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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Louisville, KY

May 28, 1996Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1996, 7:17 PM CDT for Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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 28, 1996, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1996, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2991 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1996-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
2991 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.6
Supercell composite
16.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 290017
TORSDF
KYC171-290100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
817 PM EDT (717 PM CDT) TUE MAY 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT (800 PM CDT)
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT
LIKELY CONTAINS A TORNADO NEAR TRACEY...WHICH IS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BOWLING GREEN. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ROCKBRIDGE AND
TOMPKINSVILLE BY 745 PM CDT. 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.

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, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 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
Local storm report, May 28, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
705 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

705 PM EDT     JEFFERSON               KY      RO0FS OFF TREES DOWN
5/28/96        KENTUCKY                        TORNADO SIGHTED AT
                                               TIME OF DESTRUCTION
                                        

LD
Local storm report, May 28, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
711 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...

655 PM EDT     MT WASHINGTON            KY      TREES LINES DOWN
5/28/96        KENTUCKY                        ON HWY 44

LD
Local storm report, May 28, 6:30 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
730 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...$

730 PM EDT     GREENVILLE              IN      DIME SIZE HAIL
5/28/96        INDIANA

LD
Local storm report, May 28, 6:34 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
735 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS....

735 PM EDT                            KY      GOLFBALL HAIL
5/28/96        SPENCER/ANDERSON               AT COUNTY LINES

LD
Local storm report, May 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
740 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....    STATE    ...EVENT...
 DATE      ....COUNTY LOCATION....            ...REMARKS...4

730 PM EDT     COUNTY WIDE               IN   PEA-GOLFBALL HAIL
5/28/96        CRAWFORD

LD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson27 min
May 28, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge39 min
May 28, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson20 min
May 28, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKWoodford48 min
May 28, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin47 min
May 28, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer47 min
May 28, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine46 min
May 28, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Nelson, Washington40 min
May 28, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin40 min
May 28, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson42 min
May 28, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCumberland, Monroe47 min
May 28, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine, Mercer, Woodford27 min
May 28, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Nicholas39 min
May 28, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine, Madison49 min
May 28, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue43 min
May 28, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson43 min
May 28, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark38 min
May 28, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison, Nicholas35 min
May 28, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKClinton30 min
May 28, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Lincoln40 min
May 28, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEstill, Montgomery, Powell51 min
May 28, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle51 min
May 28, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFleming50 min
May 28, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKEstill27 min
May 28, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKPowell22 min
May 28, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFleming, Nicholas2 hr
May 28, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGarrard2 hr
May 28, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Estill2 hr
May 28, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMenifee31 min
May 28, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln23 min
May 28, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKRockcastle33 min
May 28, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPulaski46 min
May 28, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren42 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.