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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 289, NWS Louisville, KY

August 8, 1996Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1996, 3:22 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 8, 1996, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1996, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 1996-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1387 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Aug 8, 2:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPulaski4 hr
Aug 8, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade33 min
Aug 8, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Spencer36 min
Aug 8, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.