Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 2:09 PM EDT for Garrard County, Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garrard County, KY, Madison County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLEX 181809 SVRLEX KYC079-151-181915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 209 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...GARRARD COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY AT 110PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL GARRARD COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER. THIS STORM WAS INTENSIFYING AND MOVING TOWARD MADISON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 9:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
KYZ024-025-028-034-038-045-046-053-089-096-181333- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 934 AM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY AND COVINGTON KENTUCKY. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-069-098-100-106-108-111-112- 114-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1159 PM EDT WED MAY 17 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTR AL KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EDT. WHW
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 1205 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY. AT 12 NOON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT SHOWERS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS MENIFEE...POWELL...AND ESTILL COUNTIES AT AROUND 30 MPH. FOR THE TIME BEING THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE BLUEGRASS HAS ENDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. MOORE
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-069-098-100-106-108-111-112- 114-181600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT................CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1236 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THEH TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EDT. WHW CORRECTED FOR DATE
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
KYZALL-182000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1238 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED. THIS INCLUDES LONDON AND BOWLING GREVEN KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT. WHW
Special weather statement, May 18, 1:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
KYZALL-182000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 102 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WHW
The 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, 7:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 31 min |
| 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, 2:22 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.