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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

May 14, 1995Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 2:21 AM EDT for Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 2:21 AM EDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 2:50 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Meade County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3482 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.4
Supercell composite
30.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 140631
TORSDF
KYC163-140650-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
221 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 250 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

   ...MEADE COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
NEAR MCCREARY ROAD IN MEADE COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE
NEAR BRANDENBURG.

THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF
ROCK HAVEN BY 245 AM EDT (145 CDT)
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID
WINDOWS.

CHANCE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 1:32 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKCaldwell, Crittenden28 min
May 14, 1:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge42 min
May 14, 1:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Meade52 min
May 14, 2:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue43 min
May 14, 2:43 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson32 min
May 14, 2:48 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson27 min
May 14, 3:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer28 min
May 14, 3:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin62 min
May 14, 3:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington41 min
May 14, 3:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor41 min
May 14, 3:22 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Larue38 min
May 14, 3:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer65 min
May 14, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade50 min
May 14, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge50 min
May 14, 3:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Scott, Woodford59 min
May 14, 4:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson42 min
May 14, 4:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin53 min
May 14, 4:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison65 min
May 14, 4:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Russell36 min
May 14, 4:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby29 min
May 14, 4:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair5 hr
May 14, 5:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor4 hr
May 14, 5:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKRussell5 hr
May 14, 5:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue4 hr
May 14, 5:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion4 hr
May 14, 5:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen29 min
May 14, 5:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen29 min
May 14, 5:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen4 hr
May 14, 5:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Russell30 min
May 14, 5:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland34 min
May 14, 6:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMetcalfe4 hr
May 14, 6:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPulaski4 hr
May 14, 6:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey, Taylor4 hr
May 14, 6:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMcCreary, Wayne4 hr

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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.