Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 11:17 PM EDT for Anderson County, Franklin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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 29, 1998, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, KY, Franklin County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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 29, 11:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Alton, 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 29, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 300317 RRA SVRSDF KYC005-073-300345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1117 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 1145 PM EDT * AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SHELBY COUNTY...30 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE TO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SPENCER COUNTY...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... FRANKFORT BY 1120 PM EDT LAWRENCEBURG BY 1125 PM EDT DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! REC/DK
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, 1 hour 6 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 47 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, 44 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, 32 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, 12 minutes 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Scott, Woodford | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 11:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 12:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 30 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.