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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Louisville, KY

November 7, 1996Anderson County, Franklin County, Mercer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 3:36 PM EST for Anderson County, Franklin County, Mercer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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
Nov 7, 1996, 3:36 PM EST (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 4:15 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anderson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Mercer County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 7, 4:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Glensboro, KY
Nov 7, 4:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Burgin, 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 1996-11-07Temperature 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 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
352 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.

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, Nov 7, 3:12 PM EST, 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
310 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996

TIME EDT   .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....             ...REMARKS...

130 PM CST                             KY       POWER LINES AND TREES
11/7/96         WARREN                          BLOWN DOWN NUMEROUS
                                                LOCATIONS IN COUNTY.
                                                REPORTED BY SHERIFF
                                                DEPT.

SCHOLZ
Local storm report, Nov 7, 3:30 PM EST, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996

TIME EDT   .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....             ...REMARKS...

205 PM CST      HORSE CAVE             KY       POWER LINES AND TREES
11/7/96         HART                            BLOWN DOWN.
                                                REPORTED BY DES.

205 PM CST      MUNFORDVILLE           KY       POWER LINES AND TREES
11/7/96         HART                            BLOWN DOWN.
                                                REPORTED BY DES.

205 PM CST      HARDYVILLE             KY       BARN BLOWN OVER.
11/7/96         HART                            REPORTED BY DES.

210 PM CST      CAVE CITY              KY       TREES BLOWN DOWN.
11/7/96         BARREN                          REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

SCHOLZ
Local storm report, Nov 7, 3:31 PM EST, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996

TIME EDT   .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....             ...REMARKS...

205 PM CST      HORSE CAVE             KY       POWER LINES AND TREES
11/7/96         HART                            BLOWN DOWN.
                                                REPORTED BY DES.

205 PM CST      MUNFORDVILLE           KY       POWER LINES AND TREES
11/7/96         HART                            BLOWN DOWN.
                                                REPORTED BY DES.

205 PM CST      HARDYVILLE             KY       BARN BLOWN OVER.
11/7/96         HART              B              REPORTED BY DES.

210 PM CST      CAVE CITY              KY       TREES BLOWN DOWN.
11/7/96         BARREN                          REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 1:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan37 min
Nov 7, 1:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge32 min
Nov 7, 1:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade37 min
Nov 7, 1:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren34 min
Nov 7, 2:22 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson38 min
Nov 7, 2:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Warren33 min
Nov 7, 2:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble42 min
Nov 7, 2:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson38 min
Nov 7, 2:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart35 min
Nov 7, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson30 min
Nov 7, 3:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe27 min
Nov 7, 3:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe27 min
Nov 7, 3:13 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKMarion, Taylor32 min
Nov 7, 3:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington37 min
Nov 7, 3:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby, Spencer31 min
Nov 7, 3:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson31 min
Nov 7, 3:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe26 min
Nov 7, 3:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle39 min
Nov 7, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey30 min
Nov 7, 3:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Woodford39 min
Nov 7, 3:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland, Metcalfe37 min
Nov 7, 4:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison38 min
Nov 7, 4:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Garrard, Jessamine38 min
Nov 7, 4:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln38 min
Nov 7, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell36 min
Nov 7, 4:17 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKJessamine13 min
Nov 7, 4:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison49 min
Nov 7, 4:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas49 min
Nov 7, 1:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange, Washington46 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.