Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1997, 2:07 PM EST for Garrard County, Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 1, 1997, 2:07 PM EST (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1997, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
055 WUUS1 KSDF 011909 RRA SVRSDF KYC079-137-011945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 207 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...GARRARD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...LINCOLN COUNTY AT 210 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR MARKSBURY IN WESTERN GARRARD COUNTY...SOUTH TO MCKINNEY IN WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS IS ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE IN LANCASTER AND STANFORD BETWEEN 215 PM AND 230 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. GO TO THE INTERIOR SECTION...OR PREFERABLY A BASEMENT OR LOWEST LEVEL IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM ALL DOWNED WIRES. STUREY/FUNK
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, Mar 1, 9:08 AM EST, 4 hours 59 minutes before
KYZ027-061-062-070>072-011415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 913 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR LOGAN... SIMPSON... WARREN... BUTLER... EDMONSON... AND GRAYSON HAS EXPIRED. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING BUT NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. JA
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 9:13 AM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
KYZ027-061-062-070>072-011415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 913 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR LOGAN... SIMPSON... WARREN... BUTLER... EDMONSON... AND GRAYSON HAS EXPIRED. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING BUT NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. JA
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 9:38 AM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
KYZ073>077-081-011450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 943 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEN... MONROE... CUMBERLAND... BARREN... METCALFE... AND ADAIR HAS EXPIRED. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUT SOME SECONDARY ROADS REMAIN COVERED WITH WATER. REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE OVER ROADS OR BRIDGES COVERED BY WATER. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE LATE MORNING BUT NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. JA
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 9:43 AM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
KYZ073>077-081-011450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 943 AM EST SAT MAR 1 1997 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALLEN... MONROE... CUMBERLAND... BARREN... METCALFE... AND ADAIR HAS EXPIRED. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BUT SOME SECONDARY ROADS REMAIN COVERED WITH WATER. REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE OVER ROADS OR BRIDGES COVERED BY WATER. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE LATE MORNING BUT NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. JA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 11:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 5:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fulton | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 5:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 5:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Monroe | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 6:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 6:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 6:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 117 min |
| Mar 1, 6:18 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 117 min |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair | 116 min |
| Mar 1, 7:34 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 116 min |
| Mar 1, 7:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Hardin, Meade | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:46 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Mercer, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 29 min |
| Mar 1, 12:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 12:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 1:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 1:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 1:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 2:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hart | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Madison | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Larue | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Madison | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Meade | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hart | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nelson | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Russell | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Metcalfe, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Simpson | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Woodford | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Spencer | 3 hr |
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.