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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Louisville, KY

May 18, 1995Clark County, Scott County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 6:16 PM EDT for Clark County, Scott County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 1995, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Scott County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 298 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 520 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 182216
SVRSDF
INC019-043-061-143-KYC027-163-182300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
616 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...CLARK COUNTY...FLOYD COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY...MEADE COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 40 NORTH OF LOUISVILLE TO 45 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE.
 
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE
ACROSS SCOTTSBURG...NEW ALBANY..CORYDON...HARDINSBURG AND JEFFERSONVILLE 
 
 
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.  RTEMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
 
 
JA/KD

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

Local storm report, May 18, 3:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
335 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

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

200 PM EDT     ELIZABETHTOWN       KY       MANY CITY STREETS WERE
               HARDIN                       REPORTED FLODDED AND
                                            CLOSED.

205 PM EDT     ROWLAND             KY       THE RIVER WAS AT BANKS
                                            EDGE. DIX RIVER BRIDGE
                                            SOON TO BE UNDERWATER.
                                            NUMEROUS ROADS
                                            THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
                                            ARE UNDERWATER.

230 PM EDT    MANSVILLE            KY       MANY TREES ACROSS HWY 70
              TAYLOR                        ONE MILE SOUTH OF TOWN.

230 PM EDT    CAMPBELLSVILLE       KY       MANY TREES BLOWN OVER
              TAYLOR                        ONTO TOP OF GARAGE. MANY
                                            ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN
                                            REPORTED UNDERWATER
                                            ACROSS THE COUNTY. PEA
                                            SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED.

240 PM EDT    GREENSBURG           KY       NUMEROUS CITY STREETS
              GREEN                         WERE FLOODED AND HWY
                                            61 WAS UNDERWATER.

CHANCE

Local storm report, May 18, 3:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT.................CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
320 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

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

200 PM EDT     ELIZABETHTOWN       KY       MANY CITY STREETS WERE
               HARDIN                       REPORTED FLODDED AND
                                            CLOSED.

205 PM EDT     ROWLAND             KY       THE RIVER WAS AT BANKS
               LINCOLN                      EDGE. DIX RIVER BRIDGE
                                            SOON TO BE UNDERWATER.
                                            NUMEROUS ROADS
                                            THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
                                            ARE UNDERWATER.

230 PM EDT    MANSVILLE            KY       MANY TREES ACROSS HWY 70
              TAYLOR                        ONE MILE SOUTH OF TOWN.

230 PM EDT    CAMPBELLSVILLE       KY       MANY TREES BLOWN OVER
              TAYLOR                        ONTO TOP OF GARAGE. MANY
                                            ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN
                                            REPORTED UNDERWATER
                                            ACROSS THE COUNTY. PEA
                                            SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED.

240 PM EDT    GREENSBURG           KY       NUMEROUS CITY STREETS
              GREEN                         WERE FLOODED AND HWY
                                            61 WAS UNDERWATER.

CHANCE

CORRECTED TO ADD COUNTY

Local storm report, May 18, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
345 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

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

305 PM EDT     RUSSELL CO.         KY       COUNTY DES REPORTED 60
                                            MPH WINDS...WITH LARGE
                                            TREES DOWN.

CHANCE

Local storm report, May 18, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
505 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

TIME EDT   .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...
450 PM EDT   WESTERN PART OF COUNTY    KY     COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED
5/18/95      CASEY COUNTY              KY     FLOODING CONTINUED ON
                                              ROADS WITH A OF ROADS
                                              STILL CLOSED.

450 PM EDT                                    FLOODING CONTINUED IN
5/18/95      LINCOLN COUNTY            KY     IN LOW LYING AREAS OVER
                                              THE COUNTY. SEVERAL ROADS
                                              WERE IMPASSABLE.

SCHOLZ

Special weather statement, May 18, 5:17 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-182300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
515 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

...TORNADO WATCH FOR ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES
EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT EDT. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL
7 AM EDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA
FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION.

MOORE

Local storm report, May 18, 6:13 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
611 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995

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

604 PM EDT   EDMONTON                         STATE TROOPER REPORTED THAT
5/18/95      METCALFE                  KY     A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT
                                              THE FAIGROUNDS. NO REPORTS
                          N                    OF INJURIES OR DAMAGE.

CHANCE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 1:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	4 hr
May 18, 4:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison	3 hr
May 18, 5:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	41 min
May 18, 5:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Orange	35 min
May 18, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Washington	45 min
May 18, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	31 min
May 18, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	44 min
May 18, 6:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	40 min
May 18, 6:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark	40 min
May 18, 6:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	25 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.