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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Louisville, KY

March 1, 1997Hardin County, Meade County, Kentucky; Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1997, 8:00 PM EST for Hardin County, Meade County, Kentucky; Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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, 8:00 PM EST (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1997, 8:30 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, IN, Hardin County, KY, Meade County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 020104 RRA
SVRSDF
INC061-KYC093-163-020130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
800 PM EST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH INDIANA
 
   ...SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY...EASTERN MEADE COUNTY
 
AT 800 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE IN SOUTHERN HARRISON
COUNTY INDIANA...TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR GUSTON IN
SOUTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY.
 
THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR
GARRETT BY 810 PM EST...AND FORT KNOX BY 820 PM EST.
 
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, 7:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge38 min
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Meade4 hr
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock4 hr
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKOldham4 hr
Mar 1, 8:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt4 hr
Mar 1, 8:19 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Trimble4 hr
Mar 1, 8:19 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKShelby4 hr
Mar 1, 8:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer3 hr
Mar 1, 8:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Ohio3 hr
Mar 1, 8:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin3 hr
Mar 1, 10:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson and 1 more3 hr
Mar 1, 10:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Metcalfe3 hr
Mar 1, 10:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair3 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington3 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine, Woodford3 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott3 hr
Mar 1, 10:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor3 hr
Mar 1, 10:48 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKNicholas3 hr
Mar 1, 10:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Simpson, Warren37 min
Mar 1, 11:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren49 min
Mar 1, 11:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade2 hr
Mar 1, 11:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Hardin2 hr
Mar 1, 11:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKOhio2 hr
Mar 1, 11:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe, Monroe60 min
Mar 1, 11:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer2 hr
Mar 1, 11:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin2 hr
Mar 1, 11:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Nelson2 hr
Mar 1, 11:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble2 hr
Mar 2, 12:05 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair40 min
Mar 2, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland45 min
Mar 2, 12:27 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKRussell63 min
Mar 2, 12:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell63 min
Mar 2, 12:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison90 min
Mar 2, 12:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark90 min
Mar 2, 12:30 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKCasey90 min
Mar 2, 12:34 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey26 min
Mar 1, 11:37 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Floyd2 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.