Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 1997, 11:27 PM CST for Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 1997, 11:27 PM CST (05:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 1997, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Russell County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 11:55 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Russell Spgs, KY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 020531 RRA SVRSDF KYC207-020630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1227 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EST/ 1230 AM CST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...RUSSELL COUNTY AT 1225 AM EST/1125 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET ACROSS EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY...OR EAST OF COLUMBIA. THE SEVERE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH JAMESTOWN AND RUSSELL SPRINGS BY 1145 PM CST. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OF 1 OR 2 INCHES IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL ALSO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAINz CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STUREY
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, Mar 1, 11:12 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1212 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997
TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
1200 AM VNCTY GLASGOW KY SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
3/2/97 BARREN CHAIRS REPORTED
FLYING THROUGH THE
AIR. REPORTED BY
BOWLING GREEN KSP.
RNKLocal storm report, Mar 1, 11:13 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1212 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997
TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
1200 AM VNCTY GLASGOW KY SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
3/2/97 BARREN CHAIRS REPORTED
FLYING THROUGH THE
^ AIR. REPORTED BY
BOWLING GREEN KSP.
RNKLocal storm report, Mar 1, 11:19 PM CST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1219 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997
TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
1210 AM SOUTH WEST KY MARBLE-DIME SIZE HAIL.
3/2/97 GREEN REPORTED BY GREEN CO
DES.
RNKLocal storm report, Mar 1, 11:21 PM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1219 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997
TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... .j..REMARKS...
1210 AM SOUTH WEST KY MARBLE-DIME SIZE HAIL.
3/2/97 GREEN REPORTED BY GREEN CO
DES.
RNKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 7:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Meade | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Oldham | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:19 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Shelby | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 7:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Scott | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:48 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Mar 1, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 10:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe, Monroe | 60 min |
| Mar 1, 10:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 11:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 11:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Russell | 63 min |
| Mar 1, 11:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 90 min |
| Mar 1, 11:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 90 min |
| Mar 1, 11:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey | 90 min |
| Mar 1, 11:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 26 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.