Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1998, 5:40 PM EDT for Jessamine County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 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
- May 20, 1998, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 1998, 6:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jessamine County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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, 5:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Nicholasville, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.
501 WUUS1 KSDF 202143 RRA SVRSDF KYC079-113-137-239-202225- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 540 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 625 PM EDT * AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON CENTERED NEAR HARRODSBURG... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH . * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MORTONSVILLE BY 610 PM EDT NICHOLASVILLE BY 600 PM EDT LANCASTER BY 600 PM EDT STANFORD BY 600 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. 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, 5:15 PM EDT, 25 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, 21 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.Local storm report, May 20, 5:27 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
527 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM BARDSTOWN KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 NELSON NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN. MUCH
OF BARDSTOWN WITHOUT
POWER. REPORT FROM LOCAL
DISPATCH.Local storm report, May 20, 5:34 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
534 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM SPRINGFIELD KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 WASHINGTON 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. REPORT
FROM DISPATCH.
0525 PM LEBANON KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 MARION TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
CITY. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.Special weather statement, May 20, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 minute before
KYZ046-054-202210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 539 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARION AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED... AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAD MOVED OUT OF BOTH WASHINGTON AND MARION COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER BOTH WASHINGTON AND MARION COUNTIES THROUGH 6PM EDT. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RNK
Special weather statement, May 20, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 minute before
KYZ046-054-202210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 539 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARION AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS EXPIRED... AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAD MOVED OUT OF BOTH WASHINGTON AND MARION COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER BOTH WASHINGTON AND MARION COUNTIES THROUGH 6PM EDT. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RNK
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 | Anderson, Mercer | 39 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 | Garrard, Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 20, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Madison | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.