Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1998, 8:28 AM CDT for Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
- May 25, 1998, 8:28 AM CDT (13:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1998, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Edmonson County, KY, Warren County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:52 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Bowling Green, KY |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 251329 RRA TORSDF KYC061-227-251415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 928 AM EDT (828 AM CDT) MON MAY 25 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 915 AM CDT (1015 AM EDT) * AT 725 AM CDT (825 EDT)... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO IN EXTREME NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY...NEAR RIVERSIDE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RICHARDSVILLE BY 845 AM CDT ROCKY HILL BY 900 AM CDT. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ONP THE LOWEST FLOOR! MCT/DK
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
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-260600- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 AM MON MAY 25 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN OHIO TO NEAR PADUCAH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MEANWHILE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL RIDE ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE TOWARD WESTERN KENTUCKY BY THIS EVENING. THIS LOW COMBINED WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE THE FRONT AND THE WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED. 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 WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. COX
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-260600- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 445 AM MON MAY 25 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM EASTERN OHIO TO NEAR PADUCAH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MEANWHILE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL RIDE ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE TOWARD WESTERN KENTUCKY BY THIS EVENING. THIS LOW COMBINED WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE FRONT AND THE WARM MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED. 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 WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. COX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 46 min |
| May 25, 9:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 33 min |
| May 25, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 29 min |
| May 25, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 31 min |
| May 25, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Taylor | 30 min |
| May 25, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 49 min |
| May 25, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 44 min |
| May 25, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 34 min |
| May 25, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey | 34 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.