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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Louisville, KY

May 25, 1998Casey County, Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1998, 11:11 AM EDT for Casey County, Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports 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, 11:11 AM EDT (15:11 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 1998, 11:55 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Casey County, KY, Russell County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 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, 11:36 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Liberty, KY
May 25, 11:49 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Eli, 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, 8:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 251512 RRA
SVRSDF
KYC045-207-251555-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1111 AM EDT (1011 AM CDT) MON MAY 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1155 AM EDT (1055 AM CDT)

* AT 1110 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES WEST OF SOMERSET BETWEEN
  CAMPBELLSVILLE AND COLUMBIA... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LIBERTY BY 1135 AM EDT
  RUSSELL SPRINGS BY 1130 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, 9:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 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, 10:26 AM EDT, 45 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, 10:57 AM EDT, 14 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, 10:57 AM EDT, 14 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler	46 min
May 25, 9:28 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	47 min
May 25, 10:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Simpson	33 min
May 25, 10:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	29 min
May 25, 10:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Metcalfe	31 min
May 25, 10:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Taylor	30 min
May 25, 11:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	49 min
May 25, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	34 min
May 25, 7:56 PM EDT	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.