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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Louisville, KY

May 25, 1998Green County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1998, 9:39 AM CDT for Green County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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, 9:39 AM CDT (14:39 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 1998, 10:10 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Green County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 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 25, 9:54 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Greensburg, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

302 
WUUS1 KSDF 251440 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC087-169-251510-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1039 AM EDT (939 AM CDT) MON MAY 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  METCALFE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1010 AM CDT (1110 AM EDT)

* AT 935 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLASGOW...35 MILES EAST
  OF BOWLING GREEN... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTIES

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, 6 hours 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 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...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, 46 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   WARREN

Local storm report, May 25, 9:26 AM CDT, 13 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 COUNTY

The 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, 9:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	29 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, 1998 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.