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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Louisville, KY

May 28, 1996Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1996, 10:03 PM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1996, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Estill County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 10:05 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Irvine, 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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 292 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 290203
TORSDF
KYC065-290230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1003 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...EASTERN ESTILL COUNTY
 
AT 1003 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
IRVINE...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH CRYSTAL AND COBHILL BY 1020 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..j.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/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, 8:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 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
Local storm report, May 28, 9:37 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
935 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

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

930 PM EDT                             KY         NUMEROUS TORNADO
5/28/96             JESSAMINE                     SIGHTINGS. TREES
                                                  DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
                                         8         NUMEROUS ROADS
                                                  BLOCKED.
LD
Local storm report, May 28, 9:45 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
945 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

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

930 PM EDT        WINCHESTER           KY         TREES-POWER LINES
5/28/96            CLARK                          DOWNED

LD
Local storm report, May 28, 9:52 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
950 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

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

820 PM CDT       BURKESVILLE (6S)     KY        1 INCH HAIL.
5/28/96          CUMBERLAND                     WIND/HAIL DAMAGE
                                                ROOFS BLOW OFF

LBD
Local storm report, May 28, 9:55 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
955 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

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

7PM EDT           MT WASHINGTON        KY        TREES DOWN
5/28/96           BULLITT                        HOUSES DESTROYED.
                                                 POWER LINES DOWNED

LD
Local storm report, May 28, 10:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1005 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

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

9PM EDT                                KY         TREES/POWER LINES
5/28/96           MERCER                          DOWN ROOF OFF BARN
                                                  N MERCER

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, 8:48 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, 9:11 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, 10:08 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.