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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Louisville, KY

March 28, 1997Barren County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1997, 9:55 PM CST for Barren County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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, 9:55 PM CST (03:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 1997, 10:30 PM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Barren County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY

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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 290357 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC009-169-290430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1055 PM EST (955 PM CST) FRI MAR 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EST (1030 PM CST)
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...SOUTHERN BARREN COUNTY...METCALFE COUNTY
 
AT 955 PM EST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...NEAR MAYNARD. THE STORM IS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH TEMPLE HILL BEFORE 1010 PM
CST...AND EDMONTON BY 1020 PM CST.
 
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.
 
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, 2 hours 55 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, 2 hours 51 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, 2 hours 45 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, 2 hours 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, 7:45 PM CST, 2 hours 10 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.
KIRKPATRICK

Local storm report, Mar 28, 7:50 PM CST, 2 hours 5 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.
KIRKPATRICK

The 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, 8:52 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, 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

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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.