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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Louisville, KY

July 11, 2000Clinton County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 6:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EAlbany, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2000-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2558 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2000-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette30 min
Jul 10, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin19 min
Jul 10, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford29 min
Jul 10, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark29 min
Jul 10, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine27 min
Jul 10, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison31 min
Jul 10, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard33 min
Jul 11, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford37 min
Jul 11, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair24 min
Jul 11, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler38 min
Jul 11, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren44 min

Nearby

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

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.