Tornado Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Apr 16, 1998, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)

Expired

Apr 16, 1998, 4:15 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Logan County, KY, Warren County, KY

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 162026 RRA
TORSDF
KYC141-227-162115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
426 PM EDT (326 PM CDT) THU APR 16 1998

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WARREN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT (515 PM EDT)

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  GASPER BY 335 PM CDT
  BOWLING GREEN BY 355 PM CDT

* AT 325 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF EDWARDS IN
LOGAN COUNTY...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN.  THE STORM IS
MOVING 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 F"LOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES.

JA/CS

In the hours before

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0625 AM    LEXINGTON                 KY   POWER LINES DOWN AROUND
04/16/98   FAYETTE                        AIRPORT.  NUMEROUS TREES
                                          ACROSS RICHMOND RD...HWY 60.

WAIDLEY

KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083-
084-089>092-170900-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EDT  THURSDAY  APRIL 16, 1998

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION...

A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF KENTUCKY AND INDIANA WILL SWEEP
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. WARM MOIST AIR WILL BE DRAWN
NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ERUPT ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA THROUGH THE EVENING.

SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AIR ALONG WITH STRONG WIND SHEAR IN THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS.

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 POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.

KOCH

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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.