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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Louisville, KY

November 7, 1996Edmonson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1996, 1:22 PM CST for Edmonson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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
Nov 7, 1996, 1:22 PM CST (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 2:00 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Edmonson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 12:00Z on 1996-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 429 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
429 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
494 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 071924 RRA
TORSDF
KYC061-072000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
222 PM EST (122 PM CST) THU NOV 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EST (200 PM CST)
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...EDMONSON COUNTY
 
AT 220 PM EST (120 PM CST)...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE WARREN/EDMONSON COUNTY LINE...OR 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE
STORM WILL REACH LINDSEYVILLE AND BROWNSVILLE BY 240 PM EST (140 PM
CST). TAKE COVER NOW.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE
...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID
WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING
OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES.
 
FUNK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 12:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan37 min
Nov 7, 12:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge32 min
Nov 7, 12:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade37 min
Nov 7, 12:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren34 min
Nov 7, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Warren33 min
Nov 7, 1:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble42 min
Nov 7, 1:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson38 min
Nov 7, 1:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart35 min
Nov 7, 2:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson30 min
Nov 7, 2:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe27 min
Nov 7, 2:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe27 min
Nov 7, 2:13 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKMarion, Taylor32 min
Nov 7, 2:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington37 min
Nov 7, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby, Spencer31 min
Nov 7, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson31 min
Nov 7, 2:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe26 min
Nov 7, 2:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Mercer39 min
Nov 7, 2:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle39 min
Nov 7, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey30 min
Nov 7, 2:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Woodford39 min
Nov 7, 2:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland, Metcalfe37 min
Nov 7, 3:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison38 min
Nov 7, 3:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Garrard, Jessamine38 min
Nov 7, 3:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln38 min
Nov 7, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell36 min
Nov 7, 3:17 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKJessamine13 min
Nov 7, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison49 min
Nov 7, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas49 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.