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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Louisville, KY

May 5, 1996Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 4:25 PM EDT for Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 1996, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Madison County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 5, 4:30 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Richmond, 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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, May 5, 3:37 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
335 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME EDT     .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1429   EDT    SPRINGFIELD                KY     QUARTER SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        WASHINGTON                        DAMAGE TO BARN
                                                AND TWO TRAILOR HOMES

1430   EDT    WAKEFIELD                  KY     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        SPENCER

1435   EDT                               KY     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        ANDERSON                          REPORTED BY DES

1508   EDT    EAST SIDE OF FRANFORT      KY     2 INCH HAIL
5/5/96        FRANKLIN                          REPORTED BY DES

1525   EDT    2 M SOUTH OF HUSTONVILLE   KY     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        LINCOLN                           REPORTED BY 911

COX

Local storm report, May 5, 3:52 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME EDT     .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

1420   EDT                               KY     1 INCH HAIL
5/5/96        NELSON                            REPORTED BY DES

1455   EDT    NEAR LEXINGTON             KY     QUARTER SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        FAYETTE                           REPORTED BY DES

1532   EDT    MCKINNEY                   KY     BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        LINCOLN                           REPORTED BY DES

1540   EDT    SE OF SHEPHERDSVILLE       KY     NICKEL SIZE HAIL
5/5/96        BULLITT    *                       REPORTED BY DISPATCH

1542   EDT    HALLS GAP                  KY     1.75 INCH HAIL
5/5/96        LINCOLN                           REPORTED BY HAM

COX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson, Washington	31 min
May 5, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Spencer	37 min
May 5, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson	39 min
May 5, 2:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Mercer, Washington	44 min
May 5, 2:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Anderson, Woodford	35 min
May 5, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	29 min
May 5, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin	26 min
May 5, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	35 min
May 5, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Scott	39 min
May 5, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Lincoln	32 min
May 5, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	32 min
May 5, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	38 min
May 5, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Rockcastle	34 min
May 5, 4:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Rockcastle	39 min
May 5, 4:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Madison	20 min
May 5, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Estill	50 min
May 5, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Hancock, Ohio	61 min
May 5, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	61 min
May 5, 4:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Shelby	69 min
May 5, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Rowan	33 min
May 5, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	41 min
May 5, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Simpson, Warren	64 min
May 5, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Edmonson, Grayson	64 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford	115 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	115 min
May 5, 5:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison	115 min
May 5, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Hart	63 min
May 5, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	63 min
May 5, 5:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	14 min
May 5, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Meade	53 min
May 5, 6:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Shelby	90 min
May 5, 6:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	27 min
May 5, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	23 min
May 5, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	23 min
May 5, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Taylor	45 min
May 5, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	45 min
May 5, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	25 min
May 5, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Spencer	25 min
May 5, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	35 min
May 5, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Mercer, Washington	48 min
May 5, 6:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham	68 min
May 5, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham	68 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Shelby, Woodford	52 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Fayette	52 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Shelby, Woodford	52 min
May 5, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	52 min
May 5, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott	43 min
May 5, 6:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Montgomery	61 min
May 5, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Montgomery	61 min
May 5, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison	40 min
May 5, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Estill, Menifee, Powell	44 min
May 5, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bath, Nicholas	53 min
May 5, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fleming, Rowan	61 min
May 5, 5:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Washington	2 hr
May 5, 5:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison	2 hr
May 5, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois, Perry	56 min
May 5, 5:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark	69 min
May 5, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Orange	51 min
May 5, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	51 min
May 5, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd	45 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.