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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY

May 5, 1996Mercer County, Washington County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1996, 2:31 PM EDT for Mercer County, Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1996, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mercer County, KY, Washington County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 2:35 PM EDTTornado F0Willisburg, 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 051833
TORSDF
KYC167-229-051915-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
231 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...MERCER COUNTY
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY WASHINGTON COUNTY POLICE WEST OF WILLISBURG
MOVING NORTHEAST. THIS STORM WAS MOVING AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE TOWARDS
WILLISBURG CARDWELL. TAKE COVER NOW.
 
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.
 
 
 
&

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, 2:40 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Woodford35 min
May 5, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln29 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

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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.