Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 1:05 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 8, 1998, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Hardin County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Mc Daniels, KY | DES reported part of a roof collapsed on a school. No one was injured. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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, Apr 8, 10:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-081945- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1115 AM EDT WED APR 8 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD TODAY...PUSHING EAST OF THE STATE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT WITH WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF IT WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. VLD
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 10:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-081945- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1115 AM EDT WED APR 8 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD TODAY...PUSHING EAST OF THE STATE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT WITH WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF IT WILL CAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE TO EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. VLD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 46 min |
| Apr 8, 1:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 39 min |
| Apr 8, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 2:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 2:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 23 min |
| Apr 8, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 17 min |
| Apr 8, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 22 min |
| Apr 8, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Spencer | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 32 min |
| Apr 7, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Scott | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 12:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 33 min |
Nearby
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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.