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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1995, 8:25 PM EDT for Harrison County, Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harrison County, KY, Scott County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 KLEX 190024 TORLEX KYC097-209-190100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 825 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...WESTERN HARRISON COUNTY...NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY AT 823 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON. THE STORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL APPROACH SADIEVILLE BY 835 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WO RKBENCH 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. 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, 7:41 PM EDT, 44 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, 33 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, 19 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
RNKSpecial weather statement, May 18, 8:18 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
KYZ035>037-039>044-047>052-055>060-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 815 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN CO... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REST OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1 AM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REST OF THE BLUEGRAS S EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 AM EDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST MEDIA FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION. MOORE
Local storm report, May 18, 8:21 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
815 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
540 PM EDT NEW BETHEL KY TORNADO DAMAGED SOME HOMES...
5/18/95 BRECKINGRIDGE NO INJURIES...
TREES DOWN ALL OVER COUNTY...
NEW BETHEL IS NORTH OF
HARDINSBURG...
CMCSpecial weather statement, May 18, 8:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
KYZ007>013-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 102 PM EDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE COUNTIES ARE LIVINGSTON...LYON...CALLOWAY...TRIGG...CALDWELL AND CRITTENDEN. WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Laurel, Rockcastle | 46 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.