Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1996, 6:46 PM CDT for Allen County, Barren 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 28, 1996, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Lucas, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 282345 TORSDF KYC003-009-290030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 746 PM EDT (646 PM CDT) TUE MAY 28 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT (730 PM CDT) FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY...SOUTHERN BARREN COUNTY AT 645 PM CDT...NWS RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR CLAYPOOLE IN EXTREME EASTERN WARREN COUNTY WHICH IS 15 MILES EAST OF BOWLING GREEN. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH SETTLE BY 700 PM CDT...LUCAS AND TRACY BY 715 PM CDT. 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
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, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Warren | 48 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, 6:50 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.