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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Louisville, KY

August 27, 2000Grayson County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2000, 3:01 AM CDT for Grayson County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 14 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: Aug 27, 2000, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2000, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Grayson County, KY, Ohio County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 27, 3:10 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Caneyville, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 27, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -271 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 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 270802
SVRSDF
KYC085-183-270815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
301 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
  WESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 259 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ROSINE...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CANEYVILLE...MILLWOOD...PINE KNOB...SHORT CREEK AROUND 310 AM CDT
  SHREWSBURY AROUND 315 AM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. IF
YOU ARE IN THIS STORM'S PATH...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE UNTIL IT HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ANY DOWNED
POWER LINES.

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

DK

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 27, 2:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 2:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 2000

FORECAST PROBLEMS THIS AM CENTER ON 1ST PD POPS AND ANY CHC ON
MONDAY.

AT 07Z TSRA WERE MOVING INTO FAR WRN FORECAST AREA (FA). SCTD SHRA
WERE EAST OF THIS AREA.

MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH MOST FIELDS...BUT DIFFER SOME IN
DETAILS.  AVN TOO SLOW WITH PRECIP SO WILL GO WITH FASTER ETA/NGM.
BELIEVE NGM IS TOO STRONG WITH VORT MAX AT 48H SO WILL GO DRIER THAN
NGM QPF FOR LAST PERIOD.

SCATTERED PRECIP WILL LINGER ACROSS FA THIS AM...ESPECIALLY IN
SOUTH.  WILL CONTINUE CURRENT FORECAST MENTION OF MORNING AM PRECIP.
FINAL CONFIGURATION OF ZONES WILL BE TWEAKED AT ISSUANCE TIME
DEPENDING OF PRECIP COVERAGE AND STATUS OF WW 712.  ATMS REALLY DOES
NOT STABILIZE THIS AFTN ACROSS FA.  HOWEVER...NO REAL TRIGGER FOR
MOST AREAS...JUST THE LINGERING BOUNDARY TO SW. K INDICES DECREASE
ACROSS NRN FA...BUT REMAIN DECENT IN SW.  WILL ADD A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF STORMS THIS AFTN IN BWG AREA.

M/CLR TO P/CLDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH LOWEST TEMPS IN THE EAST. ON
MONDAY...UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO AREA WITH WARMER TEMPS ALOFT.
BOUNDARY STILL JUST TO WEST...BUT WITH RIDGE BUILDING SEE MINIMAL
CHANCE OF PRECIP.

WILL TREND AGAIN JUST BELOW FWC NUMBERS TODAY AND WILL GO CLOSE TO
GUIDANCE TONIGHT/MONDAY.

.SDF...NONE
CS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	37 min
Aug 27, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	17 min
Aug 27, 3:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	17 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.