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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Louisville, KY

May 24, 1995Henry County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1995, 8:38 PM EDT for Henry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1995, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Henry County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 250039
SVRSDF
KYC103-250115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
838 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...HENRY COUNTY
 
AT 830 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OLDHAM
COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS
TO 60 MPH AT BUCKNER.
 
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE NEW CASTLE AND EMINENCE.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  GO TO
THE INTERIOR SECTION...OR PREFERABLY A BASEMENT O:R LOWEST LEVEL
IF POSSIBLE.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM
ALL DOWNED WIRES.
 
 
DARMOFAL
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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 24, 8:38 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
832 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995

FOR STORMS WHICH OCCURRED ON MAY 18TH

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

756 PM EDT    NEW ALBANY...FLOYD    IN    WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
              COUNTY

800 PM EDT    NE FLOYD COUNTY       IN    PEA SIZE HAIL.
             5NW LOUISVILLE

806 PM EDT    JEFFERSONVILLE       IN    POWER LINES DOWN.
              CLARK COUNTY...4 NE LOU

810 PM EDT   CLARK/FLOYD COUNTY    IN    TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
             4NW LOU                     ON CLARK/FLOYD COUNTY LINE RD.

815 PM EDT   OLDHAM4 COUNTY         KY    PEA SIZE HAIL...NO WIND.
             20 NNE LOU                  REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

830 PM EDT  BUCKNER...OLDHAM COUNTY KY   GUSTS TO 60 MPH
            20 ENE LOU                   REPORTED BY HAM

DATTILO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Trimble28 min
May 24, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade42 min
May 25, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel17 min
May 25, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson41 min
May 25, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWhitley20 min
May 25, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.