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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 1998Garrard County, Jessamine County, Mercer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 11:05 PM EDT for Garrard County, Jessamine County, Mercer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 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, 11:05 PM EDT (03:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 11:55 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Garrard County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Mercer County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 11:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Harrodsburg, KY
Jun 14, 11:25 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Lancaster, KY
Jun 14, 11:25 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Nicholasville, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 11:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

702 
WUUS1 KSDF 150307 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC079-113-167-239-150355-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1105 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  EASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1155 PM EDT

* AT 1104 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET NEAR MCAFEE...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHAKERTOWN BY 1115 PM EDT
  TROY BY 1120 PM EDT
  NICHOLASVILLE BY 1125 PM EDT
  BUCKEYE BY 1130 PM EDT

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

DK/VLD

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, 9:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
959 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

0950 PM    1 N RADCLIFF              KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   HARDIN                         POWER LINES DOWN. REPORT
                                          FROM LOCAL DISPATCH.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:18 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1018 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1010 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   HARDIN                         TREES ACROSS HWY 86 IN
                                          HOWEVALLEY.

1010 PM    BONNIEVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   HART                           GUST TO 60 MPH.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:25 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1025 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1000 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   BULLITT                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACROSS COUNTY

1015 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   BULLITT                        60 TO 65 MPH WINDS AT
                                          PIONEER VILLAGE
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:45 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1045 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

0945 PM    BROWNSVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   EDMONSON                       TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
                                          NWS SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:57 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1057 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1020 PM    BARDSTOWN                 KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   NELSON                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORT FROM COUNTY
                                          DISPATCH.

1025 PM                              KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   LARUE                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ACROSS COUNTY.  REPORT
                                          FROM DES DIRECTOR.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1105 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1045 PM    CAMPBELLSVILLE            KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   TAYLOR                         TREES DOWN 2 MILES NORTH
                                          OF CAMPBELLSVILLE.  REPORT
                                          FROM DES.

1050 PM    ALLENDALE                 KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   GREEN                          TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
                                          POLICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio48 min
Jun 14, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Grayson50 min
Jun 14, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge50 min
Jun 14, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan49 min
Jun 14, 9:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLogan2 hr
Jun 14, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren45 min
Jun 14, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson44 min
Jun 14, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart48 min
Jun 14, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue48 min
Jun 14, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington47 min
Jun 14, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe46 min
Jun 14, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor46 min
Jun 14, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren31 min
Jun 14, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey45 min
Jun 14, 10:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren30 min
Jun 14, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair48 min
Jun 14, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford50 min
Jun 14, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln33 min
Jun 14, 11:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison48 min
Jun 14, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Fayette49 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.