Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1997, 6:09 PM EDT for Garrard County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 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, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1997, 6:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garrard County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Buckeye, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 022207 RRA SVRSDF KYC079-022225- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 609 PM EDT MON JUN 2 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GARRARD COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 625 PM EDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BUCKEYE IMMEDIATELY BRYANTSVILLE BEFORE 625 PM EDT * AT 607 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN GARRARD COUNTY...WHICH IS 20 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 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. 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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:41 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
543 PM EDT MON JUN 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 PvM STANFORD KY .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/97 LINCOLN REPORTED BY COUNTY
DISPATCHLocal storm report, Jun 2, 5:43 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
543 PM EDT MON JUN 02 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 PM STANFORD KY .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/97 LINCOLN REPORTED BY COUNTY
DISPATCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.