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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 1995Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT for Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 1995, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Nelson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 102101
TORSDF
KYC179-102130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM EDT WED MAY 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...NELSON COUNTY
 
AT 4:59 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTH OF
LOUISVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. TOWNS IN THE
PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM ARE BARDSTOWN AND NAZARETH KENTUCKY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY 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.
WILSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin, Meade31 min
May 10, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin50 min
May 10, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade50 min
May 10, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer46 min
May 10, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin38 min
May 10, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Marion, Taylor37 min
May 10, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson34 min
May 10, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Woodford29 min
May 10, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln43 min
May 10, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey28 min
May 10, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette39 min
May 10, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle35 min
May 10, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion25 min
May 10, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington15 min
May 10, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon26 min
May 10, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey25 min
May 10, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPulaski31 min
May 10, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle25 min
May 10, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel, Rockcastle34 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.