Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 1998, 11:50 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Nelson County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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
- May 20, 1998, 11:50 PM EDT (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1998, 12:25 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bullitt County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Spencer County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 1019 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
547 WUUS1 KSDF 210349 RRA SVRSDF KYC029-179-215-210425- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1150 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BULLITT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY SPENCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 1225 AM EDT * AT 1150 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR CLERMONT... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SAMUELS BY 1205 AM EDT TAYLORSVILLE IMMMEDIATELY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS DEWALD
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, 8:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 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, 10:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1019 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM JASPER IN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 DUBOIS TREES DOWN NORTH OF
JASPER. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0330 PM BIRDSEYE IN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 DUBOIS TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0505 PM BUFFALO KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 LARUE NUMEROUS LIMBS AND TREES
DOWN. ROOF TORN OFF MOBILE
HOME. REPORT FROM NWS
EMPLOYEE.
0525 PM 5 NW GREENSBURG KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 GREEN TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0550 PM BRYANTSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 GARRARD TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
DEWALDLocal storm report, May 20, 10:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1019 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM JASPER IN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 DUBOIS TREES DOWN NORTH OF
JASPER. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0330 PM BIRDSEYE IN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 DUBOIS TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0505 PM BUFFALO KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 LARUE NUMEROUS LIMBS AND TREES
DOWN. ROOF TORN OFF MOBILE
HOME. REPORT FROM NWS
EMPLOYEE.
0525 PM 5 NW GREENSBURG KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 GREEN TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0550 PM BRYANTSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 GARRARD TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0550 PM NICHOLASVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 JESSAMINE TREES DOWN. NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF BRANCHES ON POWER LINES.
REPORT FROM DISPATCH.
DEWALDLocal storm report, May 20, 10:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1019 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM JASPER IN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 DUBOIS TREES DOWN NORTH OF
JASPER. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0330 PM BIRDSEYE IN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 DUBOIS TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0505 PM BUFFALO KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 LARUE NUMEROUS LIMBS AND TREES
DOWN. ROOF TORN OFF MOBILE
HOME. REPORT FROM NWS
EMPLOYEE.
0525 PM 5 NW GREENSBURG KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 GREEN TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0550 PM BRYANTSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 GARRARD TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
DEWALDLocal storm report, May 20, 10:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1019 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0320 PM JASPER IN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 DUBOIS TREES DOWN NORTH OF
JASPER. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0330 PM BIRDSEYE IN WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 DUBOIS TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0505 PM BUFFALO KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 LARUE NUMEROUS LIMBS AND TREES
DOWN. ROOF TORN OFF MOBILE
HOME. REPORT FROM NWS
EMPLOYEE.
0525 PM 5 NW GREENSBURG KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 GREEN TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0550 PM BRYANTSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 GARRARD TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0550 PM NICHOLASVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/20/98 JESSAMINE TREES DOWN. NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF BRANCHES ON POWER LINES.
REPORT FROM DISPATCH.
DEWALDLocal storm report, May 20, 11:31 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1131 PM EDT WED MAY 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1130 PM MT WASHINGTON KY 1 INCH HAIL
05/20/98 BULLITT REPORT FROM NWS EMPLOYEE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 35 min |
| May 21, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 33 min |
| May 21, 1:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Taylor | 32 min |
| May 21, 1:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 82 min |
| May 21, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 35 min |
| May 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 37 min |
| May 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 37 min |
| May 21, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 17 min |
| May 21, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 17 min |
| May 21, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 22 min |
| May 21, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 22 min |
| May 21, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.