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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

April 10, 2001Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2001, 7:56 PM EDT for Bourbon 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
Apr 10, 2001, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2001, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Bourbon County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 10, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2001-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2001-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -77 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-485 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 102359
SVRSDF
KYC017-110030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
756 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 759 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTONVILLE...OR ABOUT   
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THREE 
  QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLINTONVILLE...PARIS AROUND 810 PM EDT
  NORTH MIDDLETOWN AROUND 825 PM EDT

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL
THIS STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ANY DOWNED POWER
LINES.

REAPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

&&

STUREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham28 min
Apr 10, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Shelby48 min
Apr 10, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Shelby34 min
Apr 10, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Woodford34 min
Apr 10, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.