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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Louisville, KY

May 26, 1996Grayson County, Hardin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1996, 8:57 PM CDT for Grayson County, Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 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 26, 1996, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1996, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Grayson County, KY, Hardin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1996-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1644 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 1996-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
1644 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade39 min
May 26, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Ohio40 min
May 27, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Marion, Washington34 min
May 27, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Taylor41 min
May 27, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine45 min
May 27, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln36 min
May 27, 12:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFleming44 min
May 27, 12:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Montgomery39 min
May 27, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEstill, Powell48 min
May 27, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison48 min
May 27, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRowan48 min
May 27, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Wayne52 min
May 27, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPulaski52 min
May 27, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle26 min
May 27, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLaurel29 min
May 26, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Perry24 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.