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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY

May 18, 1995Casey County, Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 7:41 PM EDT for Casey County, Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Casey County, KY, Russell County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 182340
TORSDF
KYC045-207-190030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
741 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...CASEY COUNTY...RUSSELL COUNTY
 
AT 737 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A
POSSIBLE TORNADO 30 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET NEAR CHRISTINE. MOVEMENT WAS
TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE LIBERTY...WINDSOR...RUSSELL
SPRINGS AND JAMESTOWN.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUNpD IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE
...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID
WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING
OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES.
 
SCHOLZ

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, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLaurel, Rockcastle27 min
May 18, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln41 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.