Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1997, 10:33 PM CDT for Allen County, Barren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1997, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 433 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 010331 RRA SVRSDF KYC003-009-010415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1133 PM EDT (1033 PM CDT) WED APR 30 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT (1115 PM CDT) FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...ALLEN COUNTY...BARREN COUNTY AT 1030 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST OF BOWLING GREEN NEAR HAYS TO TRAMMEL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE GLASGOW... AND SCOTTSVILLE BY 11PM CDT. 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, 9:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 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, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 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, 9:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 9:55 PM CDT, 38 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, 10:13 PM CDT, 20 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
LOCATIONSLocal storm report, Apr 30, 10:32 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1132 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
LOCATIONS
1020 PM JEFFERSONVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 CLARK NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT COUNTY
1020 PM UNDERWOOD IN WIND DAMAGE
04/30/97 CLARK TREE FELL ON
HOUSE...DAMAGED HOUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Warren | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.