Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 238, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2000, 12:12 PM CST for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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
- Nov 9, 2000, 12:12 PM CST (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2000, 12:35 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ohio County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 12:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Countywide, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 11:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 334 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 507 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Nov 9, 1:30 AM CST, 10 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 1:30 AM CST, 10 hours 42 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Nov 9, 11:10 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 12:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 25 min |
| Nov 9, 12:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 33 min |
| Nov 9, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 44 min |
| Nov 9, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 44 min |
| Nov 9, 12:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 32 min |
| Nov 9, 12:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart | 38 min |
| Nov 9, 12:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren | 28 min |
| Nov 9, 12:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Monroe | 41 min |
| Nov 9, 12:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 47 min |
| Nov 9, 12:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hart | 46 min |
| Nov 9, 1:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 57 min |
| Nov 9, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 34 min |
| Nov 9, 1:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green | 29 min |
| Nov 9, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 39 min |
| Nov 9, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 49 min |
| Nov 9, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 45 min |
| Nov 9, 1:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 43 min |
| Nov 9, 1:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Nov 9, 1:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion | 34 min |
| Nov 9, 1:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 31 min |
| Nov 9, 1:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 29 min |
| Nov 9, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 21 min |
| Nov 9, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton | 35 min |
| Nov 9, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 34 min |
| Nov 9, 2:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 26 min |
| Nov 9, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Mercer | 21 min |
| Nov 9, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Trimble | 45 min |
| Nov 9, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Woodford | 45 min |
| Nov 9, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln | 18 min |
| Nov 9, 2:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Woodford | 13 min |
| Nov 9, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 42 min |
| Nov 9, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 37 min |
| Nov 9, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 14 min |
| Nov 9, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison | 39 min |
| Nov 9, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 32 min |
| Nov 9, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 35 min |
| Nov 9, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 16 min |
| Nov 9, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 15 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.