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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Louisville, KY

April 16, 1998Logan County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1998, 10:21 AM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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: Apr 16, 1998, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 1998, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Logan County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 161521 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC141-161600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1121 AM EDT (1021 AM CDT) THU APR 16 1998

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT (1200 PM EDT)

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  DOT BY 1030 AM CDT
  ADAIRVILLE BY 1045 AM CDT

* AT 1020 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN.  THE STORM
IS MOVING EAST 40 MPH.  LARGE HAIL IS 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
UNvTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.



RC/CS

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, 7:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 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
805 AM EDT THU APR 16 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY TODAY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AS
WELL. THE MODERATE RISK NOTED EARLIER HAS BEEN SHIFTED SOUTHWARD
INTO MIDDLE TENNESSE.

LOW PRESSURE OVER ILLINOIS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES
WHILE A COLD FRONT SWINGS TO WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. THE COLD
FRONT SHOULD THEN MOVE TO EASTERN KENTUCKY BY FRIDAY MORNING. MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY. THUS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
REDEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS.

THIS IS A UPDATED 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 IS ANTICIPATED
LATER TODAY.

VLD

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 8:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

KYZ066-067-075>078-081-082-161700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
915 AM EDT THU APR 16 1998

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 226 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

MONROE...METCALFE...ADAIR...CASEY...LINCOLN...RUSSELL...CUMBERLAND
...AND CLINTON.

AT THIS TIME...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF
THESE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP
ACROSS THESE AREAS LATE THIS MORNING OR MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 226 REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
UNTIL 200 PM EDT.

FUNK

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 8:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

KYZ066-067-075>078-081-082-161700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
915 AM EDT THU APR 16 1998

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 226 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

MONROE...METCALFE...ADAIR...CASEY...LINCOLN...RUSSELL...CUMBERLAND
...AND CLINTON.

AT THIS TIME...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OUT OF
THESE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP
ACROSS THESE AREAS LATE THIS MORNING OR MORE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 226 REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
UNTIL 200 PM EDT.

FUNK

Local storm report, Apr 16, 8:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
942 AM EDT THU APR 16 1998

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

5 AM       LARGE BURKE LOOP          KY   TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
04/16/98   NELSON                         DAMAGE TO BARNS.

WAIDLEY

Local storm report, Apr 16, 8:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
942 AM EDT THU APR 16 1998

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

5 AM       LARGE BURKE LOOP          KY   TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
04/16/98   NELSON                         DAMAGE TO BARNS.

WAIDLEY

Local storm report, Apr 16, 9:27 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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

0625 AM    LEXINGTON                 KY   POWER LINES DOWN AROUND
04/16/98   FAYETTE                        AIRPORT.  NUMEROUS TREES
                                          ACROSS RICHMOND RD...HWY 60.

WAIDLEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	30 min
Apr 16, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue	38 min
Apr 16, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue	28 min
Apr 16, 5:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	36 min
Apr 16, 5:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Trimble	85 min
Apr 16, 6:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	24 min
Apr 16, 6:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	34 min
Apr 16, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	31 min
Apr 16, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan, Warren	49 min
Apr 16, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren	46 min
Apr 16, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	33 min
Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair	31 min
Apr 16, 5:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair	30 min
Apr 16, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton	31 min
Apr 16, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey	27 min
Apr 16, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Lincoln	35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1998 Every 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.