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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Louisville, KY

May 19, 1997Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1997, 4:26 PM EDT for Nelson 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, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 1997, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Nelson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

223 
WUUS1 KSDF 192025 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC179-192100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
426 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NELSON COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  NELSONVILLE BY 430 PM EDT
  NEW HAVEN AND NEW HOPE BY 445 PM EDT

* AT 420 PM EDT....DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25
MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE OR JUST SOUTH OF BOSTON. THE STORM IS MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OFF THE TELEPHONE. AVOID
DOWNED POWER LINES.



TWF/ACS

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, 11:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 41 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, 11:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 36 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

Local storm report, May 19, 3:48 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
348 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0243 PM    HODGENVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/19/97   LARUE                          2 MILES E... SEMI TRUCK
                                          BLOWN OVER AND SEVERAL
                                          TREES BLOWN DOWN

Local storm report, May 19, 4:10 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
410 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PM    HARDINSBURG               KY   SEVERAL TREES DOWN REPORTED
05/19/97   BRECKINRIDGE                   BY DISPATCH. WINDS ESTIMATED
                                          AT 60 MPH.

Local storm report, May 19, 4:12 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
410 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PHM    HARDINSBURG               KY   SEVERAL TREES DOWN REPORTED
05/19/97   BRECKINRIDGE                   BY DISPATCH. WINDS ESTIMATED
                                          AT 60 MPH.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	34 min
May 19, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	29 min
May 19, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Woodford	29 min
May 19, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Ohio	48 min
May 19, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	31 min
May 19, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	24 min
May 19, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	26 min
May 19, 4:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	70 min
May 19, 5:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Nelson	79 min
May 19, 5:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Washington	79 min
May 19, 6:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer	56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1997 Every 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.