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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

May 14, 1995Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 2:48 AM EDT for Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 2:48 AM EDT (06:48 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 3:15 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Jefferson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 140650
TORSDF
KYC029-111-140715-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
248 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BULLITT COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 245 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE...JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE BETWEEN OKOLONA AND MT WASHINGTON BY 300 AM
EDT.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNIT6URE.
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.
 
REITMEYER

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, 2:21 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade29 min
May 14, 2:43 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Nelson32 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.