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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Louisville, KY

May 31, 1998Logan County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 9:34 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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 31, 1998, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 10:10 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Logan County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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 31, 10:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Russellville, 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 3629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 5.1
Supercell composite: 21.7

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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, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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

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

0720 PM    1 W SPRINGFIELD           KY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   WASHINGTON                     REPORT FROM LOCAL
                                          DISPATCH.

0740 PM    2 E HODGENVILLE           KY   WIND DAMAGE          d
05/31/98   LARUE                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORT FROM HAM
                                          RADIO OPERATOR.

Local storm report, May 31, 7:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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

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

0755 PM    WINCHESTER                KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   CLARK                          POWER LINES DOWN ONTO
                                          VEHICLE. REPORT FROM
                                          DISPATCH.

0759 PM    CAMPBELLSVILLE            KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   TAYLOR                         REPORT FROM RADIO STATION.

0759 PM    CAMPBELLSVILLE            KY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   TAYLOR                         REPORT FROM RADIO STATION.

Local storm report, May 31, 7:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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

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

0615 PM    LOUISVILLE                KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   JEFFERSON                      POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS
                                          CITY. REPORT FROM SHERIFF
                                          DISPATCH.

0820 PM    LIBERTY                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   CASEY                          TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
                                          DISPATCH.

Local storm report, May 31, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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

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

0800 PM    LEBANON                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   MARION                         NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN.

0820 PM    CAMPBELLSVILLE            KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   TAYLOR                         ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING
                                          SUPPLY STORE INTO CAR
                                          DEALERSHIP LOT.

Local storm report, May 31, 9:04 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1004 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0700 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   HARDIN                         POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
                                          COUNTYWIDE

0915 PM    FINLEY                    KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   TAYLOR                         REPORTED BY COUNTY DES

0915 PM    RAYWICK                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   MARION                         TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY DES

0915 PM    JESSIETOWN                KY   FLOODING
05/31/98   MARION                         WATER IN HOMES AND
                                          COVERING VEHICLES

0925 PM    HODGENVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   LARUE                          TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY DES

Local storm report, May 31, 9:04 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1004 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0700 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   HARDIN                         POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
                                          COUNTYWIDE

0915 PM    FINLEY                    KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   TAYLOR                         REPORTED BY COUNTY DES

0915 PM    RAYWICK                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   MARION                         TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY DES

0915 PM    JESSIETOWN                KY   FLOODING
05/31/98   MARION                         WATER IN HOMES AND
                                          COVERING VEHICLES

0925 PM    HODGENVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   LARUE                          TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY DES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey	41 min
May 31, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair	28 min
May 31, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Lincoln	27 min
May 31, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Russell	32 min
May 31, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey	18 min
May 31, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion	33 min
May 31, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	38 min
May 31, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hart	36 min
May 31, 8:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Marion	3 hr
May 31, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Taylor	90 min
May 31, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	48 min
May 31, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green	47 min
May 31, 10:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair	2 hr
May 31, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Simpson	33 min
May 31, 10:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Russell	119 min

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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.