Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1997, 8:52 PM CST for Green County, Larue County, Taylor 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 28, 1997, 8:52 PM CST (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1997, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Green County, KY, Larue County, KY, Taylor County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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.
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 |
| Mar 28, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 290254 RRA SVRSDF KYC123-087-217-290330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 952 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...EASTERN LARUE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...GREEN COUNTY...TAYLOR COUNTY AT 950 PM EST (850 PM CST)...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET NEAR PIKEVIEW. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH GINSENG BY 1000 PM EST (900 PM CST)...GREENSBURG BY 1015 PM EST (915 PM CST)...AND CAMPBELLSVILLE BY 1020 PM EST (920 PM CST). 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. RC/VLD
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, 7:00 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 800 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 755 PM BEDFORD KY 2 INCH HAIL 3/28/97 TRIMBLE KIRKPATRICK
Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:04 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 800 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 755 PM BEDFORD KY 2 INCH HAIL 3/28/97 TRIMBLE KIRKPATRICK
Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:10 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 810 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 745 PM HAMMERSVILLE KY MAJOR DAMAGE AND 3/28/97 HART NUMEROUS INJURIES LASHER
Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:13 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 810 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997 TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS... 745 PM HAMMERSVILLE KY MAJOR DAMAGE AND 3/28/97 HART NUMEROUS INJURIES LASHER
Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:45 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
845 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997
TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
730 PM CAMPBELLSVILLE KY HWY 210 BLOCKED
3/28/97 LARUE/TAYLOR CO LINE BY NUMEROUS TREES
AND POWER LINES.
ALSO HOME AND
CHURCH DAMAGE IN
THE AREA.
KIRKPATRICKLocal storm report, Mar 28, 7:50 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
845 PM EST FRI MAR 28 1997
TIME EST .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
730 PM CAMPBELLSVILLE KY HWY 210 BLOCKED
3/28/97 LARUE/TAYLOR CO LINE BY NUMEROUS TREES
AND POWER LINES.
T ALSO HOME AND
CHURCH DAMAGE IN
THE AREA.
KIRKPATRICKThe 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, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Warren | 55 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, 8:55 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.