Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 6:27 PM EDT for Boyle County, Mercer County, Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1996, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boyle County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Washington County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Harrodsburg, KY | |
| May 5, 6:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Countywide, KY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 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 052231 SVRSDF KYC021-167-229-052315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 627 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BOYLE COUNTY...MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 625 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF SPRINGFIELD IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TO SOUTH OF LEBANON IN SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST A40 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL REACH SPRINGFIELD BY 635 PM EDT...HARRODSBURG 645 PM EDT...AND DANVILLE BY 650 PM EDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. ONCE INSIDE... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT GO NEAR DOWNED POWER RLINES. FUNK
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, 3:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 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, 4:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 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, 4:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 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, 5:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:51 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
KYZ001>022-052200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 550 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR WEST KENTUCKY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 299 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PART OF WEST KENTUCKY WEST OF AND INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF TODD..MUHLENBERG..MCLEAN AND DAVIESS. ANY ADDITIONAL STORMS THAT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. KIRKPATRICK
Local storm report, May 5, 5:55 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
555 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
1735 EDT BAGDAD AND SHELBYVILLE KY FLOODING PART OF CITY
5/5/96 SHELBY WITHOUT POWER.
REPORTED BY DES
COXThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 31 min |
| May 5, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 37 min |
| May 5, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 39 min |
| May 5, 2:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 44 min |
| May 5, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 35 min |
| May 5, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 5, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 26 min |
| May 5, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 35 min |
| May 5, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 39 min |
| May 5, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 5, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 32 min |
| May 5, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 38 min |
| May 5, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 34 min |
| May 5, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 39 min |
| May 5, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 35 min |
| May 5, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 20 min |
| May 5, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Estill | 50 min |
| May 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Hancock, Ohio | 61 min |
| May 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 61 min |
| May 5, 4:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Shelby | 69 min |
| May 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rowan | 33 min |
| May 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 5, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 64 min |
| May 5, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Edmonson, Grayson | 64 min |
| May 5, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford | 115 min |
| May 5, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 115 min |
| May 5, 5:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 115 min |
| May 5, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 63 min |
| May 5, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 63 min |
| May 5, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 14 min |
| May 5, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 53 min |
| May 5, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Shelby | 90 min |
| May 5, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 27 min |
| May 5, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 23 min |
| May 5, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 23 min |
| May 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Taylor | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 25 min |
| May 5, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 25 min |
| May 5, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 35 min |
| May 5, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 68 min |
| May 5, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 68 min |
| May 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Shelby, Woodford | 52 min |
| May 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette | 52 min |
| May 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Shelby, Woodford | 52 min |
| May 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 52 min |
| May 5, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 43 min |
| May 5, 6:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Montgomery | 61 min |
| May 5, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Montgomery | 61 min |
| May 5, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison | 40 min |
| May 5, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Estill, Menifee, Powell | 44 min |
| May 5, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bath, Nicholas | 53 min |
| May 5, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fleming, Rowan | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.