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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Louisville, KY

May 23, 2000Edmonson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2000, 10:42 AM CDT for Edmonson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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: May 23, 2000, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2000, 11:10 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Edmonson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 23, 10:50 AM CDT	Hail 2	Kyrock, 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
May 23, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

461 
WUUS53 KLMK 231544
SVRSDF
KYC061-231610-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1042 AM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND EASTERN EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1110 AM CDT

* AT 1042 AM CDT...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  WITH LARGE HAIL OVER SWEEDEN...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECT...
  MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK BETWEEN 1050 AM CDT AND 1110 AM CDT

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 May 23, 2:00 AM CDT, 8 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:00 AM CDT, 8 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2000

MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM THIS MORNING IS CHANCES FOR RAIN THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

AT 07Z SHRA AND TSRA WERE ACROSS WESTERN FORECAST AREA (FA). MORE
TSRA WERE IN IL.  A SERIES OF S/WS ARE LINED UP IN NW FLOW ALOFT.

MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN.  WITH TRICKY NW
FLOW...WILL USE A BLEND.

AFTER INITIAL BATCH OF RAIN MOVES THROUGH FA THIS MORNING...ATMS
DESTABILIZES AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ETA HAS CAPES OVER 2000 AND LI/S
DOWN TO -8.  NGM NOT QUITE AS UNSTABLE...BUT UNSTABLE NONETHELESS.
STRONG WAA AT 850 OCCURS TODAY AS WELL.  FEEL THAT SCATTERED STORMS
WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTN...SO WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING THIS
AFTN.

ALL MODELS SHOWING MORE TSTMS TONIGHT...WHICH IS REASONABLE GIVEN
CONTINUED WAA AND NW FLOW ALOFT.  WILL PUT POPS IN GOOD CHANCE
CATEGORY AND WORD AS SCATTERED.  FOR WEDNESDAY...SURFACE TROF MOVES
THROUGH NORTHERN SECTIONS OF FA DURING THE DAY...STABILIZING THE
ATMS.  AHEAD OF TROF...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY CONTINUE.  WILL KEEP
LOW CHANCE POPS GOING...BUT WILL END EARLY IN NWRN FA.

FWC/FAN TEMPS CLOSE THIS AFTN AND LOOK OKAY GIVEN WAA PATTERN. WILL
GO WITH WARMER FAN NUMBERS TONIGHT IN CONTINUED SW FLOW AT SFC.
NUMBERS LOOK OKAY FOR WEDNESDAY AS WELL.

1ST PERIOD OF FORECAST SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO PRECIP AT ISSUANCE
TIME.

.SDF...NONE
CS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 9:43 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1043 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1030 AM    9 S HAWESVILLE            KY   1 INCH HAIL
05/23/00   HANCOCK                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

1030 AM    PLEASANT RIDGE            KY   1 INCH HAIL
05/23/00   OHIO                           REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, May 23, 9:57 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1057 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1045 AM    CLOVERPORT                KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00   BRECKINRIDGE                   REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, May 23, 10:21 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1121 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1110 AM    CANEYVILLE                KY   .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00   GRAYSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

Local storm report, May 23, 10:29 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1129 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 AM    IRVINGTON                 KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00   BRECKINRIDGE                   REPORTED BY MEDIA.

1100 AM    HARDINSBURG               KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00   BRECKINRIDGE

Local storm report, May 23, 10:39 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1139 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1135 AM    SHREWSBURY                KY   .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00   GRAYSON                        REPORTED BY MEDIA.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 9:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	21 min
May 23, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	23 min
May 23, 9:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	29 min
May 23, 9:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	33 min
May 23, 10:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson	43 min
May 23, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hart	45 min
May 23, 11:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe	44 min
May 23, 11:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart	50 min
May 23, 11:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	25 min
May 23, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	38 min
May 23, 12:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson	35 min
May 23, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	25 min
May 23, 12:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Cumberland	30 min
May 23, 12:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	48 min
May 23, 12:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren	16 min
May 23, 1:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	64 min
May 23, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	39 min
May 23, 1:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	28 min
May 23, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	21 min
May 23, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson	32 min
May 23, 2:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hart	43 min
May 23, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	34 min
May 23, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	34 min
May 23, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	35 min
May 23, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair	41 min
May 23, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Russell	37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.