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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Louisville, KY

November 10, 1998Marion County, Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 1:21 PM EST for Marion County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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
Nov 10, 1998, 1:21 PM EST (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 1:50 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marion County, KY, Taylor County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 11:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 448 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1091 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
448 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
547 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 101821 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC155-217-101850-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
121 PM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 150 PM EST

* AT 115 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET... JUST
  EAST OF ALLENDALE ALONG THE GREEN/TAYLOR COUNTY... MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOBSON BY 135 PM EST
  JESSIETOWN BY 140 PM EST
  CAMPBELLSVILLE BY 145 PM EST

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

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, Nov 10, 11:13 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1213 PM EDT TUE NOV 10 1998

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

1110 AM    ENGLISH                   IN    WIND DAMAGE
11/10/98   CRAWFORD                        TREES DOWN ON POWER
                                           LINES. REPORT FROM
                                           DISPATCH.
Local storm report, Nov 10, 11:13 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1213 PM EDT TUE NOV 10 1998

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

1110 AM    ENGLISH                   IN    WIND DAMAGE
11/10/98   CRAWFORD                        TREES DOWN ON POWER
                                           LINES. REPORT FROM
                                           DISPATCH.
Local storm report, Nov 10, 12:37 PM EST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
137 PM EDT TUE NOV 10 1998

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

0900 AM    BRANDENBURG               KY    NON TSTM WINDS
11/10/98   MEADE                           *** 6 INJ ***
                                           WIND BLEW OVER CONCRETE
                                           WALL AT NEW

                                  CONSTRUCTION, 6
                                           INJURED, 2 SERIOUS
Local storm report, Nov 10, 12:37 PM EST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
137 PM EDT TUE NOV 10 1998

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

0900 AM    BRANDENBURG               KY    NON TSTM WINDS
11/10/98   MEADE                           *** 6 INJ ***
                                           WIND BLEW OVER CONCRETE
                                           WALL AT NEW

                                  CONSTRUCTION, 6
                                           INJURED, 2 SERIOUS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 1:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen35 min
Nov 10, 1:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen25 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.