Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 6:26 PM CDT for Clinton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 11, 2000, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Albany, KY |
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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLMK 112327 SVRSDF KYC053-120000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 626 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF ALBANY...OR ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALBANY AROUND 640 PM CDT STATIC AROUND 650 PM CDT 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 SEGRVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. VLD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 19 min |
| Jul 10, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Woodford | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jessamine | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Woodford | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 44 min |
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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.