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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Louisville, KY

April 29, 1996Green County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1996, 3:47 PM CDT for Green County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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 29, 1996, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1996, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Green County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 4:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Greensburg, 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1996-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 204 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1996-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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
Apr 29, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade34 min
Apr 29, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham27 min
Apr 29, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry30 min
Apr 29, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas13 min
Apr 29, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor14 min
Apr 29, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe33 min
Apr 29, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer, Washington36 min
Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford26 min
Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey26 min
Apr 29, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison31 min
Apr 28, 10:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange, Washington4 hr
Apr 28, 10:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKScott4 hr
Apr 29, 12:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson3 hr
Apr 29, 1:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPerry75 min
Apr 29, 6:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott4 hr
Apr 29, 6:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Floyd, Harrison, Washington4 hr
Apr 29, 6:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKDubois, Orange4 hr
Apr 29, 6:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPerry4 hr
Apr 29, 2:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson2 hr

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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.