Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1998, 5:26 PM EDT for Anderson County, Mercer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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 20, 1998, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 1998, 6:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, KY, Mercer County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 5:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Terrapin, KY | |
| May 20, 5:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Harrodsburg, KY |
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 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
432 WUUS1 KSDF 202128 RRA SVRSDF KYC005-021-045-167-202205- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 526 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 605 PM EDT * AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE CENTERED NEAR SPRINGFIELD... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... LAWRENCEBURG BY 545 PM EDT HARRODSBURG BY 545 PM EDT DANVILLE BY 550 PM EDT LIBERTY BY 540 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. FUNK/KIRKPATRICK
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, May 20, 4:41 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
839 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM PAYNEVILLE KY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/20/98 MEADE REPORT FROM DES.Local storm report, May 20, 5:00 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
858 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 PM VINE GROVE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 HARDIN TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
144 AND OTHER STREETS
ACROSS COUNTY. POWER LINES
ALSO DOWN. REPORT FROM
VINE GROVE POLICE.Local storm report, May 20, 5:04 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
504 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM SHEPHERDSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 BULLITT POWER LINES DOWN BETWEEN
SHEPHERDSVILLE AND MT
WASHINGTON. REPORT FROM
LOCAL DISPATCH.Local storm report, May 20, 5:10 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
510 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 PM MARENGO IN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 CRAWFORD TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
NWS SPOTTER.Local storm report, May 20, 5:15 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
515 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM CORYDON IN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 HARRISON TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORT FROM SHERIFF.Local storm report, May 20, 5:19 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
519 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM VALLEY STATION KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 JEFFERSON TREES DOWN ACROSS DIXIE
HIGHWAY AND IN PLEASURE
RIDGE PARK. REPORT FROM
LOCAL POLICE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 35 min |
| May 20, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 35 min |
| May 20, 1:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 32 min |
| May 20, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 32 min |
| May 20, 2:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 20 min |
| May 20, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 40 min |
| May 20, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 37 min |
| May 20, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 36 min |
| May 20, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 30 min |
| May 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 30 min |
| May 20, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 30 min |
| May 20, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 30 min |
| May 20, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey | 39 min |
| May 20, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Woodford | 45 min |
| May 20, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 20, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Madison | 40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.