Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1998, 9:31 AM CDT for Allen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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 25, 1998, 9:31 AM CDT (14:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1998, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:56 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Scottsville, 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 25, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 2174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 251431 RRA SVRSDF KYC003-251500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1031 AM EDT (931 AM CDT) MON MAY 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT (1100 AM EDT) * AT 930 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...5-10 MILES NORTH OF SCOTTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... POPE AT 935 AM CDT SCOTTSVILLE 945 AM CDT 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 920 AM CDT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! MCT/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
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-260600- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 AM MON MAY 25 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN OHIO TO NEAR PADUCAH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MEANWHILE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL RIDE ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE TOWARD WESTERN KENTUCKY BY THIS EVENING. THIS LOW COMBINED WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE THE FRONT AND THE WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. COX
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-260600- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 445 AM MON MAY 25 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN OHIO TO NEAR PADUCAH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MEANWHILE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL RIDE ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE TOWARD WESTERN KENTUCKY BY THIS EVENING. THIS LOW COMBINED WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT AND THE WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. COX
Local storm report, May 25, 8:53 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
953 AM EDT MON MAY 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0952 AM 2 NW BOWLING GREEN KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98 WARRENLocal storm report, May 25, 9:26 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1026 AM EDT MON MAY 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1024 AM FRANKLIN KY 1 INCH HAIL
05/25/98 SIMPSON 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT
FRANKLIN IN SIMPSON COUNTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 46 min |
| May 25, 8:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 47 min |
| May 25, 9:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 33 min |
| May 25, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 31 min |
| May 25, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Taylor | 30 min |
| May 25, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 49 min |
| May 25, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 44 min |
| May 25, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 34 min |
| May 25, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey | 34 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.