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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

March 6, 1996Hardin County, Larue County, Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 1996, 8:28 PM EST for Hardin County, Larue County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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
Mar 6, 1996, 8:28 PM EST (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1996, 9:15 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hardin County, KY, Larue County, KY, Nelson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 1996-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 421 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 1996-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
421 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KSDF 070131 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC093-123-179-070215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
828 PM EST WED MAR 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...EASTERN HARDIN COUNTY...NORTHERN LARUE COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTY
 
AT 830 PM EST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35
MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH LYONS AND NEW HAVEN BY 845 PM. THIS
STORM HAS A PRODUCED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR RINEYVILLE OR JUST
WEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN IN CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  GO TO
THE INTERIOR SECTION...OR PREFERABLY A BASEMENT OR LOWEST LEVEL
IF POSSIBLE.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM
ALL DOWNED WIRES.
 
 
 
&
TWF/VLD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin30 min
Mar 6, 9:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMcCreary, Wayne54 min
Mar 6, 10:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWhitley40 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.