Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 1999, 9:09 PM CST for Adair County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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
- Jan 17, 1999, 9:09 PM CST (03:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 1999, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adair County, KY, Green County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 9:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Columbia, KY | Several trees down across county |
| Jan 17, 9:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Greensburg, KY | Trees down. Tree fell on a car in eastern section of county |
| Jan 17, 9:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, KY | Several barns damaged |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 30 min |
| Jan 17, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 29 min |
| Jan 17, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 32 min |
| Jan 17, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 27 min |
| Jan 17, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 20 min |
| Jan 17, 8:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 37 min |
| Jan 17, 9:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 36 min |
| Jan 17, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 35 min |
| Jan 17, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Clinton, Russell | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.