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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Louisville, KY

May 31, 1998Simpson County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 10:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Franklin, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3629 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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, 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 DES
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 DES
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.
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey41 min
May 31, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair28 min
May 31, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln27 min
May 31, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell32 min
May 31, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCasey18 min
May 31, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion33 min
May 31, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue38 min
May 31, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart36 min
May 31, 8:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMarion3 hr
May 31, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKTaylor90 min
May 31, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen48 min
May 31, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGreen47 min
May 31, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan36 min
May 31, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair2 hr
May 31, 10:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKRussell119 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.