Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1997, 6:05 PM CST for Barren County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 55 min. 3 reports 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 28, 1997, 6:05 PM CST (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1997, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barren County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:40 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| Mar 28, 6:45 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Alvaton, KY | |
| Mar 28, 7:10 PM CST | Hail 2.75 | Rocky Hill, 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 28, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 290007 RRA SVRSDF KYC009-227-290100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 705 PM EST (605 PM CST) FRI MAR 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST (700 PM CST) FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...BARREN COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY AT 603 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE STORMS NEAR BOWLING GREEN AND ALSO NEAR CAVE CITY IN NORTHERN BARREN COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT BOWLING GREEN IMMEDIATLEY...AND POLKVILLE BY 615 PM CST...AND HISEVILLE BY 620 PM CST. THE STORM SHOULD REACH GLASGOW BY 635 PM CST. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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 VBE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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 28, 6:00 PM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
700 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997
TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
654 PM KY TORNADO ON GROUND
3/28/97 HARDIN ONE HOME DESTROYED
OTHER HOMES DAMAGED
IN ELIZABETHTOWN
RLLocal storm report, Mar 28, 6:02 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
700 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997
TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
654 PM KY TORNADO ON GROUND
3/28/97 HARDIN ONE HOME DESTROYED
OTHER HOMES DAMAGED
D IN ELIZABETHTOWN
RLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 6:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Larue | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 6:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 6:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Woodford | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 7:23 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 7:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 67 min |
| Mar 28, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 7:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Russell | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 7:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Spencer | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 8:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 8:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 8:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 8:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 8:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Larue, Taylor | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 9:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Jessamine | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 9:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Mercer | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 9:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.