Tornado Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Mar 2, 1997, 12:34 AM EST (05:34 UTC)

Expired

Mar 2, 1997, 1:00 AM EST

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Casey County, 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.

767 
WFUS1 KSDF 020537 RRA
TORSDF
KYC045-020600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1234 AM EST SUN MAR 2 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM EST
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
 
   ...EASTERN CASEY COUNTY
 
AT 1235 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...NEAR PHIL.
 
THE SEVERE STORM WAS RACING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR
BETHEL-RIDGE BY 1245 AM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
STUREY

Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes 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.