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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Louisville, KY

July 14, 1997Larue County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 9:18 PM EDT for Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 14, 1997, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1997, 9:50 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Larue County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 9:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Hodgenville, KYHam radio operater reported trees down between Hodgenville and Tonieville.

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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3428 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
3428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 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 150116 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC123-150150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
918 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  LARUE COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 950 PM EDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  HODGENVILLE BY 925PM EDT
  AND MOUNT SHERMAN
  BY 930PM EDT

* RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE
AND THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE STORM WAS NEAR TONIEVILLE.

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.



REC/RDC

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, Jul 14, 5:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
513 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    BRANDENBURG               KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   MEADE                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
                                          BRANDENBURG AND
                                          PAYNESBURG.

0830 PM    HARTFORD                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   OHIO                           2 TREES DOWN NEAR BEAVER
                                          DAM AND HARTFORD.

0845 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   BRECKINRIDGE                   SPOTTED REPORTS OF TREES
                                          DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
                                          COUNTY.

0845 PM    RINEYVILLE                KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   HARDIN                         FEW TREES DOWN IN
                                          RINEYVILLE.
Local storm report, Jul 14, 6:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
605 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0900 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   BUTLER                         TREES DOWN IN SEVERAL
                                          LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY.

0920 PM    HODGENVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   LARUE                          HAM OPERATOR REPORTED 2
                                          TREES DOWN BETWEEN
                                          TONIEVILLE AND
                                          HODGENVILLE.

0925 PM    SMITHS GROVE              KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   WARREN                         PORCH BLOWN OFF HOME IN
                                          SMITHS GROVE.

0925 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   EDMONSON                       A FEW TREES DOWN IN THE
                                          SOUTHERN PART OF THE
                                          COUNTY. REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          DISPATCH.

0925 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   HART                           TREES DOWN IN NORTHERN
                                          HART COUNTY.  REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY DES.
Local storm report, Jul 14, 9:13 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
913 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    BRANDENBURG               KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   MEADE                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
                                          BRANDENBURG AND
                                          PAYNESBURG.

0830 PM    HARTFORD                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   OHIO                           2 TREES DOWN NEAR BEAVER
                                          DAM AND HARTFORD.

0845 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   BRECKINRIDGE                   SPOTTED REPORTS OF TREES
                                          DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
                                          COUNTY.

0845 PM    RINEYVILLE                KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   HARDIN                         FEW TREES DOWN IN
                                          RINEYVILLE.

WAIDLEY...CORRECTED FOR TIME
Local storm report, Jul 14, 9:14 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
913 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0830 PM    BRANDENBURG               KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   MEADE                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
                                          BRANDENBURG AND
                                          PAYNESBURG.

0830 PM    HARTFORD                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   OHIO                           2 TREES DOWN NEAR BEAVER
                                          DAM AND HARTFORD.

0845 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   BRECKINRIDGE                   SPOTTED REPORTS OF TREES
                                          DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
                                          COUNTY.

0845 PM    RINEYVILLE                KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   HARDIN                         FEW TREES DOWN IN
                                          RINEYVILLE.

WAIDLEY...CORRECTED FOR TIME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge42 min
Jul 14, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade46 min
Jul 14, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Grayson61 min
Jul 14, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Hart, Warren35 min
Jul 14, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan33 min
Jul 14, 9:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Simpson31 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.