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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Louisville, KY

June 29, 1998Larue County, Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 11:06 PM EDT for Larue County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 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 29, 1998, 11:06 PM EDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 11:55 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Larue County, KY, Nelson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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 29, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2226 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 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.3

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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 29, 10:11 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1011 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

1000 PM    SALEM                     IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   WASHINGTON                      TREES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:16 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1016 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

1005 PM    AUSTIN                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   SCOTT                           TREES DOWN.

1010 PM    MADISON                   IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   JEFFERSON                       TREES DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:30 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1030 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

1004 PM    MILLTOWN                  IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   CRAWFORD                        TELEPHONE POLES SNAPPED
                                           OFF. POWER OUT IN
                                           MILLTOWN.

1020 PM    CORYDON                   IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   HARRISON                        TREES DOWN.

1027 PM    TELL CITY                 IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   PERRY                           POWER LINES AND TREES
                                           DOWN. POWER OUT IN TELL
                                           CITY.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:33 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1033 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

1020 PM    SELLERSBURG               IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   CLARK                           TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.

1025 PM    GEORGETOWN                IN    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   FLOYD                           TREES DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 10:45 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1045 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

1026 PM    LEWISPORT                 KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   HANCOCK                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN.

1030 PM    MILTON                    KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   TRIMBLE                         TREES DOWN.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 11:05 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1105 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

1040 PM    GOSHEN                    KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   OLDHAM                          TREES DOWN.

1045 PM    HARDINSBURG               KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   BRECKINRIDGE                    TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.

1045 PM    LOUISVILLE                KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   JEFFERSON                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN COUNTY-WIDE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Trimble45 min
Jun 29, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson38 min
Jun 29, 10:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade38 min
Jun 29, 10:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock35 min
Jun 29, 10:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry44 min
Jun 29, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin48 min
Jun 29, 10:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer39 min
Jun 29, 11:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Ohio42 min
Jun 29, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin28 min
Jun 29, 11:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer, Scott, Woodford41 min
Jun 29, 11:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington35 min
Jun 29, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion44 min
Jun 29, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette42 min
Jun 29, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison42 min
Jun 29, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine40 min
Jun 29, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNicholas29 min
Jun 29, 11:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison41 min
Jun 29, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard39 min
Jun 30, 12:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler27 min
Jun 30, 12:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Grayson35 min
Jun 30, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren33 min
Jun 30, 12:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln30 min
Jun 30, 12:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart34 min
Jun 30, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren30 min
Jun 29, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Orange31 min
Jun 29, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington51 min
Jun 29, 9:32 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKWashington43 min
Jun 29, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois37 min
Jun 29, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison48 min
Jun 29, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Scott44 min
Jun 29, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry51 min
Jun 29, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd45 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.