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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Louisville, KY

July 8, 2001Bullitt County, Spencer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2001, 9:22 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 8, 2001, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2001, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Spencer County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 9:35 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 60 EShepherdsville, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1437 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 00:00Z on 2001-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

252 
WUUS53 KLMK 090122
SVRSDF
KYC029-215-090200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BULLITT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SPENCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 917 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF MT. EDEN TO 10
  MILES NORTH OF SHEPHERDSVILLE...OR FROM 33 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE
  TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BARDSTOWN JUNCTION...SHEPHERDSVILLE AROUND 930 PM EDT
  CLERMONT...WAKEFIELD AROUND 935 PM EDT
  LEBANON JUNCTION AROUND 940 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THIS STORMS PATH...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL IT 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.

JA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble39 min
Jul 8, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham42 min
Jul 8, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Shelby46 min
Jul 8, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin46 min
Jul 8, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Scott38 min
Jul 8, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas48 min
Jul 8, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette43 min
Jul 8, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Woodford34 min
Jul 8, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine39 min
Jul 8, 9:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark39 min
Jul 8, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Washington35 min
Jul 8, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer35 min
Jul 8, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette34 min
Jul 8, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison45 min
Jul 8, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Marion39 min
Jul 8, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln42 min
Jul 8, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor42 min
Jul 8, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Russell, Taylor44 min
Jul 8, 11:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair33 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.