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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Louisville, KY

May 31, 1998Hardin County, Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 6:38 PM EDT for Hardin County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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: May 31, 1998, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 7:20 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hardin County, KY, Nelson County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 31, 6:50 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Boston, KY
May 31, 6:55 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Bardstown, KY
May 31, 7:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Elizabeth Town, 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
May 31, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 872 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

045 
WUUS1 KSDF 312240 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC093-179-312320-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
638 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 720 PM EDT

* AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SHEPHERDSVILLE TO HOWE
  VALLEY...15-25 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOSTON BY 645 PM EDT
  STEPHENSBURG BY 650 PM EDT
  GLENDALE BY 650 PM EDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. 60 MPH WINDS WERE
REPORTED AT NICHOLS IN WESTERN BULLITT COUNTY WITH THESE STORMS.
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

FUNK

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, May 31, 4:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
423 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0420 PM    LITTLE YORK               IN   1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   WASHINGTON                     REPORT FROM DES

Local storm report, May 31, 4:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
431 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 PM    AUSTIN                    IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   SCOTT                          REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER

Local storm report, May 31, 5:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
513 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 PM    SCOTTSBURG                IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   SCOTT                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACROSS THE COUNTY. REPORT
                                          FROM LOCAL SHERIFF.

0455 PM    MILTON                    KY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   TRIMBLE                        REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER

0457 PM    VIENNA                    IN   TORNADO
05/31/98   SCOTT                          TORNADO REPORTED EAST OF
                                          VIENNA ON HIGHWAY 256.
                                          REPORTED BY POLICE AND
                                          FIRE DEPARTMENTS. RELAYED
                                          THROUGH DES.

0500 PM    MILTON                    KY   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   TRIMBLE                        REPORT FROM LAGRANGE STATE
                                          POLICE.

Local storm report, May 31, 5:59 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
559 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0553 PM    PAOLI                     IN   1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   ORANGE                         REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER.
                                          JUST SOUTH OF PAOLI.

Local storm report, May 31, 6:18 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
618 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0605 PM    HARDINSBURG               KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   BRECKINRIDGE                   POWER LINES DOWN. REPORT
                                          FROM LOCAL DISPATCH.

Local storm report, May 31, 6:27 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
627 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0600 PM    LOCKPORT                  KY   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   HENRY                          REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER.

0620 PM    STITES                    KY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   BULLITT                        REPORT FROM HAM OPERATOR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	45 min
May 31, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Trimble	26 min
May 31, 5:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry	31 min
May 31, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	37 min
May 31, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	34 min
May 31, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	43 min
May 31, 6:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin	39 min
May 31, 6:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt	39 min
May 31, 6:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	49 min
May 31, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	35 min
May 31, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	41 min
May 31, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	35 min
May 31, 7:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	36 min
May 31, 7:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	31 min
May 31, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	28 min
May 31, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion	29 min
May 31, 7:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Taylor	43 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.