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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Louisville, KY

April 16, 1998Clinton County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1998, 8:19 PM CDT for Clinton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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 16, 1998, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1998, 8:55 PM CDT
In force
36 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 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 322 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 170119 RRA
TORSDF
KYC053-170155-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
919 PM EDT (819 PM CDT) THU APR 16 1998

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 855 PM CDT (955 PM EDT)

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SHIPLEY KENTUCKY
35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET KENTUCKY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  SAVAGE BY 840 PM CDT

*

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.

AB

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 16, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

630PM EDT
(530-600PM CDT)   PELLYTON            KY       HOMES, BARNS DAMAGED
                  ADAIR                        TREES DOWN.

(530-600PM CDT)   BARNETT CREEK       KY       TREES DOWN
                  ADAIR

(530-600PM CDT)   SNAKE CREEK          KY      TREES DOWN
                  ADAIR

RNK
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 7:25 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>034-038-061-070-170035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
825 PM EDT (725 PM CDT) THU APR 16 1998

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 234 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY:

LOGAN...BUTLER...OHIO...GRAYSON...HANCOCK...BRECKINRIDGE...
HARDIN...MEADE...NELSON...BULLITT...SPENCER...SHELBY...HENRY...
TRIMBLE...OLDHAM... AND JEFFERSON.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 234 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN INDIANA:

PERRY...DUBOIS...ORANGE..WASHINGTON...SCOTT...JEFFERSON...
CLARK...FLOYD...HARRISON...AND CRAWFORD

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS HAS ENDED SOME ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 7:30 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>034-038-061-070-170035-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
825 PM EDT (725 PM CDT) THU APR 16 1998

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 234 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY:

LOGAN...BUTLER...OHIO...GRAYSON...HANCOCK...BRECKINRIDGE...
HARDIN...MEADE...NELSON...BULLITT...SPENCER...SHELBY...HENRY...
TRIMBLE...OLDHAM... AND JEFFERSON.

TORNADO WATCH 234 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN INDIANA:

PERRY...DUBOIS...ORANGE..WASHINGTON...SCOTT...JEFFERSON...
CLARK...FLOYD...HARRISON...AND CRAWFORD

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS HAS ENDED SOME ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
CORRECTED REFERENCES TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TO...TORNADO WATCH...

RNK
Local storm report, Apr 16, 7:55 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

550-605 PM
4/16/98        WISDOM                 KY      3 MOBILE HOMES AND 3
               METCALFE                       HOMES DESTROYED ALONG
                                              HWY 6880.

605-610 PM     CAVE RIDGE             KY      HOMES DAMAGED ALONG
               METCALFE                       HWY 80.

WAIDLEY
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 8:18 PM CDT, 1 minute before
KYZ036-089>096-170130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
918 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 231 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 231 HAS EXPIRED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.  THIS AREA IS WEST OF AND INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF:
CAMPBELL...PENDLETON...SCOTT...FRANKLIN...ANDERSON...WASHINGTON
...LARUE...HART...BARREN...AND ALLEN.

RNK
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 8:18 PM CDT, 1 minute before
KYZ036-089>096-170130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
918 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 231 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 231 HAS EXPIRED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.  THIS AREA IS WEST OF AND INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF:
CAMPBELL...PENDLETON...SCOTT...FRANKLIN...ANDERSON...WASHINGTON
...LARUE...HART...BARREN...AND ALLEN.

RNK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 7:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBarren, Warren112 min
Apr 16, 7:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMetcalfe112 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.