Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 1:22 PM CDT for Adair County, Cumberland County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adair County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 181824 SVRSDF KYC001-057-169-181900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 222 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...ADAIR COUNTY...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...METCALFE COUNTY AT 220 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET APPROACHING EDMONTON IN METCALFE COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE BURKSVILLE..COLUMBIA..AND EDMONTON. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND6S...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED POWER LINES. 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
Special weather statement, May 18, 8:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 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, 11:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 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, 11:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 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, 11:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 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, 11:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 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, 12:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 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, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crittenden | 70 min |
| 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, 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.