Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1996, 5:14 AM EDT for Garrard County, Jessamine County, Kentucky. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 20, 1996, 5:14 AM EDT (09:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1996, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garrard County, KY, Jessamine County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 5:30 AM EDT | Tornado F1 | Harmon'S Lick, 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 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 200914 SVRSDF KYC079-113-137-199-207-201015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 514 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...GARRARD COUNTY...JESSAMINE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...LINCOLN COUNTY...PULASKI COUNTY...RUSSELL COUNTY AT 515 AM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM HARRODSBURG THROUGH LIBERTY TO COLUMBIA...OR FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON TO 30 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET. THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH NICHOLASVILLE...LANCASTER AND STANFORD BY 535 AM EDT...JAMESTOWN BY 530 AM EDT/430 AM CDT...AND SOMERSET BETWEEN 545 AM EDT AND 600 AM EDT. 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. STUREY
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, Apr 20, 2:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 TIME(EDT) LOCATION... ST EVENT... DATE COUNTY... REMARKS... P0150 RIDDLE IN MOBILE HOME OVERTURNED 4/20/96 CRAWFORD 0208 FLOYDS KNOBS IN ROOF REMOVED OFF HOUSE 4/20/96 FLOYD NAYDORF RD
Local storm report, Apr 20, 4:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
400 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996
TIME(EDT) LOCATION... ST EVENT...
DATE COUNTY... REMARKS...
0208 2 W OF GREENVILLE IN 5 OR 6 HOUSES WERE DAMAGED
4/20/96 FLOYD 2 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE
DUE TO A TORNADO
0245 NORTHERN BULLITT KY DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BULLITT AN OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE
0208 JUST S OF GREENVILLE IN ROOF BLOWN OFF A BARN
FLOYD ON THE BUTTONDOWN ROAD
0208 GEORGETOWN/GREENVILLE RD. IN MOBILE HOMES OVERTURNED.
FLOYD RESCUE UNIT DEPLOYED.
REPORT FROM STATE POLICE.
MKLocal storm report, Apr 20, 4:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 400 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 TIME(EDT) LOCATION... ST EVENT... DATE COUNTY... REMARKS... 0240 ZONETON RD. KY 80 MPH STRAIGHT-LINE 4/20/96 BULLITT WIND REPORTED MK
Local storm report, Apr 20, 4:28 AM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 426 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 TIME(EDT) LOCATION... ST EVENT... DATE COUNTY... REMARKS... 0240 ZONETON RD. KY 80 MPH STRAIGHT-LINE 4/20/96 BULLITT WIND REPORTED 0255 DALE LN.FISHERVILLE KY GARAGE DESTROYED AND 4/20/96 JEFFERSON ROOF DAMAGE 1.00 HAIL 0300 1 MI S OF FINCHVILLE KY HOUSE AND BARN DAMAGED 4/20/96 SHELBY DUE TO TORNADO COX
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:31 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
INZ090>092-KYZ001>100-104-106>120-201200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR KENTUCKY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 ...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 195 HAS BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR HOPKINSVILLE TO ELIZABETHTOWN TO COVINGTON. ALL THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THIS AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT EAST OF THIS LINE UNTIL 8 AM EDT. JA STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IN THOSE AREAS COVERED BY TORNADO WATCHES. RNK
Local storm report, Apr 20, 5:04 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
502 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996
TIME(EDT) LOCATION... ST EVENT...
DATE COUNTY... REMARKS...
0400 SPENCER KY ROOF OF HOUSE
4/20/96 SPENCER GARAGE DESTROYED
DUE TO HIGH WINDS
0415 MAGNOLIA KY 60 MPH WINDS
4/20/96 LARU(E
0450 3 MI S CAMPBELLSVILLE KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
4/20/96 TAYLOR REPORTED BY DISPATCH
COXThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 1:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hancock | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 1:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 1:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 56 min |
| Apr 20, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 2:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 2:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 53 min |
| Apr 20, 3:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 3:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 3:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 3:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott, Woodford | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 3:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 48 min |
| Apr 20, 4:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 4:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Hart | 35 min |
| Apr 20, 4:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 29 min |
| Apr 20, 4:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 4:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 4:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 4:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 4:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 5:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 5:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln, Pulaski, Russell | 61 min |
| Apr 20, 5:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Wayne | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 5:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Madison, Rockcastle | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 5:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 20, 5:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Estill, Powell | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 5:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 5:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Laurel | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 6:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | McCreary | 37 min |
| Apr 20, 6:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Menifee | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 6:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Menifee | 24 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.