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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 4:59 PM EST for Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 4:59 PM EST (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 182158 TORSDF INC175-182230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 559 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 INDIANA ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 6 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR THE ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WILL HIT SALEM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY BY 6:15 EDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR> HANDS. DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED POWER LINES. 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 EST, 2 hours 59 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.
CHANCELocal storm report, May 18, 2:36 PM EST, 2 hours 23 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.
CHANCELocal storm report, May 18, 2:37 PM EST, 2 hours 22 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 COUNTYLocal storm report, May 18, 2:47 PM EST, 2 hours 12 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.
CHANCELocal storm report, May 18, 4:07 PM EST, 52 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.
SCHOLZSpecial weather statement, May 18, 4:17 PM EST, 42 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 RAD IO 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, 12:28 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 4 hr |
| May 18, 3:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 3 hr |
| May 18, 4:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 41 min |
| May 18, 4:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 35 min |
| May 18, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Washington | 45 min |
| May 18, 5:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Scott | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 40 min |
| May 18, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 40 min |
| May 18, 5:50 PM EST | 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.