Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 5:54 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1997, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 2569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 272154 RRA SVRSDF KYC111-272230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 554 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED MIDDLETOWN BY 615 PM *AT 550 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE NEAR MIDDLETOWN. STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL OR POSSIBLE. 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 HnAS PASSED. RNK
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
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 12:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
KYZ001>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-089>100- INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-282045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY NOON EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH MONDAY... ...A HEAT ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH MONDAY... IN KENTUCKY THE HEAT ADVISORY IS WEST OF AND INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF: LEWIS...MASON...ROBERTSON...NICHOLAS...BOURBON...CLARK... MADISON...GARRARD...LINCOLN...CASEY...RUSSELL AND CLINTON. IN SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE HEAT ADVISORY: DUBOIS...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...SCOTT...JEFFERSON...PERRY... CRAWFORD...HARRISON...FLOYD AND CLARK. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAT ADVISORY INCLUDE LOUISVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...AND LEXINGTON. IN INDIANA SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE NEW ALBANY AND JASPER. A COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES FROM 95 TO 100 AND HIGH HUMIDITIES FROM 40 TO 55 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDICES FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES OR MORE THIS AFTERNON AND EVENING AND ON MONDAY. WIDELY SCATTED THUNDERSTORMS OFFER THE ONLY HOPE OF ANY RELIEF FROM THE OPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. AT NOON EDT...HEAT INDICES WERE ALL ABOVE THE ONE HUNDRED DEGREE MARK ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. USE EXTRA CAUTION IN EXCESSIVE HEAT CONDITIONS. AVOID STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. ALSO WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT CLOTHING. HEAT IS ESPECIALLY HARD ON THE ELDERLY...THE YOUNG...AND PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. AB
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 12:31 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
KYZ001>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-089>100- INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-282045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY NOON EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 ...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH MONDAY... ...A HEAT ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH MONDAY... IN KENTUCKY THE HEAT ADVISORY IS WEST OF AND INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF: LEWIS...MASON...ROBERTSON...NICHOLAS...BOURBON...CLARK... MADISON...GARRARD...LINCOLN...CASEY...RUSSELL AND CLINTON. IN SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE HEAT ADVISORY: DUBOIS...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...SCOTT...JEFFERSON...PERRY... CRAWFORD...HARRISON...FLOYD AND CLARK. SOME CITIES IN THE HEAT ADVISORY INCLUDE LOUISVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...AND LEXINGTON. IN INDIANA SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE NEW ALBANY AND JASPER. A COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES FROM 95 TO 100 AND HIGH HUMIDITIES FROM 40 TO 55 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDICES FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES OR MORE THIS AFTERNON AND EVENING AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OFFER THE ONLY HOPE OF ANY RELIEF FROM THE OPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY. AT NOON EDT...HEAT INDICES WERE ALL ABOVE THE ONE HUNDRED DEGREE MARK ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. USE EXTRA CAUTION IN EXCESSIVE HEAT CONDITIONS. AVOID STRENUOUS ACTIVITY. TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. ALSO WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT CLOTHING. HEAT IS ESPECIALLY HARD ON THE ELDERLY...THE YOUNG...AND PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. AB
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WESTHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 331 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 KYZ029>044-049>052-089>100-104-INZ076>079-083-084-090>092-280830- ANDERSON-BATH-BOONE-BOURBON-BRACKEN-BULLITT-CAMPBELL-CARROLL- CLARK IN-CLARK-CRAWFORD IN-DUBOIS IN-ELLIOTT-FAYETTE-FLEMING- FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-GRANT-HARRISON IN-HARRISON-HENRY- JEFFERSON IN-JEFFERSON-KENTON-LEWIS-MASON-MONTGOMERY-NICHOLAS-OLDHAM- ORANGE IN-OWEN-PENDLETON-ROBERTSON-ROWAN-SCOTT IN-SCOTT-SHELBY- SPENCER-TRIMBLE-WASHINGTON IN-WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORYDON...COVINGTON...CYNTHIANA... FRANKFORT...JASPER...LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE...MAYSVILLE...MOREHEAD... NEW ALBANY...SCOTTSBURG...SHELBYVILLE...VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 331 PM EDT/231 PM EST SUN JUL 27 1997 VERY HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE BEST CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM LOUISVILLE EAST THROUGH LEXINGTON AND ON EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EXTREME EAST KENTUCKY. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WOULD BE STRONG AND GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WESTHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 331 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 1997 KYZ029>044-049>052-089>100-104-INZ076>079-083-084-090>092-280830- ANDERSON-BATH-BOONE-BOURBON-BRACKEN-BULLITT-CAMPBELL-CARROLL- CLARK IN-CLARK-CRAWFORD IN-DUBOIS IN-ELLIOTT-FAYETTE-FLEMING- FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-GRANT-HARRISON IN-HARRISON-HENRY- JEFFERSON IN-JEFFERSON-KENTON-LEWIS-MASON-MONTGOMERY-NICHOLAS-OLDHAM- ORANGE IN-OWEN-PENDLETON-ROBERTSON-ROWAN-SCOTT IN-SCOTT-SHELBY- SPENCER-TRIMBLE-WASHINGTON IN-WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORYDON...COVINGTON...CYNTHIANA... FRANKFORT...JASPER...LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE...MAYSVILLE...MOREHEAD... NEW ALBANY...SCOTTSBURG...SHELBYVILLE...VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 331 PM EDT/231 PM EST SUN JUL 27 1997 VERY HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE BEST CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM LOUISVILLE EAST THROUGH LEXINGTON AND ON EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN EXTREME EAST KENTUCKY. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WOULD BE STRONG AND GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN.
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.