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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Louisville, KY

July 8, 2001Henry County, Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2001, 8:48 PM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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: Jul 8, 2001, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2001, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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
Jul 8, 9:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Countywide, KY
Jul 8, 9:15 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Pewee Vly, 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
Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 1437 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 6.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 090048
SVRSDF
INC025-061-090130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
845 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT(830 PM EST)

* AT 842 PM EDT(742 PM EST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRADFORD TO
  WICKLIFFE...OR FROM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE TO 52 MILES
  WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* DAMAGING WINDS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BYRNEVILLE...DEPAUW...FRENCHTOWN...GRANTSBURG AROUND 850 PM EDT
   OR 750 PM EST   
  BEECHWOOD...CURBY AROUND 900 PM EDT OR 800 PM EST
  ENGLISH AROUND 900 PM EDT OR 800 PM EST
  CORYDON AROUND 915 PM EDT OR 815 PM EST 

DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY 
WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THIS 
LINE OF STORMS 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.

TWF

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 Jul 8, 3:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO REMOVE TSTMS WEST TODAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
340 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2001

MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS THE THREAT OF MORE SVR
TSTMS DURING TONIGHT.

VERY MOIST AND EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE ACROSS FA .
WE ARE IN MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE OVER MUCH OF FA. WILL GO WITH HI
POPS WI THE HIEST ERN FA.  MUCH WIND DAMAGE ALREADY THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS ERN PTNS OF FA.

A SECOND CONCERN IS WHAT TO DO WI HEAT ADVISORY FOR SWRN PTNS OF
FA FOR TONIGHT...WITH MIN TEMPS IN MIDDLE 70S FORECAST FOR SWRN PTN
OF FA...WILL NOT CONTINUE HEAT ADVISORY THERE TONIGHT.

REPEAT OF SAME NOT OUT THE QUESTION FOR MONDAY.

.SDF...NONE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 3:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
303 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001

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

0250 PM    PARIS                     KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   BOURBON                        TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          CITY AND COUNTYWIDE.

Local storm report, Jul 8, 3:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
338 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001

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

0330 PM    LEXINGTON                 KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   FAYETTE                        TREES DOWN IN THE CITY.

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
413 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001

TREES REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY AND IN CARISLE

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

0224 PM    CARLISLE                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   NICHOLAS                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          TREES AND POWERLINES
                                          DOWN COUNTY WIDE

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:32 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
432 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001

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

0305 PM    CLINTONVILLE              KY   .75 INCH HAIL
07/08/01   BOURBON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0305 PM    CLINTONVILLE              KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   BOURBON                        TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.

0320 PM    2 E WINCHESTER            KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   CLARK                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.

0324 PM    SADIEVILLE                KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   SCOTT                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY STORM
              Y                            SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:43 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
443 PM EDT SUN JUL 08 2001

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

0345 PM    RUCKERVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   CLARK                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	39 min
Jul 8, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Shelby	46 min
Jul 8, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin	46 min
Jul 8, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Scott	38 min
Jul 8, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	48 min
Jul 8, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	43 min
Jul 8, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Spencer	38 min
Jul 8, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Woodford	34 min
Jul 8, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jessamine	39 min
Jul 8, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	39 min
Jul 8, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson, Washington	35 min
Jul 8, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Mercer	35 min
Jul 8, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	34 min
Jul 8, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	45 min
Jul 8, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion	39 min
Jul 8, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	42 min
Jul 8, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Taylor	42 min
Jul 8, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell, Taylor	44 min
Jul 8, 11:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair	33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.