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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Louisville, KY

May 24, 1995Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1995, 10:33 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1995, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1995, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 250335
SVRSDF
INC061-KYC027-163-250415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1133 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY...MEADE COUNTY
 
AT 1130 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE OVER PERRY COUNTY INDIANA.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT
BRANDENBURG IN MEADE COUNTY...SAMPLE IN BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY AND CORYDON
IN HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA BY 1145 PM EDT.
 
LIGHTNING IS THE SINGLE WORST KILLER WITHIN A THUNDERSTORM
...SO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY*
...SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
RNK

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, 7:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 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
Local storm report, May 24, 8:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
930 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995

FOR STORMS WHICH OCCURRED ON MAY 18TH

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

900 PM EDT    DRENNON SPRINGS...    KY    TREES DOWNED.       .
              HENRY COUNTY...42 ENE LOU

DATTILO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Trimble28 min
May 24, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry37 min
May 25, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel17 min
May 25, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson41 min
May 25, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWhitley20 min
May 25, 6:18 PM CDTSevere 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.