Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 11:31 PM EDT for Clark County, Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 14, 1998, 11:31 PM EDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 12:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 11:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Becknerville, 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 150332 RRA SVRSDF KYC049-067-150420- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1131 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 1220 AM EDT * AT AT 1125 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ATHENS BY 1140 PM EDT FOREST GROVE BY 1150 PM EDT RUCKERVILLE BY 1155 PM EDT GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO WATCH IS INV EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. STUREY/COX
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, 10:45 PM EDT, 46 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, 34 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, 26 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, 22 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, 16 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.Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:26 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1126 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1017 PM DANVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98 BOYLE 60 MPH WIND AND POWER
LINES DOWN WEST OF
DANVILLE. REPORT FROM
COUNTY DISPATCH.
1040 PM LEBANON KY WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98 MARION TREES DOWN AND POWER
OUTAGES. REPORT FROM NWS
SPOTTER.
1040 PM SPRINGFIELD KY WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98 WASHINGTON TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
OVER EAST PART OF TOWN.
REPORT FROM COUNTY
DISPATCH.
1120 PM FRANKFORT KY WIND DAMAGE
06/14/98 FRANKLIN POWER LINES DOWN SOUTH OF
FRANKFORT. REPORT FROM
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.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 | Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 50 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 |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.