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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Louisville, KY

May 5, 1996Boyle County, Mercer County, Washington County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 6:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 60Harrodsburg, KY
May 5, 6:40 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Countywide, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

COX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Washington31 min
May 5, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer37 min
May 5, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson39 min
May 5, 2:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMercer, Washington44 min
May 5, 2:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Woodford35 min
May 5, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln29 min
May 5, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin26 min
May 5, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette35 min
May 5, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Scott39 min
May 5, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln32 min
May 5, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby32 min
May 5, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington38 min
May 5, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle34 min
May 5, 4:06 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKRockcastle39 min
May 5, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison35 min
May 5, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMadison20 min
May 5, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Estill50 min
May 5, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Hancock, Ohio61 min
May 5, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan61 min
May 5, 4:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKShelby69 min
May 5, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRowan33 min
May 5, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Shelby41 min
May 5, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren64 min
May 5, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Edmonson, Grayson64 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford115 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Clark115 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison115 min
May 5, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart63 min
May 5, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen63 min
May 5, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge14 min
May 5, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade53 min
May 5, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Shelby90 min
May 5, 6:03 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade27 min
May 5, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson23 min
May 5, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson23 min
May 5, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Marion, Taylor45 min
May 5, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen45 min
May 5, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington25 min
May 5, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer25 min
May 5, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby35 min
May 5, 6:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham68 min
May 5, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham68 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Shelby, Woodford52 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette52 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Shelby, Woodford52 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette52 min
May 5, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Scott43 min
May 5, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Montgomery61 min
May 5, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Montgomery61 min
May 5, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison40 min
May 5, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEstill, Menifee, Powell44 min
May 5, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBath, Nicholas53 min
May 5, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFleming, Rowan61 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.