Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Nov 9, 2000, 12:05 PM CST (18:05 UTC)

Expired

Nov 9, 2000, 12:30 PM CST

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Allen County, KY, Simpson County, KY

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 091805
SVRSDF
KYC003-213-091830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1205 PM CST THU NOV 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SIMPSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1203 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF PRICES MILL TO 6
  MILES SOUTH OF PROVIDENCE...OR FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING
  GREEN TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKLIN AROUND 1215 PM CST
  GOLD CITY...MT. ARIEAL...RAPIDS AROUND 1230 PM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS...CAPABLE 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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE.

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

COX

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 9, 1:30 AM CST, 10 hours 35 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
230 AM EST THU NOV 9 2000

FORECAST PROBLEMS THIS MORNING INCLUDE 1ST PERIOD CHANCES FOR SVR WX
AND TEMPERATURES.

AT 07Z FRONT HAD MOVED WEST OF LMK WITH TEMPS RISING INTO THE
LOWER 60S. LOW PRES WAS IN VCNTY OF ERN AR. T/SHRA WERE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA (FA).

MODELS IN AGREEMENT FOR THE MOST PART THIS RUN. SFC LOW WILL MOVE TO
THE WEST OF FA TODAY KEEPING AREA IN WARM SECTOR. UPPER LOW WILL
MOVE ACROSS FA LATE THIS AFTN.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FA THIS MORNING...BUT WILL BECOME MORE
SCATTERED THIS AFTN WRN FA. UPPER LOW AND COLD AIR ALOFT WILL MOVE
IN THIS AFTN.  LI/S DROP INTO THE 0 TO -5 RANGE. GOOD UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE. PER DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR
WILL ALSO EXIST WITH CAPES AOA 500 J/KG.  LOOKS LIKE FAST MOVING
CONVECTION WILL FORM AND SWEEP ACROSS FA THIS AFTN. WILL MENTION
STRONG STORMS IN ZFP. BELIEVE COVERAGE WILL DECREASE SOME FROM THIS
MORNING IN THE WESTERN ZONES...SO WILL GO WITH SCATTERED WORDING FOR
THIS AFTN.

TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S THIS MORNING.  WILL
WATCH TEMPERATURES TOWARD ISSUANCE TIME FOR WORDING.  TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL INTO THE 50S THIS AFTN IN THE WEST AND WILL WORD
ACCORDINGLY.

LINGERING SHOWERS TONIGHT IN BACKLASH OF UPPER LOW.  CLOUDS WILL
CLEAR ON FRIDAY ALLOWING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.

WILL BLEND FWC/MAV TEMPS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.SDF...NONE
CS

In the hours before

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-092300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1210 PM EST THU NOV 9 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALL OF
CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RACE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

DUE TO STRONG WIND FIELDS ALOFT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

STAY TUNED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDgIA
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

STUREY

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.