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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Louisville, KY

May 28, 1996Anderson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1996, 8:48 PM EDT for Anderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1996, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Anderson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 290047
TORSDF
KYC005-290130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
848 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ANDERSON COUNTY
 
AT 846 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
GLENSBORO...WHICH IS 25 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO LAWRENCEBURG AND MCBRAYER BETWEEN
900 AND 915 PM EDT.
 
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, 7:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes 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, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 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, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 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, 7:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 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
Local storm report, May 28, 8:20 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
815 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

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

814 PM EDT       LUCAS                  KY   TORANDO ON GROUND
5/28/96        BARREN

LD
Local storm report, May 28, 8:34 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
834 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

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

830 PM EDT       HWY 33 AND 169          KY   TORNADO ON GROUND
5/28/96           WOODFORD                    REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT

LD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson27 min
May 28, 8:06 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge39 min
May 28, 8:10 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson20 min
May 28, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKWoodford48 min
May 28, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin47 min
May 28, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer47 min
May 28, 8:17 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKMonroe43 min
May 28, 8:29 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine46 min
May 28, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Nelson, Washington40 min
May 28, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin40 min
May 28, 8:58 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCumberland, Monroe47 min
May 28, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine, Mercer, Woodford27 min
May 28, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Nicholas39 min
May 28, 9:11 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine, Madison49 min
May 28, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue43 min
May 28, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson43 min
May 28, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark38 min
May 28, 9:25 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison, Nicholas35 min
May 28, 9:30 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKClinton30 min
May 28, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Lincoln40 min
May 28, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEstill, Montgomery, Powell51 min
May 28, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRockcastle51 min
May 28, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFleming50 min
May 28, 10:03 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKEstill27 min
May 28, 10:08 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKPowell22 min
May 28, 10:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFleming, Nicholas2 hr
May 28, 10:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGarrard2 hr
May 28, 10:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Estill2 hr
May 28, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMenifee31 min
May 28, 10:37 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKLincoln23 min
May 28, 10:47 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKRockcastle33 min
May 28, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPulaski46 min
May 28, 11:03 PM EDTSevere 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.