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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Louisville, KY

June 13, 1997Butler County, Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1997, 6:43 PM CDT for Butler County, Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 13, 1997, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1997, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 6:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Countywide, KY
Jun 13, 6:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Bowling Green, KYSeveral trees were reported 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1997-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1392 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1997-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 132343
SVRSDF
KYC031-213-227-140015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
743 PM EDT (643 PM CDT) FRI JUN 13 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SIMPSON COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WARREN COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT (815 PM EDT)
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  JETSON BY 650 PM CDT
  RICHARDSVILLE BY 700 PM CDT
  BOWLING GREEN BY 700 PM CDT
  FRANKLIN BY 655 PM CDT

* AT 645 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN NEAR MORGANTOWN TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BOWLING GREEN ALONG THE LOGAN...SIMPSON COUNTY BORDER.  STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OFF THE TELEPHONE. AVOID
DOWNED POWER LINES.

DK/TF

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, Jun 13, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
446 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

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

0444 PM    RICHMOND                  KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97   MADISON
Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
446 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

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

0444 PM    RICHMOND                  KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97   MADISON
Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

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

0444 PM    5 S LAWRENCEBURG          KY   FLOODING
06/13/97   ANDERSON                       WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          3 RAINFALL IN PAST HOUR.
                                          ALSO FLOODING ACROSS
                                          PROPERTY AND WATER ACROSS
                                          COUNTY ROADS.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
450 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

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

0444 PM    5 S LAWRENCEBURG          KY   FLOODING
06/13/97   ANDERSON                       WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          3" RAINFALL IN PAST HOUR.
                                          ALSO FLOODING ACROSS
                                          PROPERTY AND WATER ACROSS
                                          COUNTY ROADS.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
550 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

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

0540 PM    RICHMOND                  KY   FLOODING
06/13/97   MADISON                        NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET
                                          FLOODING IN
                                          RICHMOND...SEVERAL ROADS
                                          CLOSED
Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
550 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 1997

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

0540 PM    RICHMOND                  KY   FLOODING
06/13/97   MADISON                        NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET
                                          FLOODING IN
                                          RICHMOND...SEVERAL ROAtDS
                                          CLOSED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson33 min
Jun 13, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer35 min
Jun 13, 3:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Jessamine, Woodford92 min
Jun 13, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison33 min
Jun 13, 4:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMadison90 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln45 min
Jun 13, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan31 min
Jun 13, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler33 min
Jun 13, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Grayson42 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.