Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Jul 6, 2000, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)

Expired

Jul 6, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Larue County, KY, Taylor County, KY

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
356 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 354 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GLEANINGS...OR ABOUT 48 MILES SOUTH OF
  LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SALOMA AROUND 405 PM EDT
  HOBSON AND MAC AROUND 420 PM EDT   
 
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL
THIS STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ANY DOWNED POWER
LINES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

JA/ACS

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 6, 3:30 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2000

...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS TEMPERATURE TRENDS NEXT FEW DAYS...

WITH SFC BOUNDARY STILL SLICING FROM NW TO SE THROUGH LMK FA
(FORECAST AREA) LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ISOLD TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED OVER
THE AREA AS EXPECTED. WILL CARRY MENTION OF THESE ENDING THIS
EVENING AND THEN PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO THE UPPER GRT LAKES...S/W
IS FORECAST TO ROTATE AROUND UPPER LOW OVER SE CANADA TONIGHT. AS
EAST COAST UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS...SFC HIGH OVER SRN CANADA SHOULD BE
PULLED SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO ERN GRT LAKES BY FRI AFTN. AS IT DOES
...ALL OF THE MODELS PUSH SFC FRONT CURRENTLY DRAPED THROUGH KY TO
OUR SW. NE FLOW SHOULD BRING A LITTLE COOLER AND DRIER AIR SITUATED
OVER OH AND WV INTO KY LATE TONIGHT AND MAINLY FRIDAY. TIME-HEIGHT
SECTIONS OVER THE AREA SHOW PLENTY OF DRY AIR ALOFT AND DRYING IN
THE LOW LEVELS ON FRIDAY SO WENT MSUNNY ACRS MUCH OF THE FA. NGM AND
AVN MOS TEMPS SEEM REASONABLE WITH NE SFC FLOW AND COOLER H85 TEMPS.

THEN UPPER LEVEL RIDGING REALLY BUILDS INTO THE MID MISS VALLEY ON
SATURDAY. H85 FLOW SHOULD TURN TO THE W BY AFTN WHICH WILL HELP
PULL WARMER AIR BACK TOWARD THE REGION. CHANCES OF ISOLD AFTN CONVECTION
SHOULD BE SLIM TO NONE WITH UPPER RIDGE CENTER NEARBY AND LOW LEVEL
RH LACKING. ONCE AGAIN HARD TO STRAY TOO FAR FROM NGM AND AVN MOS
MAX TEMPS FOR SATURDAY.

.SDF...NONE.

MARIEN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.