Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 1996, 6:21 AM EDT for Menifee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1996, 6:21 AM EDT (10:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1996, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Menifee County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 201022 TORSDF KYC165-201045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 621 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...SOUTHERN MENIFEE COUNTY AT 620 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR SLADE ...WHICH IS ON THE POWELL AND MENIFEE COUNTY LINE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT NEARLY 50 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR POMEROYTON BY 630 AM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. STUREY &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 5:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 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, 1 hour 4 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, 50 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 5:47 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
INZ090>092-KYZ001>100-104-106>120-201200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR KENTUCKY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 550 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EFFECT FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 195 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 11 AM EDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. JA
Local storm report, Apr 20, 5:50 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
548 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996
TIME(EDT) LOCATION... ST EVENT...
DATE COUNTY... REMARKS...
0455 4 MI N OF COLUMBIA KY 60 MPH WINDS DAMAGE
4/20 ADAIR TO CHURCH AND BARN
ROOF BLOWN OFF
REPORTED BY DISPATCH
COXLocal storm report, Apr 20, 6:09 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
608 AM EDT SAT APR 20 1996
TIME(EDT) LOCATION... ST EVENT...
DATE COUNTY... REMARKS...
0550 BEREA KY SEVERAL HOMES
4/20 S MADISON DESTROYED DUE TO
TORNADO
COXThe 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, 5:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Madison, Rockcastle | 43 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.