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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

April 3, 1998Clinton County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1998, 4:47 PM CST for Clinton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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
Apr 3, 1998, 4:47 PM CST (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 1998, 5:30 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Clinton County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 1998-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 032249 RRA
TORSDF
KYC053-032330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
547 PM EST (447 PM CST) FRI APR 3 1998

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  CLINTON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 530 PM CST (630 PM EST)

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  SHIPLEY 5:00 PM CST
  ALBANY 5:10 PM CST
  ROLAN 5:15 PM CST

*WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET OR
9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHIPLEY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES.

JAt

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe45 min
Apr 3, 4:19 PM CSTTornado WarningLMKCumberland, Monroe46 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.