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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Louisville, KY

May 5, 1996Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 2:46 PM EDT for Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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
May 5, 1996, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1996, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Casey County, KY, Lincoln County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 3:25 PM EDTHail 1.75Hustonville, 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 1996-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2308 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 1996-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
11.3

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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
May 5, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Washington31 min
May 5, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer37 min
May 5, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson39 min
May 5, 2:31 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMercer, Washington44 min
May 5, 2:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Woodford35 min
May 5, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin26 min
May 5, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette35 min
May 5, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Scott39 min
May 5, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln32 min
May 5, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby32 min
May 5, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington38 min
May 5, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle34 min
May 5, 4:06 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKRockcastle39 min
May 5, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison35 min
May 5, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMadison20 min
May 5, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Estill50 min
May 5, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Hancock, Ohio61 min
May 5, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan61 min
May 5, 4:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKShelby69 min
May 5, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRowan33 min
May 5, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Shelby41 min
May 5, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren64 min
May 5, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Edmonson, Grayson64 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford115 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Clark115 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison115 min
May 5, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart63 min
May 5, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen63 min
May 5, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge14 min
May 5, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade53 min
May 5, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Shelby90 min
May 5, 6:03 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade27 min
May 5, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson23 min
May 5, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson23 min
May 5, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Marion, Taylor45 min
May 5, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen45 min
May 5, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington25 min
May 5, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer25 min
May 5, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby35 min
May 5, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer, Washington48 min
May 5, 6:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham68 min
May 5, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham68 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Shelby, Woodford52 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette52 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Shelby, Woodford52 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette52 min
May 5, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Scott43 min
May 5, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Montgomery61 min
May 5, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Montgomery61 min
May 5, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison40 min
May 5, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEstill, Menifee, Powell44 min
May 5, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBath, Nicholas53 min
May 5, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFleming, Rowan61 min
May 5, 5:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange, Washington2 hr
May 5, 5:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHarrison2 hr
May 5, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Perry56 min
May 5, 5:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark69 min
May 5, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Orange51 min
May 5, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison51 min
May 5, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd45 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.