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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY

May 18, 1995Metcalfe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 4:52 PM CDT for Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 1995, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Metcalfe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 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 182152
TORSDF
KYC169-182230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
552 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...METCALFE COUNTY
 
AT 5:50 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 60 MILES WEST OF
SOMERSET JUST EAST OF GLASGOW IN BARREN COUNTY. THREE INCH HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN GLASGOW.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS
EDMONTON AND WISDOM.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURD/Y FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
JA/KD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 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

Local storm report, May 18, 2:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 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, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 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, 2:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 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, 4:07 PM CDT, 45 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, 4:17 PM CDT, 35 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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crittenden	70 min
May 18, 3:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	4 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	39 min
May 18, 4:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	51 min
May 18, 4:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	51 min
May 18, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Larue, Nelson	36 min
May 18, 5:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Nelson	36 min
May 18, 5:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	63 min
May 18, 5:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	2 hr
May 18, 5:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	2 hr
May 18, 5:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson	65 min
May 18, 6:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin, Woodford	2 hr
May 18, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	31 min
May 18, 6:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Mercer	29 min
May 18, 7:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Montgomery	36 min
May 18, 7:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bath	33 min
May 18, 12:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	51 min
May 18, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	51 min
May 18, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	36 min
May 18, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe	38 min
May 18, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	McCreary, Whitley	41 min
May 18, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair	37 min
May 18, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	44 min
May 18, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard	34 min
May 18, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green	28 min
May 18, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Russell	41 min
May 18, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	35 min
May 18, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey	31 min
May 18, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Pulaski	50 min
May 18, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Madison	31 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair	30 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Oldham, Trimble	45 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	45 min
May 18, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	38 min
May 18, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey	37 min
May 18, 6:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor	47 min
May 18, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Estill	26 min
May 18, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Nelson, Spencer	46 min
May 18, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry, Shelby	46 min
May 18, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Laurel, Rockcastle	27 min
May 18, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Lincoln	41 min
May 18, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Russell	49 min
May 18, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Rockcastle	39 min
May 18, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Pulaski	39 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.