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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Louisville, KY

April 29, 1996Mercer County, Washington County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1996, 5:39 PM EDT for Mercer County, Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1996, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mercer County, KY, Washington County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 6:05 PM EDTHail 0.75Bondville, 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 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

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:29 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade34 min
Apr 29, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham27 min
Apr 29, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry30 min
Apr 29, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen28 min
Apr 29, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas13 min
Apr 29, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Taylor14 min
Apr 29, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe33 min
Apr 29, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford26 min
Apr 29, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey26 min
Apr 29, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison31 min
Apr 28, 11:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange, Washington4 hr
Apr 28, 11:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKScott4 hr
Apr 29, 1:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson3 hr
Apr 29, 2:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPerry75 min
Apr 29, 7:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott4 hr
Apr 29, 7:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Floyd, Harrison, Washington4 hr
Apr 29, 7:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKDubois, Orange4 hr
Apr 29, 7:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKPerry4 hr
Apr 29, 3:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson2 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.