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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1998, 10:46 PM EST for Orange County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 4 reports 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
- May 19, 1998, 10:46 PM EST (03:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1998, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 10:50 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Orangeville, IN | Dime size hail reported by spotter. |
| May 19, 10:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Campbellsburg, IN | |
| May 19, 10:50 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Orangeville, IN | Spotter reported dime size hail. |
| May 19, 10:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Paoli, IN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 19, 9:15 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-192130- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1015 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT. MAJOR CITIES IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDE LOUISVILLE...LEXINGTON AND BOWLING GREEN. A STORM COMPLEX DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA WILL LIKELY SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED. 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 MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 19, 9:15 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-192130- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1015 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT. MAJOR CITIES IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDE LOUISVILLE...LEXINGTON AND BOWLING GREEN. A STORM COMPLEX DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA WILL LIKELY SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED. 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 MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 11:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 35 min |
| May 20, 12:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 35 min |
| May 20, 12:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 32 min |
| May 20, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 32 min |
| May 20, 1:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 20 min |
| May 20, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 40 min |
| May 20, 2:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 36 min |
| May 20, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 39 min |
| May 20, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey | 39 min |
| May 20, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 20, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Madison | 40 min |
| May 20, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 30 min |
| May 20, 3:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 40 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.