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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Louisville, KY

May 31, 1998Hardin County, Larue County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1998, 7:14 PM EDT for Hardin County, Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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 31, 1998, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hardin County, KY, Larue County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 7:40 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Hodgenville, 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 31, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 872 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

327 
WFUS1 KSDF 312318 RRB
TORSDF
KYC093-123-312350-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
714 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 750 PM EDT

* AT 713 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR GLENDALE...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NOLIN 720 PM EDT
  HODGENVILLE BY 730 PM EDT
  BUFFALO BY 735 PM EDT

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

FUNK

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, May 31, 5:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
559 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0553 PM    PAOLI                     IN   1 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   ORANGE                         REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER.
                                          JUST SOUTH OF PAOLI.

Local storm report, May 31, 6:18 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
618 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0605 PM    HARDINSBURG               KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   BRECKINRIDGE                   POWER LINES DOWN. REPORT
                                          FROM LOCAL DISPATCH.

Local storm report, May 31, 6:27 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
627 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0600 PM    LOCKPORT                  KY   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   HENRY                          REPORT FROM NWS SPOTTER.

0620 PM    STITES                    KY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   BULLITT                        REPORT FROM HAM OPERATOR.

Local storm report, May 31, 6:58 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
658 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0610 PM    CORYDON                   IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   HARRISON                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          THE COUNTY. REPORT FROM
                                          DISPATCH.

0645 PM    GOSHEN                    KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   OLDHAM                         NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN.

0645 PM    JASPER                    IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98   DUBOIS                         REPORT FROM DES.

0645 PM    JASPER                    IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   DUBOIS                         NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN. REPORT FROM
                                          DES.

Local storm report, May 31, 7:04 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
704 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0650 PM    BOSTON                    KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98   NELSON                         MOBILE HOME BLOWN OVER.
                                          REPORT FROM LOCAL
                                          DISPATCH.

Local storm report, May 31, 7:09 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
709 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

0655 PM    BARDSTOWN                 KY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98   NELSON                         SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS BLOWN
                                          DOWN. REPORT FROM NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	45 min
May 31, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Trimble	26 min
May 31, 5:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry	31 min
May 31, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	37 min
May 31, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	34 min
May 31, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	43 min
May 31, 6:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin	39 min
May 31, 6:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt	39 min
May 31, 6:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	49 min
May 31, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	35 min
May 31, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	42 min
May 31, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	41 min
May 31, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	35 min
May 31, 7:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	36 min
May 31, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	28 min
May 31, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion	29 min
May 31, 7:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Taylor	43 min

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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.