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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Louisville, KY

August 9, 2000Scott County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 9:05 PM EST for Scott County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2000, 9:05 PM EST (02:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2000, 9:35 PM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Scott County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 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 100206
SVRSDF
INC143-100235-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
905 PM EST WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 935 PM EST

* AT 900 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW FRANKFORT...OR ABOUT 32 MILES NORTH OF
  LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEXINGTON AROUND 910 PM EST

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.

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.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 9, 1:45 PM EST, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:45 PM EST, 7 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
245 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

SATELLITE PICTURES STILL INDICATE A WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM MORNING STORMS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA AND OHIO.
HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS CAPPED AS INDICATED BY NO CU THIS
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT
LOCATED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTHERN OHIO. THESE STORMS MAY
AFFECT OUR COUNTY FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT.

ALL MODELS INDICATE THAT THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT
AND SOUTH OF THE STATE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
WILL BE NON-EXISTENT OVER OUR AREA BUT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD
HELP FOCUS SOME STORMS OVERNIGHT.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION
MORNING STORMS OVER THE NORTH AND SLIGHTLY LONGER OVER THE SOUTH AS
THE FRONT MAY BRIEFLY STALL ALONG THE KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE BORDER.

AT THE PRESENT TIME FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE DRY AND LESS
HUMID.

.SDF...
JA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:38 PM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
938 PM EDT WED AUG 09 2000

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

0920 PM    CYNTHIANA                 KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   HARRISON                       TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:50 PM EST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
950 PM EDT WED AUG 09 2000

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

0930 PM    NEW CASTLE                KY   1 INCH HAIL
08/09/00   HENRY                          DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:51 PM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
951 PM EDT WED AUG 09 2000

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

0935 PM    MADISON                   IN   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   JEFFERSON                      TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Aug 9, 8:58 PM EST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
958 PM EDT WED AUG 09 2000

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

0940 PM    GEORGETOWN                KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   SCOTT                          TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
                                          COUNTY. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, Aug 9, 9:03 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1003 PM EDT WED AUG 09 2000

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

0945 PM    PARIS                     KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   BOURBON                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
                                          ROADS BLOCKED. POWER
                                          OUT IN SOME LOCATIONS.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, Aug 9, 9:04 PM EST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1004 PM EDT WED AUG 09 2000

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

0945 PM    STAMPING GROUND           KY   .75 INCH HAIL
08/09/00   SCOTT                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 8:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	38 min
Aug 9, 8:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	36 min
Aug 9, 9:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Washington	42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.