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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

May 18, 1995Green County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 5:32 PM CDT for Green County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Green County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1151 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 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 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
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 182232
TORSDF
KYC087-182300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
632 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...GREEN COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 45 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET NEAR THE TOWN OF CRAILHOPE IN SOUTHERN GREEN
COUNTY.
 
TEH STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MVOE OVER LILETOWN
AND EXIE .
 
 
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.
 
 
 
JA/KD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrittenden70 min
May 18, 3:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade4 hr
May 18, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge39 min
May 18, 4:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson51 min
May 18, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson51 min
May 18, 5:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Nelson36 min
May 18, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson36 min
May 18, 5:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson63 min
May 18, 5:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor2 hr
May 18, 5:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion, Washington2 hr
May 18, 5:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson65 min
May 18, 6:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin, Woodford2 hr
May 18, 6:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor31 min
May 18, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKMercer29 min
May 18, 7:09 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Montgomery36 min
May 18, 7:17 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKBath33 min
May 18, 12:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor51 min
May 18, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor51 min
May 18, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison36 min
May 18, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Metcalfe38 min
May 18, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMcCreary, Whitley41 min
May 18, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMetcalfe38 min
May 18, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair37 min
May 18, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade44 min
May 18, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard34 min
May 18, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKRussell41 min
May 18, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade35 min
May 18, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey31 min
May 18, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKPulaski50 min
May 18, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMadison31 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair30 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOldham, Trimble45 min
May 18, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson45 min
May 18, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette38 min
May 18, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey37 min
May 18, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor47 min
May 18, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKEstill26 min
May 18, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKNelson, Spencer46 min
May 18, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Shelby46 min
May 18, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLaurel, Rockcastle27 min
May 18, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln41 min
May 18, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Russell49 min
May 18, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle39 min
May 18, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKPulaski39 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.