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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 1998Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 10:19 AM CDT for Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 14, 1998, 10:19 AM CDT (15:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 11:10 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 10:25 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Gamaliel, 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 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

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076>079-084-
090>092-142330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
523 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN TWO THIRDS OF
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.  SOME CITIES IN THE THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE
JASPER...LOUISVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...LEBANON...AND BOWLING GREEN. A
SLIGHT RISK EXISTS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.

A WARM FRONT OVER MISSOURI AND TENNESSEE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO
KENTUCKY TODAY.  THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO BECOME INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE DURING THE DAY.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM
FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH KENTUCKY.

THE EXPECTED INSTABILITY ALONG WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS IN THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA.  DAMAGING WINDS
AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...AND A FEW TORNADOES ALSO ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR LTHE LATEST INFORMATION
ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED
LATER TODAY.

CS
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:06 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1106 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1105 AM    BOWLING GREEN             KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WARREN                         DES REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL JUST WEST OF BOLWING
                                          GREEN
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:07 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1107 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1106 AM    BOWLING GREEN             KY   1 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WARREN                         DES REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:08 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1108 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1107 AM    MEADOR                    KY   1 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   ALLEN                          SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER
                                          SIZE HAIL.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:12 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1112 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1015 AM    BOWLING GREEN             KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   WARREN                         DES REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL JUST WEST OF BOLWING
                                          GREEN

TIME OF EVENT CHANGED
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:14 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren34 min
Jun 14, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan33 min
Jun 14, 9:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen32 min
Jun 14, 10:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Simpson, Warren3 hr
Jun 14, 10:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLogan3 hr
Jun 14, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBarren, Monroe2 hr
Jun 14, 10:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBarren, Monroe118 min
Jun 14, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark27 min
Jun 14, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby35 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.