Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 1999, 6:56 PM CST for Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 1999, 6:56 PM CST (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 1999, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Green County, KY, Taylor County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSDF 280057 RRA TORSDF KYC087-217-280130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 756 PM EST (656 PM CST) SAT FEB 27 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 730 PM CST (830 PM EST) * AT 654 PM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...NEAR CREAL... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ALLENDALE BY 700 PM CST / 800 PM EST VENGAL AND MAC BY 715 PM CST / 815 PM EST ARISTA BY 725 PM CST / 825 PM EST ABANnDON MOBILE HOMES! GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. CS/RNK
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, Feb 27, 3:30 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-281200- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 PM EST SAT FEB 27 1999 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI...ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL REACH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE FURTHER EAST THE STORMS TRAVEL THE MORE STABLE AIRMASS THEY WILL ENCOUNTER. ALTHOUGH PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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 TONIGHT. RNK
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 3:30 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-INZ076-079-083- 084-089>092-281200- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 PM EST SAT FEB 27 1999 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI...ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWARD INTO ARKANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL REACH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE FURTHER EAST THE STORMS TRAVEL THE MORE STABLE AIRMASS THEY WILL ENCOUNTER. ALTHOUGH PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE STORMS WILL WEAKEN DURING THE EVENING HOURS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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 TONIGHT. RNK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 6:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 34 min |
| Feb 27, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart, Larue | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.