Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 10:07 PM CDT for Simpson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 10:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Simpson County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 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, 10:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Franklin, 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 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
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, 7:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 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 54 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, 1 hour 3 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 DESLocal storm report, May 31, 9:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 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 DESLocal storm report, May 31, 9:57 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1057 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM GOSHEN KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 OLDHAM SEVERAL TREES BLOWN ON
CARS. TREES BLOWN INTO
HOMES REPORTED BY COUNTY
DES
0630 PM FLAHERTY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MEADE POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED
BY COUNTY DISPATCH
0845 PM MC KINNEY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 LINCOLN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
DES.
0920 PM RILEY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MARION TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY COUNTY DES
0920 PM NEW MARKET KY FLOODING
05/31/98 MARION VEHICLE WASHED OFF THE
ROAD. REPORTED BY COUNTY
DES.
0935 PM PELLYTON KY TORNADO
05/31/98 ADAIR TRAILERS TURNED OVER.
BRICK HOUSE LEVELED.Local storm report, May 31, 9:57 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1057 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM GOSHEN KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 OLDHAM SEVERAL TREES BLOWN ON
CARS. TREES BLOWN INTO
HOMES REPORTED BY COUNTY
DES
0630 PM FLAHERTY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MEADE POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED
BY COUNTY DISPATCH
0845 PM MC KINNEY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 LINCOLN TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY COUNTY
DES.
0920 PM RILEY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MARION TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORTED
BY COUNTY DES
0920 PM NEW MARKET KY FLOODING
05/31/98 MARION VEHICLE WASHED OFF THE
ROAD. REPORTED BY COUNTY
DES.
0935 PM PELLYTON KY TORNADO
05/31/98 ADAIR TRAILERS TURNED OVER.
BRICK HOUSE LEVELED.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, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 36 min |
| May 31, 10:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair | 2 hr |
| May 31, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Russell | 119 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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.