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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY

May 28, 1996Garrard County, Jessamine County, Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1996, 9:11 PM EDT for Garrard County, Jessamine County, Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 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, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1996, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Garrard County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Madison County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 290111
TORSDF
KYC079-113-151-290200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
911 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...GARRARD COUNTY...JESSAMINE COUNTY...MADISON COUNTY
 
AT 910 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LEXINGTON ALONG THE JESSAMINE/MERCER/GARRARD COUNTY LINE. THIS LINE WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL REACH NICHOLASVILLE BY 920 PM
EDT...AND RICHMOND AND LANCASTER BETWEEN 930 AND 940 PM EDT.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. STAY AWAY
FROM ALL DOWNED WIRES.
 
TF/VLD

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, 8:48 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson42 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, 9:17 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.