Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Louisville, KY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 11:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Harrodsburg, KY | |
| Jun 14, 11:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Lancaster, KY | |
| Jun 14, 11:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Nicholasville, 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, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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 VILLAGELocal 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 9:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 11:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Woodford | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 11:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette | 49 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.