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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Louisville, KY

July 28, 1997Cumberland County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1997, 2:16 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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 28, 1997, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1997, 2:50 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 1997-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3105 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 281917 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC057-169-281950-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
316 PM EDT (216 PM CDT) MON JUL 28 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN METCALFE COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 250 PM CDT (350 PM EDT)
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  BEAUMONT AND MARROWBONE IMMEDIATELY

* AT 215 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50
MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET...ON THE METCALFE/CUMBERLAND COUNTY
LINE. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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/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, 10:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 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, 4 hours 4 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.
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
204 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997

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

0200 PM    MODOC                     KY   .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/97   CUMBERLAND                     REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
204 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997

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

0200 PVM    MODOC                     KY   .75 INCH HAIL
07/28/97   CUMBERLAND                     REPORTED BY NWS SPOTTER
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:47 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
247 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997

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

0205 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97   CLINTON                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY DISPATCH.
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:48 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
247 PM EDT MON JUL 28 1997

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

0205 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/28/97   CLINTON                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          THE COUNTY. REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY DISPATCH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson24 min
Jul 28, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland31 min
Jul 28, 1:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland63 min
Jul 28, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey31 min
Jul 28, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan46 min
Jul 28, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Metcalfe49 min
Jul 28, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen66 min
Jul 28, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson35 min
Jul 28, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Mercer47 min
Jul 28, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen20 min
Jul 28, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.