Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Charleston, WV

May 5, 1996Elliott County, Kentucky

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 5:09 PM EDT for Elliott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 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 5, 1996, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Elliott County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 5:50 PM EDTHail 0.88Sandy Hook, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 10:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBarbour, Harrison6 hr
May 4, 10:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXLewis6 hr
May 5, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell47 min
May 5, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMcDowell15 min
May 5, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXBoone, Kanawha50 min
May 5, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLincoln16 min
May 5, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRaleigh49 min
May 5, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette42 min
May 5, 5:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXKanawha4 hr
May 5, 7:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXBoone4 hr
May 5, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry40 min
May 5, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson43 min
May 5, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMartin69 min
May 5, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLawrence54 min
May 5, 5:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRLXElliott4 hr
May 5, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXMartin43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.