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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1998, 4:00 PM EST for Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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 24, 1998, 4:00 PM EST (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1998, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
338 WUUS1 KSDF 242103 RRA SVRSDF INC175-242130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 500 PM EDT SUN MAY 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 430 PM EST (530 PM EDT) * AT 500 PM EDT (400 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCKINLEY...35 MILES NORTHWESTOF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MILLPORT AT 405 PM EST (505 PM EDT) KOSSUTH AT 405 PM EST (505 PM EDT) THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. RNK
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 24, 11:21 AM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-089>100- INZ076>079-084-090>092-242215- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY NOON EDT SUN MAY 24 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MAJOR CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA ARE METRO LOUISVILLE...BARDSTOWN... ELIZABETHTOWN...BOWLING GREEN...GLASGOW...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LEXINGTON...AND RICHMOND IN KENTUCKY AND PAOLI AND SCOTTSBURG IN INDIANA. VERY UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE TWO STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WEAK AND NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ALSO REMAIN IN THE REGION AND SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.