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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Louisville, KY

June 2, 1997Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1997, 5:39 PM EDT for Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1997, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1997, 6:10 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Casey County, KY, Lincoln County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDTHail 0.75Stanford, KY

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1997-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1997-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 022137 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC045-137-022210-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
539 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN CASEY COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 610 PM EDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  STANFORD AND MORELAND IMMEDIATELY
  JACKTOWN BEFORE 600 PM EDT

* AT 538 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR STANFORD...WHICH IS 25 MILES NORTH OF SOMERSET. THE STORM WAS
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE
A STRONG BUILDING. AVOItD WINDOWS AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED.



DEWALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard16 min
Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Marion35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.