Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1998, 6:56 PM CDT for Adair County, Casey County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
- May 25, 1998, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1998, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adair County, KY, Casey County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Christine, KY | Dime size hail reported by dispatch. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 2174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 252357 RRA SVRSDF KYC001-045-260030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 756 PM EDT (656 PM CDT) MON MAY 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY SOUTHERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 730 PM CDT (830 PM EDT) * AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHRISTINE OR 30 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DUNNVILLE BY 715 PM CDT WARE BY 725 PM CDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! MK/ACS/JA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 46 min |
| May 25, 8:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 47 min |
| May 25, 9:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 33 min |
| May 25, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 29 min |
| May 25, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 31 min |
| May 25, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Taylor | 30 min |
| May 25, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 49 min |
| May 25, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 44 min |
| May 25, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.