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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Louisville, KY

May 23, 2000Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2000, 11:52 PM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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
May 23, 2000, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Ohio County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 11:58 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 54 MHartford, KY
May 24, 12:05 AM CDTHail 1Hartford, KY
May 24, 12:05 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60 ECountywide, KYNumerous trees were downed across the county.

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
May 23, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1386 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 00:00Z on 2000-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

360 
WUUS53 KLMK 240453
SVRSDF
KYC183-240515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1152 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1149 PM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WITH LARGE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CENTERTOWN...OR ABOUT 45 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BEAVER DAM...COOL SPRINGS...PRENTISS AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT
  CROMWELL AROUND 1205 AM CDT
  BAIZETOWN AROUND 1210 AM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE.

COX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Metcalfe32 min
May 23, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Green28 min
May 23, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell27 min
May 24, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson27 min
May 24, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart29 min
May 24, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan23 min
May 24, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLogan26 min
May 24, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren34 min
May 24, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKSimpson, Warren33 min
May 24, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson33 min
May 24, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen28 min
May 24, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren29 min
May 24, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Warren44 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.