Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1998, 3:01 AM EDT for Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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 24, 1998, 3:01 AM EDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1998, 3:35 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:04 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Kirksville, KY | |
| May 24, 3:06 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Berea, 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
115 WUUS1 KSDF 240703 RRA SVRSDF KYC151-240735- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 301 AM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 335 AM EDT * AT 300 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KIRKSVILLE OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TERRILL BY 315 AM EDT BRASSFIELD BY 320 AM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MK/DK
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 24, 1:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
112 AM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0107 AM HARDINSBURG KY WIND DAMAGE
05/24/98 BRECKINRIDGE NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN. SMALL
STORAGE BUILDING
DESTROYED.Local storm report, May 24, 2:06 AM EDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
206 AM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 AM BARDSTOWN KY WIND DAMAGE
05/24/98 NELSON DISPATCH REPORTED POWER
LINES DOWN.Special weather statement, May 24, 2:12 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
KYZ023>035-038-039-045>047-053>055-063>066-077-078-089-090-094- INZ076>079-084-090>092-240700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 212 AM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 404 ISSUED EARLIER SATURDAY EVENING FOR AN AREA THAT INCLUDED MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAS EXPIRED. NO REPORTS OF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PUSH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN A THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS SITUATION. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:12 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
KYZ023>035-038-039-045>047-053>055-063>066-077-078-089-090-094- INZ076>079-084-090>092-240700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 212 AM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 404 ISSUED EARLIER SATURDAY EVENING FOR AN AREA THAT INCLUDED MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA HAS EXPIRED. NO REPORTS OF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PUSH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN A THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS SITUATION. SCHOLZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 47 min |
| May 24, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 44 min |
| May 24, 12:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 42 min |
| May 24, 1:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 47 min |
| May 24, 1:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 47 min |
| May 24, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 43 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.