Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1996, 5:57 PM CDT for Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 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 28, 1996, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1996, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Countywide, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1023 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 282257 TORSDF KYC227-282345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 657 PM EDT (557 PM CDT) TUE MAY 28 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT (645 PM CDT) FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...WARREN COUNTY AT 555 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR CAVE HILL...WHICH IS 10 MILES WEST OF BOWLING GREEN. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH BOWLING GREEN BY 620 PM CDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY. 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. TF/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 28, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
550 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...H
545 PM EDT IN 1.00 INCH HAIL NEAR CAREFREE
5/28/96 CRAWFORD
1.75 INCH HAIL NEAR LEAVENWORTH
JALocal storm report, May 28, 5:14 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
615 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...j
600 PM EDT IN FIRE FIGHTER REPORTED A
5/28/96 HARRISON TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST HARRISON
COUNTY.
JALocal storm report, May 28, 5:26 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 625 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...| 622 PM EDT VALLEY STATION KY 1 INCH HAIL 5/28/96 JEFFERSON LD
Local storm report, May 28, 5:49 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
648 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
645 PM EDT BROOKS KY TORNADO ON GROUND
5/28/96 BULLITT SEMI TURNED OVER ON
I-65
LDLocal storm report, May 28, 5:52 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 652 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 652 PM EDT LOUISVILLE KY DIME SIZE HAIL 5/28/96 KENTUCKY LD
Local storm report, May 28, 5:57 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 655 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 655 PM EDT MT. WASHINGTON KY TORNADO ON GROUND 5/28/96 KENTUCKY LD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Estill, Powell | 119 min |
| May 28, 9:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Montgomery | 119 min |
| May 28, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 43 min |
| May 28, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 69 min |
| May 28, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 28, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Spencer | 45 min |
| May 28, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 29 min |
| May 28, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson | 41 min |
| May 28, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 47 min |
| May 28, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 44 min |
| May 28, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby | 20 min |
| May 28, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.