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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Louisville, KY

April 16, 1998Allen County, Barren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1998, 4:04 PM CDT for Allen County, Barren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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
Apr 16, 1998, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1998, 4:50 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 4:12 PM CDTTornado F0Meador, KY
Apr 16, 4:19 PM CDTTornado F3Glasgow, KY
Apr 16, 4:25 PM CDTHail 0.75Glasgow, KYDime size hail reported by DES.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1998-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 1998-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 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 162104 RRA
TORSDF
KYC003-009-162150-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
504 PM EDT (404 PM CDT) THU APR 16 1998

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN ALLEN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  BARREN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 450 PM CDT (550 PM EDT)

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  MEADOR BY 415 PM CDT
  ROSEVILLE BY 430 PM CDT

*AT 403 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN.  THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL.

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

JA/CS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette30 min
Apr 16, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue38 min
Apr 16, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue28 min
Apr 16, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison36 min
Apr 16, 5:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKTrimble85 min
Apr 16, 6:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe24 min
Apr 16, 6:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMonroe34 min
Apr 16, 10:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan39 min
Apr 16, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan31 min
Apr 16, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLogan, Warren49 min
Apr 16, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe33 min
Apr 16, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair31 min
Apr 16, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAdair30 min
Apr 16, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton31 min
Apr 16, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey27 min
Apr 16, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.