Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1996, 4:06 PM EDT for Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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
- May 5, 1996, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1996, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rockcastle County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 052008 TORSDF KYC203-052045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 406 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...ROCKCASTLE COUNTY AT 405 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE LINCOLN/ROCKCASTLE LINE 8 MILES NORTHWEST MT VERNON...WHICH IS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOMERSET. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND AND WILL PASS NEAR BROADHEAD...RENFRO VALLEY...AND ORLANDO BY 430 PM EDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED. THIS IS AN UPGRADE FROM A THUNDERSTORM WARNING CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURTNITURE. 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. WHW/VLD
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, May 5, 3:37 PM EDT, 29 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
COXLocal storm report, May 5, 3:52 PM EDT, 14 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, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 35 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 |
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.