Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
RNKSpecial 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.
WAIDLEYSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Warren | 112 min |
| Apr 16, 7:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 112 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.