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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Louisville, KY

May 5, 1999Clinton County, Cumberland County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1999, 11:13 PM CDT for Clinton County, Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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 5, 1999, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 1999, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 5, 11:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Burkesville, KY	Trees down
May 5, 11:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Albany, KY	Trees down

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 5, 8:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
938 PM EDT WED MAY 05 1999

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

0752 PM    PELLVILLE                 KY    WIND DAMAGE
05/05/99   HANCOCK                         TREEES DOWN.

0805 PM    JASPER                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
05/05/99   DUBOIS                          TREES DOWN.

0825 PM    TELL CITY                 IN    WIND DAMAGE
05/05/99   PERRY                           NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN.
                                           POWER LINES DOWN.

Local storm report, May 5, 8:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1014 PM EDT WED MAY 5 1999

...TORNADO WATCH 216 FOR DUBOIS...ORANGE...CRAWFORD AND
PERRY COUNTIES OF INDIANA ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM EST...

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS EVENING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED NORTHEAST. ANOTHER AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST OUT OF
WESTERN KENTUCKY BY 1000 PM EST. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

HANCOCK COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WHICH WAS UNDER TORNADO
WATCH 216 IS NOW UNDER TORNADO WATCH 218 UNTIL 1200 AM CDT.

MARIEN

Local storm report, May 5, 10:29 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 10:58 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1158 PM EDT WED MAY 05 1999

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

1140 PM    SCOTTSVILLE               KY    WIND DAMAGE
05/05/99   ALLEN                           NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
                                           REPORT FROM DISPATCH.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	45 min
May 5, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	31 min
May 5, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	32 min
May 5, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	35 min
May 5, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan	35 min
May 5, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	32 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.