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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Louisville, KY

March 1, 1997Breckinridge County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1997, 6:37 PM CST for Breckinridge 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, 6:37 PM CST (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1997, 7:15 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Breckinridge County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 769 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 00:00Z on 1997-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
769 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 020033 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC027-020115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
737 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY
 
AT 730 PM EST/ 630 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...NEAR THE SOUTHEAST HANCOCK/WESTERN
BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY LINE.
 
THE SEVERE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR
HARDINSBURGH BY 745 PM/645 PM CST.
 
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 7:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade30 min
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Meade4 hr
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock4 hr
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKOldham4 hr
Mar 1, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt4 hr
Mar 1, 7:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Trimble4 hr
Mar 1, 7:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKShelby4 hr
Mar 1, 7:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer3 hr
Mar 1, 7:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Ohio3 hr
Mar 1, 7:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin3 hr
Mar 1, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson and 1 more3 hr
Mar 1, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Metcalfe3 hr
Mar 1, 9:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine, Woodford3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott3 hr
Mar 1, 9:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor3 hr
Mar 1, 9:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKNicholas3 hr
Mar 1, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Simpson, Warren37 min
Mar 1, 10:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren49 min
Mar 1, 10:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade2 hr
Mar 1, 10:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin2 hr
Mar 1, 10:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKOhio2 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe, Monroe60 min
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer2 hr
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin2 hr
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Nelson2 hr
Mar 1, 10:54 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble2 hr
Mar 1, 11:05 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKAdair40 min
Mar 1, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland45 min
Mar 1, 11:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKRussell63 min
Mar 1, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell63 min
Mar 1, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison90 min
Mar 1, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark90 min
Mar 1, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey90 min
Mar 1, 11:34 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKCasey26 min

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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.