Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Louisville, KY

May 5, 1996Allen County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 4:42 PM CDT for Allen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1996, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1996, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Allen County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 1996-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2308 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 1996-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 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
2308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
11.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 052144
SVRSDF
KYC003-009-099-052245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
542 PM EDT (442 PM CDT) SUN MAY 5 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT (545 PM CDT)
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY...BARREN COUNTY...HART COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM EDT (440 PM CDT)...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUKCY. THIS LINE OF
STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD REACH MUNFORDVILLE...GLASGOW
AND SCOTTSVILLE BY 600 PM EDT (500 PM CDT). THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF
WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
ACS/VLD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 5, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
335 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME EDT     .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1429   EDT    SPRINGFIELD                KY     QUARTER SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        WASHINGTON                        DAMAGE TO BARN
                                                AND TWO TRAILOR HOMES

1430   EDT    WAKEFIELD                  KY     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        SPENCER

1435   EDT                               KY     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        ANDERSON                          REPORTED BY DES

1508   EDT    EAST SIDE OF FRANFORT      KY     2 INCH HAIL
5/5/96        FRANKLIN                          REPORTED BY DES

1525   EDT    2 M SOUTH OF HUSTONVILLE   KY     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        LINCOLN                           REPORTED BY 911

COX
Local storm report, May 5, 2:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME EDT     .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1420   EDT                               KY     1 INCH HAIL
5/5/96        NELSON                            REPORTED BY DES

1455   EDT    NEAR LEXINGTON             KY     QUARTER SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        FAYETTE                           REPORTED BY DES

1532   EDT    MCKINNEY                   KY     BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        LINCOLN                           REPORTED BY DES

1540   EDT    SE OF SHEPHERDSVILLE       KY     NICKEL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        BULLITT    *                       REPORTED BY DISPATCH

1542   EDT    HALLS GAP                  KY     1.75 INCH HAIL
5/5/96        LINCOLN                           REPORTED BY HAM

COX
Local storm report, May 5, 3:43 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
442 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME EDT     .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1505   EDT                               KY     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        ANDERSON                          REPORTED BY DES

1630   EDT    RICHMOND                   KY     3/4 INCH HAIL
5/5/96        MADISON                           REPORTED BY POLICE

COX
Local storm report, May 5, 3:54 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
452 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME EDT     .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1605   EDT    NEAR HARRISONVILLE       KY       3/4 INCH HAIL
5/5/96        SHELBY                            REPORTED BY POLICE

COX
Local storm report, May 5, 4:26 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
525 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME EDT     .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1655   EDT    JUST EAST OF MOREHEAD       KY       3/4 INCH HAIL
5/5/96        ROWAN                             REPORTED BY POLICE

COX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Washington31 min
May 5, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer37 min
May 5, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson39 min
May 5, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMercer, Washington44 min
May 5, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Woodford35 min
May 5, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln29 min
May 5, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin26 min
May 5, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette35 min
May 5, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Scott39 min
May 5, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln32 min
May 5, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby32 min
May 5, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington38 min
May 5, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle34 min
May 5, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKRockcastle39 min
May 5, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison35 min
May 5, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMadison20 min
May 5, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Estill50 min
May 5, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Hancock, Ohio61 min
May 5, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan61 min
May 5, 3:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKShelby69 min
May 5, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRowan33 min
May 5, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Shelby41 min
May 5, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren64 min
May 5, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Edmonson, Grayson64 min
May 5, 4:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford115 min
May 5, 4:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Clark115 min
May 5, 4:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison115 min
May 5, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart63 min
May 5, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge14 min
May 5, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade53 min
May 5, 5:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Shelby90 min
May 5, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMeade27 min
May 5, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson23 min
May 5, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson23 min
May 5, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Marion, Taylor45 min
May 5, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen45 min
May 5, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington25 min
May 5, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer25 min
May 5, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby35 min
May 5, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer, Washington48 min
May 5, 5:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham68 min
May 5, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham68 min
May 5, 5:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Shelby, Woodford52 min
May 5, 5:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette52 min
May 5, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Shelby, Woodford52 min
May 5, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette52 min
May 5, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Scott43 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Montgomery61 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Montgomery61 min
May 5, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison40 min
May 5, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEstill, Menifee, Powell44 min
May 5, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBath, Nicholas53 min
May 5, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFleming, Rowan61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.