Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1997, 3:34 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1997, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Breckinridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 192033 RRA SVRSDF KYC027-192100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 434 PM EDT (334 PM CDT) MON MAY 19 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 400 PM CDT (500 PM EDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED ROUGH RIVER LAKE BY 335 PM CDT HUDSON AND MADRID BY 345 PM CDT * AT 330 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 45 SOUTHWEST OF LOUSIVILLE NEAR ROUGH RIVER LAKE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 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. | SCHOLZ/STUREY
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, 10:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 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, 4 hours 44 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, 2:48 PM CDT, 46 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 DOWNLocal storm report, May 19, 3:10 PM CDT, 24 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, 3:12 PM CDT, 22 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, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 34 min |
| 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, 3:50 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
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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.