Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 6:59 PM EDT for Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLEX 182259 TORLEX KYC151-182330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 659 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY AT 659 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF PAINTLICK...ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL APPROACH BEREA AND MIDDLETOWN BY 715 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR XPIECE 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. RIECK &
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, 5:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 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, 5:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 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
Local storm report, May 18, 6:13 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
611 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
604 PM EDT EDMONTON STATE TROOPER REPORTED THAT
5/18/95 METCALFE KY A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT
THE FAIGROUNDS. NO REPORTS
N OF INJURIES OR DAMAGE.
CHANCESpecial weather statement, May 18, 6:20 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 615 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR ANDERSON...FRANKLIN...BOYLE... ESTILL...GARRARD...JESSAMINE...MADISON...MERCER...AND POWELL COUNTIES... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY EVENING UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT EDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OVF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 AM EDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. MOORE
Local storm report, May 18, 6:21 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 618 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...X 615 PM EDT NEAR ALLENDALE KY 1 INCH HAIL AND TREES DOWN 5/18/95 GREEN CO. AND FUNNEL CLOUD REPORT MK
Local storm report, May 18, 6:35 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
634 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
630 PM EDT COLUMBIA KY GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
5/18/95 ADIAR CO. BY COLUMBIA STATE POLICE
POST.
RNKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crittenden | 70 min |
| May 18, 4:05 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 4 hr |
| May 18, 5:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 39 min |
| May 18, 5:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 18, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 18, 6:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 36 min |
| May 18, 6:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 36 min |
| May 18, 6:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 63 min |
| May 18, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 18, 6:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson | 65 min |
| May 18, 7:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Woodford | 2 hr |
| May 18, 7:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 31 min |
| May 18, 7:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer | 29 min |
| May 18, 8:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Montgomery | 36 min |
| May 18, 8:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bath | 33 min |
| May 18, 1:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 51 min |
| May 18, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 51 min |
| May 18, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 36 min |
| May 18, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 38 min |
| May 18, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | McCreary, Whitley | 41 min |
| May 18, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 38 min |
| May 18, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 37 min |
| May 18, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 44 min |
| May 18, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard | 34 min |
| May 18, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green | 28 min |
| May 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Russell | 41 min |
| May 18, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 35 min |
| May 18, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 31 min |
| May 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 50 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 45 min |
| May 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 45 min |
| May 18, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 38 min |
| May 18, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 37 min |
| May 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor | 47 min |
| May 18, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Estill | 26 min |
| May 18, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 46 min |
| May 18, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Laurel, Rockcastle | 27 min |
| May 18, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 18, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 49 min |
| May 18, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 39 min |
| May 18, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 39 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.