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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1996, 7:58 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cumberland County, KY, Monroe County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 290058 TORSDF KYC057-171-290145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 858 PM EDT (758 PM CDT) TUE MAY 28 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT (845 PM CDT) FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...EASTERN MONROE COUNTY AT 758 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF TOMPKINSVILLE WHICH IS 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE SOUTH OF BURKESVILLE BY 820 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. WHW/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, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 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, 7:20 PM CDT, 38 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, 7:34 PM CDT, 24 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
Local storm report, May 28, 7:50 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 848 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 840 PM EDT KY 1.75 HAIL 5/28/96 N JESSAMINE 810 PM EDT KY ROOFS OFF 5/28/96 BRECKINRIDGE LOG CABIN DESTROYED LD
Local storm report, May 28, 7:53 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 848 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 840 PM EDT FOX CREEK KY BARN DESTROYED 5/28/96 ANDERSON CAR LOT DAMAGED LD
Local storm report, May 28, 7:55 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 855 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996 TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 820 PM EDT LAWRENCEBURG KY 100 YD TORNADO PATH 5/28/96 ANDERSON THROUGH TOWN LD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 39 min |
| May 28, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson | 20 min |
| May 28, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Woodford | 48 min |
| May 28, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 47 min |
| May 28, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 47 min |
| May 28, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Monroe | 43 min |
| May 28, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 46 min |
| May 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Washington | 40 min |
| May 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 40 min |
| May 28, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson | 42 min |
| May 28, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 27 min |
| May 28, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas | 39 min |
| May 28, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Madison | 49 min |
| May 28, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 43 min |
| May 28, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 43 min |
| May 28, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 38 min |
| May 28, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas | 35 min |
| May 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton | 30 min |
| May 28, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Lincoln | 40 min |
| May 28, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Estill, Montgomery, Powell | 51 min |
| May 28, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 51 min |
| May 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fleming | 50 min |
| May 28, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Estill | 27 min |
| May 28, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Powell | 22 min |
| May 28, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fleming, Nicholas | 2 hr |
| May 28, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard | 2 hr |
| May 28, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Estill | 2 hr |
| May 28, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Menifee | 31 min |
| May 28, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 23 min |
| May 28, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Rockcastle | 33 min |
| May 28, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Pulaski | 46 min |
| May 28, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 42 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.