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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Louisville, KY

July 8, 2001Fayette County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2001, 9:17 PM EDT for Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2001, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Fayette County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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, 10:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 75 E	Lexington, KY
Jul 8, 10:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Lexington, 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, 8:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 090119
SVRSDF

KYC067-090200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 912 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF NEW ZION TO 15
  MILES WEST OF NEW ZION...OR FROM 22 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON TO 20
  MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LEXINGTON AROUND 935 PM EDT
  MATTOXTOWN AROUND 930 PM EDT

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY 
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. 

IF YOU ARE IN THIS STORM'S PATH...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE UNTIL IT HAS PASSED. SxTAY 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.

FUNK

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 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 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, 3:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 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, 5 hours 4 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 45 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 34 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.

Local storm report, Jul 8, 8:53 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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

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

0811 PM    MADISON                   IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   JEFFERSON                      TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          EVENT DURATION 20
                                          MINUTES.

0820 PM    SALEM                     IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   WASHINGTON                     TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN COUNTYWIDE. EVENT
                                          DURATION 20 MINUTES.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0830 PM    SCOTTSBURG                IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/01   SCOTT                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN COUNTYWIDE. EVENT
                                          DURATION 10 MINUTES.
                                          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, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham	42 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, 9:22 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

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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.