Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2000, 8:02 PM EDT for Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 20, 2000, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 8:18 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Waterford, KY | |
| Sep 20, 8:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Shelbyville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 628 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 807 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLMK 210003 SVRSDF KYC211-215-210045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 802 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY SPENCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 800 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELK CREEK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LITTLE MOUNT AROUND 810 PM EDT FINCHVILLE AROUND 815 PM EDT MT. EDEN...SIMPSONVILLE AROUND 820 PM EDT SOUTHVILLE AROUND 825 PM EDT SHELBYVILLE...TODDS POINT AROUND 830 PM EDT CHESTNUT GROVE AROUND 840 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY 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 SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. MARIEN
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 Sep 20, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 310 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000 THANKS ILN FOR SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING. PRONOUNCED SPEED SHEAR SHOWN ON 18Z ILN SOUNDING DATA FM SFC-H85. MEANWHILE...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING STG S/W IN NW MO...MODELED TO REACH FM THE CNTRL LKS THRU THE OH VLY TNGT. RGT ENRANCE RGN OF JET THIS EVNG SHUD ENHANCE DIFFLUENCE ACR RGN THIS EVNG...HELPG TO PUMP UP VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS. WUD EXPECT CONVG AHD OF APRCHG CDFNT... IN CONJUNCTION WITH APRCHG S/W ... TO ALLOW RATHER SIG SQUALL LINE POTENTIAL TO MOVE ACRS OUR FORECAST AREA (FA) THIS EVNG...FOLLOWED BY STATIFORM RAIN/EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RUNNING UP LCL MESO STATS...SEEMS LIKE RATHER DECENT LIKELIHOOD OF WND DAMAGE EVNT SPCLY NRN 1/2 OF FA. STRAIGHT LINE HODOGRAPH FM ILN ALSO IMPLIES PSBL RGT TURNERS AND ISO TORNADOES ERY ON AS WELL. OTHERWISE BUBBLE HIGH PRESSURE TO FOLLOW ON THU...WITH QUIET WX THEN. WEAK ISENTROPIC LFTG PTN THEN COMMENCING THU NITE AND FRI WITH CHC SHWRS...AS MOISTURE COLLECTING ALNG GULF COAST LFTS NWWD. .SDF...NONE. STUREY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 20, 5:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
554 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM HUNTINGBURG IN WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 DUBOIS TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, Sep 20, 6:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
641 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0635 PM SALEM IN WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 WASHINGTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
TREES DOWN.Local storm report, Sep 20, 7:06 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
706 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0655 PM BORDEN IN WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 CLARK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
TREES DOWN, ALSO TREES
DOWN IN CHARLESTOWN AND
IN MANY PARTS OF THE
COUNTY.Local storm report, Sep 20, 7:30 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
730 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0725 PM BRANDENBURG KY WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 MEADE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. TELEPHONE
POLES SNAPPED IN HALF.Local storm report, Sep 20, 7:51 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
751 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM VERTREES KY WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 HARDIN REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 24 min |
| Sep 20, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 18 min |
| Sep 20, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Scott | 26 min |
| Sep 20, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Woodford | 37 min |
| Sep 20, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 20 min |
| Sep 20, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 27 min |
| Sep 20, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 27 min |
| Sep 20, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 38 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.