Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 8:48 PM EDT for Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 460 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 190047 SVRSDF KYC053-199-231-190115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 848 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...CLINTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY AT 845 PM EDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET TO 35 SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME TONWS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS, SOMERSET, MONTICELLO, AND ALBANY. 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. 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
Special weather statement, May 18, 8:18 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 815 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN CO... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REST OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REST OF THE BLUEGRAS S EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 AM EDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. MOORE
Local storm report, May 18, 8:21 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
815 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
540 PM EDT NEW BETHEL KY TORNADO DAMAGED SOME HOMES...
5/18/95 BRECKINGRIDGE NO INJURIES...
TREES DOWN ALL OVER COUNTY...
NEW BETHEL IS NORTH OF
HARDINSBURG...
CMCSpecial weather statement, May 18, 8:25 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
KYZ007>013-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 102 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE COUNTIES ARE LIVINGSTON...LYON...CALLOWAY...TRIGG...CALDWELL AND CRITTENDEN. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 18, 8:35 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
KYZ007>013-014>022-026-061-070-072-190400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 835 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY. WILSON
Local storm report, May 18, 8:40 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
840 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
800 PM EDT COUNTY WIDE KY WIND DAMAGE..ROADS
5/18/95 PULASKI BLOCKED BY TREES.
TREE THROUGH A TRAILOR.
FUNNELS SPOTTED IN AIR.
1/2 INCH HAIL.
755 PM EDT COOPER CREEK KY FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED
ROCKCASTLE IN AIR.
SCHOLZLocal storm report, May 18, 8:46 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
845 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
810 PM EDT EAST BERNSTAT KY TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NORTH
5/18/95 LAUREL OF LONDON. BUILDINGS
DAMAGED AND TREES DOWNED.
HIGH WINDS AND HAIL IN
LONDON.
SCHOLZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Laurel, Rockcastle | 46 min |
| May 18, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 35 min |
| May 18, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 34 min |
| May 18, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton | 27 min |
| May 18, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Laurel | 27 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.