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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY

May 18, 1995Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 7:33 PM EDT for Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Laurel County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 550 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 182332
TORSDF
KYC125-203-190000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
733 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...NORTHERN LAUREL COUNTY...SOUTHERN ROCKCASTLE COUNTY
 
AT 730 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED
15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOMERSET.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE HAZEL PATCH AND PITTSBURG.
 
 
 
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...SEEKH 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, 3:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrittenden70 min
May 18, 4:05 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade4 hr
May 18, 5:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge39 min
May 18, 5:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson51 min
May 18, 5:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson51 min
May 18, 6:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Nelson36 min
May 18, 6:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson36 min
May 18, 6:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson63 min
May 18, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor2 hr
May 18, 6:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion, Washington2 hr
May 18, 6:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson65 min
May 18, 7:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin, Woodford2 hr
May 18, 7:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor31 min
May 18, 7:31 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKMercer29 min
May 18, 8:09 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Montgomery36 min
May 18, 8:17 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBath33 min
May 18, 1:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor51 min
May 18, 1:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor51 min
May 18, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison36 min
May 18, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Metcalfe38 min
May 18, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMcCreary, Whitley41 min
May 18, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMetcalfe38 min
May 18, 6:08 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAdair37 min
May 18, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade44 min
May 18, 6:26 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard34 min
May 18, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen28 min
May 18, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKRussell41 min
May 18, 6:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade35 min
May 18, 6:44 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey31 min
May 18, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKPulaski50 min
May 18, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMadison31 min
May 18, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAdair30 min
May 18, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKOldham, Trimble45 min
May 18, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson45 min
May 18, 7:07 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette38 min
May 18, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey37 min
May 18, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor47 min
May 18, 7:19 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKEstill26 min
May 18, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKNelson, Spencer46 min
May 18, 7:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Shelby46 min
May 18, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln41 min
May 18, 7:41 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Russell49 min
May 18, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle39 min
May 18, 7:51 PM EDTTornado 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.