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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Louisville, KY

May 28, 1996Warren County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 6:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Countywide, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1996-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1996-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

JA
Local 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.

JA
Local 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

LD
Local 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 9:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKEstill, Powell119 min
May 28, 9:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMontgomery119 min
May 28, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Logan43 min
May 28, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson69 min
May 28, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson46 min
May 28, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKSpencer45 min
May 28, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble29 min
May 28, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson41 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham47 min
May 28, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Barren44 min
May 28, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKShelby20 min
May 28, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin38 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.