 18, 4:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 18, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 18, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 36 min |
| May 18, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 36 min |
| May 18, 5:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 63 min |
| May 18, 5:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 2 hr |
| May 18, 5:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 18, 5:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson | 65 min |
| May 18, 6:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Woodford | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 31 min |
| May 18, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer | 29 min |
| May 18, 7:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Montgomery | 36 min |
| May 18, 7:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bath | 33 min |
| May 18, 12:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 51 min |
| May 18, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 51 min |
| May 18, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 36 min |
| May 18, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 38 min |
| May 18, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | McCreary, Whitley | 41 min |
| May 18, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 38 min |
| May 18, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 37 min |
| May 18, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard | 34 min |
| May 18, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green | 28 min |
| May 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Russell | 41 min |
| May 18, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 35 min |
| May 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 31 min |
| May 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 50 min |
| May 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 31 min |
| May 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 30 min |
| May 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 45 min |
| May 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 45 min |
| May 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 38 min |
| May 18, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 37 min |
| May 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor | 47 min |
| May 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Estill | 26 min |
| May 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 46 min |
| May 18, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 18, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Laurel, Rockcastle | 27 min |
| May 18, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 18, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 39 min |
| May 18, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 39 min |
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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.