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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1998, 10:01 AM CDT for Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 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 25, 1998, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1998, 10:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, KY
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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.
317 WUUS1 KSDF 251502 RRA SVRSDF KYC171-251550- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1101 AM EDT (1001 AM CDT) MON MAY 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 1050 AM CDT (1150 AM EDT) * AT 1100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN NEAR HOLLAND... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GAMALIEL BY 1120 AM EDT TOMPKINSVILLE BY 1125 AM EDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS REITMEYER
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 25, 8:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 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, 35 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 COUNTYLocal storm report, May 25, 9:57 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1057 AM EDT MON MAY 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1042 AM CAVE CITY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 BARREN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
1052 AM CAVE CITY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 BARREN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
1053 AM HORSE CAVE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 HART TREES DOWN
1054 AM MUNFORDVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 HART SEVERAL TREES DOWN
1054 AM GREENSBURG KY WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 GREEN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
1056 AM SCOTTSVILLE KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98 ALLEN 5 SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTSVILLELocal storm report, May 25, 9:57 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1057 AM EDT MON MAY 25 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1042 AM CAVE CITY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 BARREN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
1052 AM CAVE CITY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 BARREN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
1053 AM HORSE CAVE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 HART TREES DOWN
1054 AM MUNFORDVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 HART SEVERAL TREES DOWN
1054 AM GREENSBURG KY WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98 GREEN NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
1056 AM SCOTTSVILLE KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98 ALLEN 5 SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTSVILLEThe 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, 9:39 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, 10:11 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
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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.