Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1995, 3:41 AM EST for Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 19 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 1995, 3:41 AM EST (08:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 1995, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 230843 RRA SVRSDF KYC229-230900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 341 AM EST THU MAR 23 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 335 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR SPRINGFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE MACKVILLE AND TEXAS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED POWER LINES. DARMOFAL
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
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 1:58 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-220800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 200 AM EST THU MAR 23 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH ROWAN COUNTY... AT 150 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH FLEMIMG COUNTY. THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH MOREHEAD...43 MILES TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH MOREHEAD BY 210 AM. HEAVY RHAINS AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBLITIES AND DOWNPOURS. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PUMA
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 2:00 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-220800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 200 AM EST THU MAR 23 1995 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH ROWAN COUNTY... AT 150 AM EST RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH FLEMIMG COUNTY. THE STORM WILL PASS THROUGH MOREHEAD...43 MILES TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH MOREHEAD BY 210 AM. HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR REDUCED VISIBLITIES AND DOWNPOURS. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PUMA
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 2:31 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-INZ076>079-084-090>092-230835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUSIVILLE KY 231 AM EST THU MAR 23 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WERE CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER INTO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND METRO LOUISVILLE... AT 225 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR SCOTTSBURG...TO 20 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR SULPHUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS HARRISON...CLARK AND FLOYD COUNTIES IN INDIANA AS WELL AS MEADE...HARDIN...BULLITT...JEFFERSON AND OLDHAM COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH 315 AM EST. DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 2:33 AM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-INZ076>079-084-090>092-230835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUSIVILLE KY 231 AM EST THU MAR 23 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WERE CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER INTO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND METRO LOUISVILLE... AT 225 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR SCOTTSBURG...TO 20 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR SULPHUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS HARRISON...CLARK AND FLOYD COUNTIES IN INDIANA AS WELL AS MEADE...HARDIN...BULLITT...JEFFERSON AND OLDHAM COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH 315 AM EST. DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 3:15 AM EST, 26 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-INZ076>079-084-090>092-230920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUSIVILLE KY 315 AM EST THU MAR 23 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING TOWARD BARDSTOWN... AT 310 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...BULLITT AND NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NELSON AND SPENCER COUNTIES BY 330 AM AND INTO WASHINGTON AND MARION COUNTIES BY 345 AM EST. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. DARMOFAL
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 3:17 AM EST, 24 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028>034-038-045-046-053-INZ076>079-084-090>092-230920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUSIVILLE KY 315 AM EST THU MAR 23 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING TOWARD BARDSTOWN... AT 310 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON...BULLITT AND NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NELSON AND SPENCER ZCOUNTIES BY 330 AM AND INTO WASHINGTON AND MARION COUNTIES BY 345 AM EST. SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. DARMOFAL
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.