Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1998, 6:00 AM EDT for Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 16, 1998, 6:00 AM EDT (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:25 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Lexington, KY | Power lines down along the Airport. Also, numerous trees were down across Highway 60. Report from state police. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 161000 RRA SVRSDF KYC067-161030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 600 AM EDT THU APR 16 1998 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 630 AM EDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED LEXINGTON BY 610 AM EDT PRICETOWN BY 620 AM EDT * AT 557 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF LEXINGTON MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. DAMAGING WIND WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT0. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE. TF/LD
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
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-161600- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 AM EDT THU APR 16 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY TODAY. MEANWHILE...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AS WELL AS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS IS A POTENTIAL DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES IN THE STRONGEST CELLS. LOW PRESSURE OVER ILLINOIS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES WHILE A COLD FRONT SWINGS TO WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING... AND THEN MOVES TO EASTERN KENTUCKY BY FRIDAY MORNING. AFTER EARLY MORNING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO RECOVER...AS MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THUS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY. VLD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 6:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 6:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 6:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 6:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 85 min |
| Apr 16, 7:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 7:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 11:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.