Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1997, 6:43 PM CDT for Butler County, Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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 13, 1997, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1997, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Countywide, KY | |
| Jun 13, 6:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Bowling Green, KY | Several trees were reported down. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 132343 SVRSDF KYC031-213-227-140015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 743 PM EDT (643 PM CDT) FRI JUN 13 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY SIMPSON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WARREN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 715 PM CDT (815 PM EDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED JETSON BY 650 PM CDT RICHARDSVILLE BY 700 PM CDT BOWLING GREEN BY 700 PM CDT FRANKLIN BY 655 PM CDT * AT 645 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN NEAR MORGANTOWN TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN ALONG THE LOGAN...SIMPSON COUNTY BORDER. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. 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. DK/TF
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 13, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
446 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0444 PM RICHMOND KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97 MADISONLocal storm report, Jun 13, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
446 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0444 PM RICHMOND KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97 MADISONLocal storm report, Jun 13, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0444 PM 5 S LAWRENCEBURG KY FLOODING
06/13/97 ANDERSON WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
3 RAINFALL IN PAST HOUR.
ALSO FLOODING ACROSS
PROPERTY AND WATER ACROSS
COUNTY ROADS.Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0444 PM 5 S LAWRENCEBURG KY FLOODING
06/13/97 ANDERSON WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
3" RAINFALL IN PAST HOUR.
ALSO FLOODING ACROSS
PROPERTY AND WATER ACROSS
COUNTY ROADS.Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
550 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 PM RICHMOND KY FLOODING
06/13/97 MADISON NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET
FLOODING IN
RICHMOND...SEVERAL ROADS
CLOSEDLocal storm report, Jun 13, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
550 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 PM RICHMOND KY FLOODING
06/13/97 MADISON NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET
FLOODING IN
RICHMOND...SEVERAL ROAtDS
CLOSEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 3:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Jessamine, Woodford | 92 min |
| Jun 13, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Madison | 90 min |
| Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson | 42 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.