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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 1998Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 11:17 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1998, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 11:50 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3344 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 451 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
451 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
11.0
Supercell composite
67.6

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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, 10:25 PM EDT, 52 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, 32 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, 20 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, 12 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.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:09 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1109 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1045 PM    BOWLING GREEN             KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   WARREN                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          AT BOWLING GREEN AND I65.
                                          REPORT FROM COUNTY
                                          DISPATCH.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:15 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1115 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998

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

1045 PM    CHALYBEATE                KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98   EDMONSON                       TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          DES DIRECTOR.

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 WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine, Mercer50 min
Jun 14, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.