Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1997, 2:36 PM CDT for Hancock County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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 19, 1997, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1997, 3:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, KY, Ohio County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 671 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
957 WUUS1 KSDF 191935 RRA SVRSDF KYC091-183-192010- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 336 PM EDT (236 PM CDT) MON MAY 19 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HANCOCK COUNTY - NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY NORTHERN OHIO COUNTY - NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY * UNTIL 310 PM CDT (410 PM EDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED HAWESVILLE BY 400 PM EDT PATESVILLE BY 400 PM EDT AETNAVILLE BY 400 PM EDT * AT 335 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY FROM KNOTSVILLE TO WHITESVILLE...WHICH IS 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DEWALD
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, May 19, 9:09 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-192000- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 500 AM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN IOWA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES STATES BY TONIGHT AND TRAIL A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT WITH WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR OVER INDIANA AND KENTUCKY WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND/OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQ:UESTED LATER TODAY. TREXLER
Special weather statement, May 19, 10:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-071-074-076-077-094-INZ076>079- 083-084-089>092-192330- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1145 AM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS EXTENDED THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREA FURTHER WEST AND SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY. THIS AREA INCLUDES MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AS WELL AS ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE INTO NEW ENGLAND BY TUESDAY MORNING AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT WITH WARM MOIST AIR OVER INDIANA AND KENTUCKY WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS BUT SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AS WITH ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ISOLATED TORNADOS MAY ALSO OCCUR. HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND/OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. JA
Special weather statement, May 19, 10:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-071-074-076-077-094-INZ076>079- 083-084-089>092-192330- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1145 AM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS EXTENDED THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREA FURTHER WEST AND SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY. THIS AREA INCLUDES MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AS WELL AS ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE INTO NEW ENGLAND BY TUESDAY MORNING AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT WITH WARM MOIST AIR OVER INDIANA AND KENTUCKY WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS BUT SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AS WITH ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ISOLATED TORNADOS MAY ALSO OCCUR. HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND/OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. JA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 29 min |
| May 19, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 29 min |
| May 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 48 min |
| May 19, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 31 min |
| May 19, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 24 min |
| May 19, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 34 min |
| May 19, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 26 min |
| May 19, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 70 min |
| May 19, 4:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 79 min |
| May 19, 4:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Washington | 79 min |
| May 19, 5:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer | 56 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.