Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1997, 12:44 PM CDT for Clinton County, Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 28, 1997, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1997, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 1:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Modoc, KY | Dime size hail reported by a spotter. |
| Jul 28, 1:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Countywide, KY | Dispatch reports several trees down across 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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 3105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 281745 RRA SVRSDF KYC053-057-281815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 144 PM EDT (1244 PM CDT) MON JUL 28 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLINTON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 115 PM CDT (215 PM EDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED CROSSROARDS BY 205 PM EDT * AT 144 PM EDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET...NEAR THE TOWN OF MODOC. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
KYZ023>034-038-045-046-053-054-063>065-089>100-INZ076>079-083-084- 089>092-282100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 11 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THREAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL ACT AS A TRIGGER FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
KYZ023>034-038-045-046-053-054-063>065-089>100-INZ076>079-083-084- 089>092-282100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 11 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THREAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL ACT AS A TRIGGER FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
KYZ023>034-038-045-046-053-054-063>065-089>100-INZ076>079-083-084- 089>092-282100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 11 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THREAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL ACT AS A TRIGGER FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 10:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
KYZ023>034-038-045-046-053-054-063>065-089>100-INZ076>079-083-084- 089>092-282100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 11 AM EDT MON JUL 28 1997 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THREAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOT...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL ACT AS A TRIGGER FOR INCREASED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 1:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 66 min |
| Jul 28, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 20 min |
| Jul 28, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.