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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Louisville, KY

May 25, 1998Monroe County, Kentucky

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2174 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1998-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

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   WARREN
Local 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 COUNTY
Local 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 SCOTTSVILLE
Local 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 SCOTTSVILLE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler46 min
May 25, 8:28 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren47 min
May 25, 9:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson33 min
May 25, 9:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen29 min
May 25, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe31 min
May 25, 9:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Taylor30 min
May 25, 10:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Russell44 min
May 25, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan34 min
May 25, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.