Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 4:07 PM EST for Lincoln 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
- Nov 7, 1996, 4:07 PM EST (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1996, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 227 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 429 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WUUS1 KSDF 072110 RRA SVRSDF KYC067-079-097-113-137-072145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 407 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...FAYETTE COUNTY...GARRARD COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY ...JESSAMINE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...LINCOLN COUNTY AT 405 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL REACH THE CITIES OF LEXINGTON..NICHOLASVILLE..LANCASTER..STANFORD AND CYNTHIANA BETWEEN 415 AND 430 PM EST. DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. 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. 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, Nov 7, 3:12 PM EST, 55 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.
SCHOLZLocal storm report, Nov 7, 3:30 PM EST, 37 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.
SCHOLZLocal storm report, Nov 7, 3:31 PM EST, 36 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.
SCHOLZLocal storm report, Nov 7, 3:40 PM EST, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
340 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
235 PM CST CLARK IN NUMEROUS TREES AND A
11/7/96 CLARKSVILLE POWER LINE BLOWN DOWN
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
245 PM CST NEW ALBANY IN POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
11/7/96 FLOYD REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
SCHOLZLocal storm report, Nov 7, 3:42 PM EST, 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
340 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996
TIME EDT .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
235 PM CST CLARK IN NUMEROUS TREES AND A
11/7/96 CLARKSVILLE POWER LINE BLOWN DOWN
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
245 PM CST NEW ALBANY b IN POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
11/7/96 FLOYD REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
SCHOLZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 1:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 37 min |
| Nov 7, 1:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 32 min |
| Nov 7, 1:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 37 min |
| Nov 7, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 34 min |
| Nov 7, 2:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 38 min |
| Nov 7, 2:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Warren | 33 min |
| Nov 7, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 42 min |
| Nov 7, 2:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Nov 7, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 35 min |
| Nov 7, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 30 min |
| Nov 7, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 27 min |
| Nov 7, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 27 min |
| Nov 7, 3:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 32 min |
| Nov 7, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 37 min |
| Nov 7, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby, Spencer | 31 min |
| Nov 7, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 31 min |
| Nov 7, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 26 min |
| Nov 7, 3:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Mercer | 39 min |
| Nov 7, 3:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 39 min |
| Nov 7, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey | 30 min |
| Nov 7, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott, Woodford | 39 min |
| Nov 7, 3:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe | 37 min |
| Nov 7, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 38 min |
| Nov 7, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine | 38 min |
| Nov 7, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 36 min |
| Nov 7, 4:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 13 min |
| Nov 7, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 49 min |
| Nov 7, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 49 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.