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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Louisville, KY

August 25, 1997Grayson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1997, 9:32 AM CDT for Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
Aug 25, 1997, 9:32 AM CDT (14:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1997, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Grayson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 1997-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 1997-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-400 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 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 251432 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC085-251500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1032 AM EDT (932 AM CDT) MON AUG 25 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  GRAYSON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT (1100 AM EDT)
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  BLACK ROCK
  MILLWOOD
  PEONIA

* AT 930 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTH OF LEITCHFIELD...WHICH IS 30 MILES NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN.
THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

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

Local storm report, Aug 25, 8:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
919 AM EDT MON AUG 25 1997

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

0730 AM    LAWRENCEBURG              KY   .75 INCH HAIL
08/25/97   ANDERSON

0800 AM    SALVISA                   KY   .75 INCH HAIL
08/25/97   MERCER
Local storm report, Aug 25, 8:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
919 AM EDT MON AUG 25 1997

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

0730 AM    LAWRENCEBURG              KY   .75 INCH HAIL
08/25/97   ANDERSON

0800 AM    SALVISA                   KY   .75 INCH HAIL
08/25/97   MERCER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 6:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine, Mercer, Woodford32 min
Aug 25, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge35 min
Aug 25, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson31 min
Aug 25, 8:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle18 min
Aug 25, 8:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln27 min
Aug 25, 9:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln11 min
Aug 25, 10:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Hart33 min
Aug 25, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart27 min
Aug 25, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart29 min
Aug 25, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren33 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.