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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 1998Henry County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 7:40 PM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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: Jun 14, 1998, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 1998, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 14, 7:50 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Ballardsville, KY
Jun 14, 7:55 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Pendleton, KY
Jun 14, 8:05 PM EDT	Hail 1.25	New Castle, 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
Jun 14, 7:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 275 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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, Jun 14, 3:26 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-089>100-
INZ076>079-084-090>092-150600-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AREA IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON INDIANA...THROUGH LOUISVILLE...TO LONDON
KENTUCKY.  NORTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN EFFECT.

A SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL MOVE EAST INTO
WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.  A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH-
EAST FROM THE LOW INTO EASTERN MISSOURI AND INTO TENNESSEE WILL
MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE
TO FLOOD INTO KENTUCKY ON SOUTHERLY WINDS...AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING
WARM FRONT.

VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE HIGHER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
BLOWING ACROSS THE REGION.  THIS COUPLED WITH SIGNIFICANT TURNING
OF THE WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS (OR WIND SHEAR) WILL LEAD TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF
THE TURNING WINDS (OR WIND SHEAR) THE POSSIBILTY OF THE DEVELOPMENT
OF VIOLENT TORNADOES IS HIGH.

OUR BEST ESTIMATE FOR NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...AND DURING THE COURSE
OF THE EVENING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE IN THE
THREATENED AREAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...
AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WATCHES
OR WARNING.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
OR TONIGHT.

STUREY

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-089>100-
INZ076>079-084-090>092-150600-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AREA IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM BLOOMINGTON INDIANA...THROUGH LOUISVILLE...TO LONDON
KENTUCKY.  NORTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS IN EFFECT.

A SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL MOVE EAST INTO
WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING.  A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH-
EAST FROM THE LOW INTO EASTERN MISSOURI AND INTO TENNESSEE WILL
MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE
TO FLOOD INTO KENTUCKY ON SOUTHERLY WINDS...AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING
WARM FRONT.

VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE HIGHER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
BLOWING ACROSS THE REGION.  THIS COUPLED WITH SIGNIFICANT TURNING
OF THE WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS (OR WIND SHEAR) WILL LEAD TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF
THE TURNING WINDS (OR WIND SHEAR) THE POSSIBILTY OF THE DEVELOPMENT
OF VIOLENT TORNADOES IS HIGH.

OUR BEST ESTIMATE FOR NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY ...AND DURING THE COURSE
OF THE EVENING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE IN THE
THREATENED AREAS ARE URGED TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES...
AND LISTEN TO RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER WATCHES
OR WARNING.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
OR TONIGHT.

STUREY

Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:24 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
724 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

0715 PM    RUCKERVILLE               KY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/14/98   CLARK                          REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 10:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	34 min
Jun 14, 10:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	33 min
Jun 14, 10:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	32 min
Jun 14, 11:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson, Warren	3 hr
Jun 14, 11:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Logan	3 hr
Jun 14, 11:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Monroe	51 min
Jun 14, 11:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Barren, Monroe	2 hr
Jun 14, 11:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Barren, Monroe	118 min
Jun 14, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1998 Every 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.