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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

January 3, 2000Clark County, Indiana; Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 2000, 2:26 PM EST for Clark County, Indiana; Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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
Jan 3, 2000, 2:26 PM EST (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 3:00 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, IN, Jefferson County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 12:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-213 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 
TTAA00 KSDF 031928
SVRSDF
INC019-KYC111-032000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
226 PM EST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 300 PM EST

* AT 225 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY OF INDIANA..
..
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CEMENTVILLE AT 235 PM EST
  CLARKSVILLE AT 240 PM EST
  SELLERSBURG AT 240 PM EST
  PROSPECT AT 250 PM EST
  LOUISVILLE DOWNTOWN AT 240 PM EST

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

.END/REITMEYER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 1:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry25 min
Jan 3, 1:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford27 min
Jan 3, 1:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison42 min
Jan 3, 1:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry24 min
Jan 3, 1:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd42 min
Jan 3, 1:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford38 min
Jan 3, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Washington39 min
Jan 3, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Scott42 min
Jan 3, 4:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois44 min
Jan 3, 5:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange, Washington42 min
Jan 3, 5:11 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKWashington34 min
Jan 3, 5:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott33 min
Jan 3, 5:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry24 min
Jan 3, 5:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark31 min
Jan 3, 5:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison44 min
Jan 3, 5:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson37 min
Jan 3, 6:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFloyd29 min
Jan 3, 2:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble32 min
Jan 3, 2:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham39 min
Jan 3, 2:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry33 min
Jan 3, 2:53 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHenry27 min
Jan 3, 5:18 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKHancock32 min
Jan 3, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble26 min
Jan 3, 6:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson28 min
Jan 3, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio31 min

Nearby

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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.