Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Mar 28, 1997, 6:01 PM EST (23:01 UTC)

Expired

Mar 28, 1997, 6:45 PM EST

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Hardin County, KY

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 282302 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC093-282345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
601 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...HARDIN COUNTY
 
AT 600 PM EST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED 30 TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE ACROSS EASTERN
BRECKINRIDGE AND HARDIN COUNTIES. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT VINE GROVE IMMEDIATELY...AND
ELIZABETHTOWN BEFORE 620 PM EST.
 
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
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.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
TF/VLD

In the hours before

KYZ023>025-027>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-290600-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1145 AM EST FRI MAR 28 1997

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES THAT A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
INDIANA...MAINLY FOR THIS EVENING.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW LOW CLOUDS TO GIVE WAY
TO PARTIAL SUNSHINE BY MID OR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A BRISK
SOUTHWEST FLOW OF AIR DEVELOPS ACROSS THE REGION. THIS FLOW WILL
ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. THEN AS A COLD FRONT AND POTENT UPPER-LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCE APPROACH FROM THE WEST...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP
ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN PROGRESS ACROSS
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE EVENING HOURS
BRINGING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

WITH THE ATMOSPHERE EXPECTED TO BE UNSTABLE ALONG WITH THE PRESENCE
OF STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WINDS AND WIND SHEAR...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES ACROSS CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK...STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

FUNK

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.