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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Louisville, KY

May 28, 1996Rockcastle County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1996, 10:47 PM EDT for Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 1996, 11:20 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Rockcastle County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 245 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 290247
TORSDF
KYC203-290320-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1047 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1120 PM EDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...ROCKCASTLE COUNTY
 
AT 1046 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST
SOUTH OF CRAB ORCHARD...WHICH IS 20 MILES NORTH OF SOMERSET. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL REACH THE MT. VERNON THROUGH CONWAY
AREA BY 1105 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, 9:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 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, 55 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, 52 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, 44 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

Local storm report, May 28, 10:12 PM EDT, 35 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..z.

10PM EDT          IRVINE                       MARBLE SIZE HAIL
5/28/96           ESTILL KY                    HIGH WINDS

RNK

Local storm report, May 28, 10:27 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1025 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 1996

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

1026PM EDT       WINCHESTER            KY        FLOODING STREETS
5/28/96          CLARK                           AND STREAMS OUT
                                                 OF BANKS

1025PM EDT       LANCASTER             KY        FLOODING STREETS
5/28/96          GARRARD                         AND STREAMS OUT
                                                 OF BANKS

LD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 8:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	27 min
May 28, 8:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	39 min
May 28, 8:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Anderson	20 min
May 28, 8:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Woodford	48 min
May 28, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	47 min
May 28, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Spencer	47 min
May 28, 8:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Monroe	43 min
May 28, 8:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine	46 min
May 28, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Nelson, Washington	40 min
May 28, 8:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin	40 min
May 28, 8:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Anderson	42 min
May 28, 8:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	47 min
May 28, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	27 min
May 28, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Nicholas	39 min
May 28, 9:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	49 min
May 28, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	43 min
May 28, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson	43 min
May 28, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	38 min
May 28, 9:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Harrison, Nicholas	35 min
May 28, 9:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clinton	30 min
May 28, 9:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Lincoln	40 min
May 28, 9:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Estill, Montgomery, Powell	51 min
May 28, 9:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Rockcastle	51 min
May 28, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fleming	50 min
May 28, 10:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Estill	27 min
May 28, 10:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Powell	22 min
May 28, 10:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Fleming, Nicholas	2 hr
May 28, 10:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Garrard	2 hr
May 28, 10:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Estill	2 hr
May 28, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Menifee	31 min
May 28, 10:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Lincoln	23 min
May 28, 10:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Pulaski	46 min
May 28, 11:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren	42 min

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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.