Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1997, 11:24 PM EDT for Mercer County, Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 30, 1997, 11:24 PM EDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1997, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mercer County, KY, Washington County, KY
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -452 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 540 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 010322 RRA SVRSDF KYC167-229-010400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1124 PM EDT WED APR 30 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...MERCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 1120 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE ACROSS WEST WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE SPRINGFIELD...MACKVILLE ...AND WILLISBURG BY 1130 PM EDT...AND HARRODSBURG AND MCAFEE BY 1145 PM EDT. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. GO TO THE INTERIOR SECTION...OR PREFERABLY A BASEMENT OR LOWEST LEVEL IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM ALL DOWNED WIRES. RNK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 6:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 635 PM EDT WED APR 30 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN AFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT EDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNITES OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...DUBOIS...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...SCOTT...AND JEFFERSON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES DOES EXIST THIS EVENING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER IS EVENING. MCT
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-010400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1005 PM EDT WED APR 30 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT EDT FOR DUBOIS/ORANGE/WASHINGTON/SCOTT AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA OVER THE NEXT 2-4 HOURS. STRONG WINDS TO 60-70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. A STORM SPOTTER IN CRAWFORD COUNTY REPORTED WINDS TO 67 MPH. MCT
Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1006 PM EDT WED APR 30 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0900 PM CURBY IN 67 MPH TSTM GUST
04/30/97 CRAWFORD SPOTTER ALSO SAW FUNNEL
CLOUD THAT NEVER TOUCHED
DOWNLocal storm report, Apr 30, 10:32 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1032 PM EDT WED APR 30 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0900 PM CURBY IN 67 MPH TSTM GUST
04/30/97 CRAWFORD SPOTTER ALSO SAW FUNNEL
CLOUD THAT NEVER TOUCHED
DOWN
0910 PM JASPER IN WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 DUBOIS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0925 PM PAOLI IN WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 ORANGE TREES DOWN
0925 PM FRENCH LICK IN WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 ORANGE TREES DOWN
0930 PM 3 W HORSE BRANCH KY WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 OHIO WINDOWS BROKEN IN A
HOME...TREES DAMAGEDLocal storm report, Apr 30, 10:55 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1055 PM EDT WED APR 30 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1010 PM BRANCHVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 PERRY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
1010 PM CORYDON IN WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 HARRISON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNLocal storm report, Apr 30, 11:13 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1113 PM EDT WED APR 30 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1010 PM BRANCHVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 PERRY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
1010 PM CORYDON IN WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 HARRISON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
1015 PM PEKIN IN WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 WASHINGTON TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNS IN NUMEROUS
LOCATIONSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 11:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Warren | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 42 min |
| May 1, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 38 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.