Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 7:14 AM EDT for Marion County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 7:14 AM EDT (11:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marion County, KY, Taylor County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 KSDF 181114 SVRSDF KYC155-217-181145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 714 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...MARION COUNTY...TAYLOR COUNTY AT 655 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 55 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...NEAR THE LARUE...MARION...AND TAYLOR COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AND HOUR. SOME CITIES AFFECTED ARE LEBANON...AND CAMPBELLSVILLE BETWEEN 715 AND 730 AM EDT. 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. RNK
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, May 18, 1:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 44 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, 2:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 49 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
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
KYZALL-INZ090>092-190000- KENTUCKY SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 440 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF KENTUCKY TODAY AND PART OF TONIGHT. SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BLUE- GRASS STATE. SOME OF THOSE WILL BE SEVERE...AND COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES. PERSONS IN KENTUCKY SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS...WATCHES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. STUREY
Local storm report, May 18, 6:37 AM EDT, 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
635 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ...COUNTY LOCATION... ...REMARKS...
620 AM EDT GLENDALE KY A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A BARN
5-18-95 HARDIN KY ONTO A TRAILER ON GROUND.
REPORTED BY ELIZABETHTOWN
DES.
5-18-95 MCTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crittenden | 70 min |
| May 18, 4:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 4 hr |
| May 18, 5:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 39 min |
| May 18, 5:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 18, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 18, 6:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 36 min |
| May 18, 6:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 36 min |
| May 18, 6:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 63 min |
| May 18, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson | 65 min |
| May 18, 7:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Woodford | 2 hr |
| May 18, 7:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer | 29 min |
| May 18, 8:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Montgomery | 36 min |
| May 18, 8:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bath | 33 min |
| May 18, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 51 min |
| May 18, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 51 min |
| May 18, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 36 min |
| May 18, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 38 min |
| May 18, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | McCreary, Whitley | 41 min |
| May 18, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 38 min |
| May 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 37 min |
| May 18, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 44 min |
| May 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard | 34 min |
| May 18, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green | 28 min |
| May 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Russell | 41 min |
| May 18, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 35 min |
| May 18, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 31 min |
| May 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 50 min |
| May 18, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 31 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 45 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 45 min |
| May 18, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 38 min |
| May 18, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 37 min |
| May 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor | 47 min |
| May 18, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Estill | 26 min |
| May 18, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Laurel, Rockcastle | 27 min |
| May 18, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 18, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 49 min |
| May 18, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 39 min |
| May 18, 7:51 PM EDT | 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.