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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Louisville, KY

May 18, 1995McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 3:34 PM EDT for McCreary County, Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 3:34 PM EDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties McCreary County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1151 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 181935
SVRSDF
KYC147-235-182015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
334 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...MCCREARY COUNTY
   ...WHITLEY COUNTY
 
AT 330 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR RITNER AT THE WAYNE...MCCREARY COUNTY LINE...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF
SOMERSET. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS
SEVERE STORM INCLUDE WHITLEY CITY...FLAT ROCK...AND WILLIAMSBURG.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND 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.
 
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, 12:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 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, 2 hours 58 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, 2 hours 55 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, 2 hours 31 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
Local storm report, May 18, 2:51 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

TIME EDT      ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE        ...EVENT...
DATE          ...COUNTY LOCATION...             ...REMARKSj...

2:30 PM EDT   SUMMER SHADE          KY    TREES AND SOME BARNS BLOWN
5-18-95       METCALFE COUNTY             DOWN REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT
                                          THRU POLICE DEPT.
SAM
Local storm report, May 18, 3:00 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
255 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

TIME EDT      ...CITY LOCATION.....STATE        ...EVENT...
DATE          ...COUNTY LOCATION...             ...REMARKS...

2:50 PM EDT   STANFORD            KY     24 HOUR WARNING POINT REPORTED
5-18-95       LINCOLN COUNTY             THAT THE STREETS WERE FLOODING
                                         ...AND THAT THE RISING WATERS
                                         WERE ABOUT TO ENTER THE LOCAL
                                         ESTABLISHMENTS.

CHANCE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 3:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrittenden70 min
May 18, 4:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade4 hr
May 18, 5:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge39 min
May 18, 5:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson51 min
May 18, 5:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson51 min
May 18, 6:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Nelson36 min
May 18, 6:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson36 min
May 18, 6:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson63 min
May 18, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor2 hr
May 18, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion, Washington2 hr
May 18, 6:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson65 min
May 18, 7:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin, Woodford2 hr
May 18, 7:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor31 min
May 18, 7:31 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKMercer29 min
May 18, 8:09 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Montgomery36 min
May 18, 8:17 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBath33 min
May 18, 1:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor51 min
May 18, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor51 min
May 18, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison36 min
May 18, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Metcalfe38 min
May 18, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMetcalfe38 min
May 18, 6:08 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAdair37 min
May 18, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade44 min
May 18, 6:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard34 min
May 18, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen28 min
May 18, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKRussell41 min
May 18, 6:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade35 min
May 18, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey31 min
May 18, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKPulaski50 min
May 18, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMadison31 min
May 18, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAdair30 min
May 18, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOldham, Trimble45 min
May 18, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson45 min
May 18, 7:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette38 min
May 18, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey37 min
May 18, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor47 min
May 18, 7:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKEstill26 min
May 18, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKNelson, Spencer46 min
May 18, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Shelby46 min
May 18, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLaurel, Rockcastle27 min
May 18, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln41 min
May 18, 7:41 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Russell49 min
May 18, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle39 min
May 18, 7:51 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKPulaski39 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.