Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 8:14 PM EDT for Laurel County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 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 00:00Z, 0.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 190014 TORSDF KYC125-203-190100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 814 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...LAUREL COUNTY...ROCKCASTLE COUNTY AT 810 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF SOMERSET. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE MOUNT VERNON AND LONDON. 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. DARMOFAL/FUNK
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, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 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.
RNKLocal storm report, May 18, 7:34 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
727 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
659 PM EDT NEW ALBANY IN FUNNELL CLOUD SIGHTED
5/18/95 FLOYD OLD RIVER ROAD.
720 PM EDT RADCLIFF KY TORNADO REPORTED AT
HARDIN FORT KNOX BY RADCLIFF
POLICE.
725 PM EDT ELIZABETHTOWN KY FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
HARDIN BY ELIZABETHTOWN POLICE
T DEPARTMENT.
730 PM EDT CAMPBELLSVILLE KY FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
TAYLOR BY TAYLOR COUNTY SHERRIF
RNKLocal storm report, May 18, 7:37 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
735 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
725 PM EDT PEE WEE VALLEY KY FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED BY
5/18/95 OLDHAM OLDHAM COUNTY POLICE.
730 PM EDT SHEPARDSVILLE KY FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED
BULLITT h WEST OF SHEPARDSVILLE
MOVING NORTHEAST.
RNKLocal storm report, May 18, 7:41 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
738 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
725 PM EDT COLUMBIA KY 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS SPOTTED
5/18/95 ADAIR 3 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA
ON HWY 206 BY COLUMBIA
t STATE POLICE POST.
RNKLocal storm report, May 18, 7:52 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
750 PM EDT MON MAY 18 1995
TIME (EDT) ....CITY LOCATION... STATE
...COUNTY LOCATION... ...EVENT/REMARKS...
733 PM BOURBON CO. KY FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY DES
728 PM IRVINE KY 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
ESTILL CO. HAM OPERATOR
730 PM IRVINE KY DISPATCH REPORTED PEA SIZE
ESTILL CO. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND
HEAVY RAINS
RIECKLocal storm report, May 18, 8:06 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
800 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
655 PM EDT ANTIOCH HILL KY MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL
5/18/95 CASEY COVERING GROUND...
FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED...
ALL LOW LYING ROADS IN
AREA UNDER WATER...
REPORTED FROM CASEY
COUNTY SHERRIF.
715 PM EDT EMINENCE KY WATER PONDING ON ROADS.
HENRY FROM HENRY COUNTY DISPATCH
715 PM EDT CENTERFIELD KY DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
OLDHAM FROM HENRY COUNTY DISPATCH
RNKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 35 min |
| May 18, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 34 min |
| May 18, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Pulaski, Wayne | 27 min |
| May 18, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton | 27 min |
| May 18, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Laurel | 27 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.