Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 7:04 PM EDT for Marion County, Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marion County, KY, Washington County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Springfield, KY | |
| May 31, 7:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Lebanon, 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 5:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 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, 1 hour 5 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, 46 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, 37 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.Local storm report, May 31, 6:58 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
658 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM CORYDON IN WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HARRISON NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
THE COUNTY. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0645 PM GOSHEN KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 OLDHAM NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN.
0645 PM JASPER IN 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 DUBOIS REPORT FROM DES.
0645 PM JASPER IN WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 DUBOIS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DES.Local storm report, May 31, 7:04 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
704 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM BOSTON KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 NELSON MOBILE HOME BLOWN OVER.
REPORT FROM LOCAL
DISPATCH.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, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 42 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 |
| May 31, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott, Washington | 33 min |
| May 31, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 31, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 28 min |
| May 31, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 44 min |
| May 31, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 43 min |
| May 31, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 49 min |
| May 31, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 47 min |
| May 31, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 35 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.