Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1998, 8:48 PM CDT for Green 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 31, 1998, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 9:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Green County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Hudgins, 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, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 3629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.1
- Supercell composite
- 21.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 010150 RRA TORSDF KYC087-010235- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 948 PM EDT (848 PM CDT) SUN MAY 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 935 PM CDT (1035 PM EDT) * AT AT 845 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET NEAR THE TOWN OF HUDbGINS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SUMMERSVILLE BY 900 PM CDT GREENSBURG BY 910 PM CDT GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! STUREY/FUNK/VLD
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, 6:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
718 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0713 PM HODGENVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 LARUE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
REPORT FROM NWS.Local storm report, May 31, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
753 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 PM FRANKLINTON KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 HENRY SEVERAL BARNS DESTROYED.
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON
HOMES. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
REPORT STATE POLICE.
0730 PM ELIZABETH TOWN KY FLOODING
05/31/98 HARDIN RAILROAD UNDERPASS UNDER
WATER. WATER OVER HIGHWAY
62. REPORT FROM HAM
OPERATORLocal storm report, May 31, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
758 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0720 PM 1 W SPRINGFIELD KY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 WASHINGTON REPORT FROM LOCAL
DISPATCH.
0740 PM 2 E HODGENVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE d
05/31/98 LARUE TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORT FROM HAM
RADIO OPERATOR.Local storm report, May 31, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
809 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM WINCHESTER KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CLARK POWER LINES DOWN ONTO
VEHICLE. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.
0759 PM CAMPBELLSVILLE KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/31/98 TAYLOR REPORT FROM RADIO STATION.
0759 PM CAMPBELLSVILLE KY 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/31/98 TAYLOR REPORT FROM RADIO STATION.Local storm report, May 31, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
832 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM LOUISVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 JEFFERSON POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS
CITY. REPORT FROM SHERIFF
DISPATCH.
0820 PM LIBERTY KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 CASEY TREES DOWN. REPORT FROM
DISPATCH.Local storm report, May 31, 8:13 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
913 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 PM LEBANON KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 MARION NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN.
0820 PM CAMPBELLSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/31/98 TAYLOR ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING
SUPPLY STORE INTO CAR
DEALERSHIP LOT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 41 min |
| May 31, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 28 min |
| May 31, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 31, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 32 min |
| May 31, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey | 18 min |
| May 31, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 33 min |
| May 31, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 38 min |
| May 31, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 36 min |
| May 31, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Marion | 3 hr |
| May 31, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Taylor | 90 min |
| May 31, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 48 min |
| May 31, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 36 min |
| May 31, 10:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair | 2 hr |
| May 31, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 33 min |
| May 31, 10:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Russell | 119 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.