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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Louisville, KY

May 19, 1998Orange County, Washington County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 10:50 PM ESTHail 0.75Orangeville, INDime size hail reported by spotter.
May 19, 10:50 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Campbellsburg, IN
May 19, 10:50 PM ESTHail 0.75Orangeville, INSpotter reported dime size hail.
May 19, 10:55 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Paoli, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1270 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 1998-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 11:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer35 min
May 20, 12:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt35 min
May 20, 12:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin32 min
May 20, 12:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette32 min
May 20, 1:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison20 min
May 20, 2:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock40 min
May 20, 2:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade37 min
May 20, 3:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson36 min
May 20, 3:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson30 min
May 20, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer30 min
May 20, 4:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington30 min
May 20, 4:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor30 min
May 20, 4:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer39 min
May 20, 4:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey39 min
May 20, 4:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine, Woodford45 min
May 20, 4:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln45 min
May 20, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Fayette, Madison40 min
May 20, 2:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois30 min
May 20, 3:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.