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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1996, 5:32 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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, 5:32 AM EDT (09:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1996, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Madison County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 5:45 AM EDT | Tornado F2 | Berea, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
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, Apr 20, 4:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 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, 1 hour 4 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 28 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
COXLocal storm report, Apr 20, 5:17 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 515 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 TIME(EDT) LOCATION... ST EVENT... DATE COUNTY... REMARKS... D 0457 COLUMBIA KY 60 MPH WINDS 4/20 ADAIR REPTD BY DISPATCH COX
Local storm report, Apr 20, 5:31 AM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 529 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 TIME(EDT) LOCATION... ST EVENT... DATE COUNTY... ^ REMARKS... 0457 COLUMBIA KY 60 MPH WINDS 4/20 ADAIR REPORTED BY DISPATCH COX
The 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 | Garrard, Jessamine | 61 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, 5:36 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 |
| Apr 20, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 54 min |
| Apr 20, 12:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 12:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 1:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 45 min |
| Apr 20, 1:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 1:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 20, 2:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 2:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 31 min |
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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.