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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Louisville, KY

June 29, 1998Harrison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 11:33 PM EDT for Harrison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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, 11:33 PM EDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1998, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 397 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

756 
WUUS1 KSDF 300332 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC017-067-097-300415-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1133 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM STONEWALL...TO GEORGETOWN TO
  VERSAILLES... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CYNTHIANA BEFORE 1140 PM EDT
  METRO LEXINGTON BEFORE 1145 PM EDT
  PARIS BEFORE 1150 PM EDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

JDK/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 29, 10:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 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, 1 hour 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, 48 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, 28 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.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 11:19 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1119 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

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

1100 PM    SHELBYVILLE               KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   SHELBY                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN.

1100 PM    SHEPHERDSVILLE            KY    WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98   BULLITT                         TREES DOWN IN THE
                                           NORTH...WEST AND
                                           EASTERN SECTIONS OF
                                           COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 11:20 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-300345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1120 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1998

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 705 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA:

DUBOIS...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...SCOTT...JEFFERSON...PERRY...
CRAWFORD...HARRISON...FLOYD AND CLARK.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CROSSED THE OHIO RIVER INTO KENTUCKY.
MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA LATER
TONIGHT...BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

STUREY

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, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson49 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, 11:35 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.