Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1997, 8:10 PM CDT for Adair County, Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1997, 8:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adair County, KY, Cumberland County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Countywide, KY | Police and DES reported several trees down across various parts of the county. |
| Jun 13, 8:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Countywide, KY | Police and DES reported several trees down across various parts of the county. |
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, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 140110 RRA SVRSDF KYC001-057-140140- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 910 PM EDT (810 PM CDT) FRI JUN 13 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ADAIR COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY CUMBERLAND COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 840 PM CDT (940 PM EDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED COLUMBIA BY 820 PM CDT SPARKSVILLE BY 815 PM CDT AMANDAVILLE BY 825 PM CDT BURKESVILLE BY 825 PM CDT * AT 805 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET OVER EASTERN METCALFE COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OFF THE TELVEPHONE. 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, 4 hours 24 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, 4 hours 23 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, 4 hours 20 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, 4 hours 15 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, 3 hours 20 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, 3 hours 19 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, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 33 min |
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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.