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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Louisville, KY

October 24, 2001Henry County, Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 7:51 PM EDT for Henry County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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: Oct 24, 2001, 7:51 PM EDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2001, 8:35 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Henry County, KY, Shelby County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 24, 8:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	New Castle, KY
Oct 24, 8:15 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 E	Countywide, 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
Oct 24, 7:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

903 
WUUS53 KLMK 242353
SVRSDF
KYC103-123-179-211-215-250035-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
751 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SPENCER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  
* UNTIL 835 PM EDT(735 PM CDT)

* AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF CAMPBELLSBURG TO
  15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TONNIEVILLE...OR FROM 38 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LOUISVILLE TO 42 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST 
  AT NEAR 50 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TONNIEVILLE...TODDS POINT...SMITHFIELD...SIMPSONVILLE AROUND 800 PM
  EDT
  WATERFORD...SAMUELS...PORT ROYAL...NEW CASTLE AROUND 805 PM EDT
  TAYLORSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE AROUND 810 PM EDT
  BARDSTOWN AROUND 820 PM EDT
  HODGENVILLE AROUND 820 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.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE.

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 Oct 24, 3:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 3:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION... CORRECTION..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
300 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE CONTINUES TO BE TIMING OF COLD
FRONT AND POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

AT 18Z THE COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST ILLINOIS TO
JUST EAST OF ST LOUIS. ON ITS CURRENT TRACK THE FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS LOUISVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN AROUND 00Z AND LEXINGTON AROUND
02Z.

A SOLID LINE OF STORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT WITH NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER. 18Z 0-3KM SR HELICITY VALUES IN THE
VICINITY OF THE FRONT WERE AROUND 300 SO THE POTENTIAL REMAINS GOOD
FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR NORTHERN CFA. LLJ OF
50 KTS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE FRONT. WE WILL
KEEP A HIGH POP IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH THE MENTION OF
STRONG STORMS.

PRECIPITATION WILL END QUICKLY AS DRY COLD AIR ADVECTS INTO THE
REGION ON A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP RAPIDLY
WITH READINGS IN THE 40S BY MORNING. COLD AIR CU WILL DEVELOP IN THE
NORTHWEST FLOW THURSDAY BUT TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER
50S. ADDITIONAL ENERGY WILL DIG INTO THE TROF ON FRIDAY AND BRING
THE COLDEST AIR INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY MORNING IN THE 20S. PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW
ON SATURDAY LOOKS TO REMAIN NORTH AND EAST OF THE CFA SO WE WILL
KEEP THE CFA DRY OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS DRY WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND.

.SDF...TORNADO WATCH 797 IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA THROUGH 7 PM
EST.

JA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-250400-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON
UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS OVER ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND MUCH OF
CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WITH A MODERATE RISK OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.  THE
RISK OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD LAST UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

A POWERFUL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...FROM NORTHERN INDIANA TO NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS...WILL SWEEP EAST THROUGH ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
CENTRAL KENTUCKY...THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT OF
TORNADOES APPEARS TO BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THAT PART OF
NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER...THROUGH MID EVENING.

IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS EXPECTED WITH 60 TO 80 MPH
THUNDERSTORM WINDS COMMON...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE.
LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR.

EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A PLAN TO SURVIVE A TORNADO...WHETHER YOU ARE
IN YOUR HOME...AT WORK OR SCHOOL...IN A MOTOR VEHICLE...OR AT A
STORE OR MALL.  AT HOME...WORK OR SCHOOL...MOVE TO A PRE-DESIGNATED
SHELTER...SUCH AS THE INTERIOR PART OF A BASEMENT. YOUR SHELTER
SHOULD INCLUDE A NOAA WEATHER RADIO WITH A WARNING ALARM TONE AND
BATTERY BACK-UP. IF A SPECIFIC SHELTER DOES NOT EXIST...GO TO AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL ROOM ON THE BUILDINGS LOWEST LEVEL.

PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES AND AUTOMOBILES ARE QUITE VULNERABLE TO HIGH
WINDS AND EVEN MOBILE HOMES THAT ARE TIED DOWN CANNOT WITHSTAND THE
FORCE OF TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY...
...MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO STAY WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY WHO HAVE
BASEMENTS. PUT YOUR PLAN IN ACTION WHEN A TORNADO WATCH IS ISSUED.

LEAVE YOUR MOTOR VEHICLE FOR SAFE SHELTER IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT SEARCH
OUT A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IT IS A COLLECTION AREA FOR TORNADIC DEBRIS
AS WELL AS A WIND TUNNEL. TORNADO WINDS SQUEEZING UNDER THE OVERPASS
SPEED UP BY AS MUCH AS 25 PERCENT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION...RADIO
STATIONS...OR THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER SITUATION.

STUREY

Local storm report, Oct 24, 6:58 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
658 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

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

0655 PM    ENGLISH                   IN   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   CRAWFORD                       TREES DOWN ON STATE ROUTE
                                          64. REPORTED BY LOCAL
                                          DISPATCH.

Local storm report, Oct 24, 7:08 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
708 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

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

0645 PM    HAWESVILLE                KY   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   HANCOCK                        TREES DOWN IN NUMEROUS
                                          LOCATIONS.

0650 PM    TELL CITY                 IN   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   PERRY                          5 TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LOCAL DISPATCH.

Local storm report, Oct 24, 7:20 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
720 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

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

0655 PM    HARDINSBURG               IN   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN ONTO COUNTY
                                          ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 150.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL DISPATCH.

Local storm report, Oct 24, 7:23 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
723 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

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

0655 PM    HARDINSBURG               IN   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   WASHINGTON                     TREES DOWN ONTO COUNTY
                                          ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 150.
                                          REPORTED BY LOCAL DISPATCH.

0715 PM    CORYDON                   IN   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   HARRISON                       POWER LINES DOWN FROM
                                          CORYDON TO MAUCKPORT.
                                          REPORTED BY INDIANA STATE
                                          POLICE.

Local storm report, Oct 24, 7:37 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
737 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

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

0720 PM    FRYMIRE                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
10/24/01   BRECKINRIDGE                   TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	32 min
Oct 24, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	31 min
Oct 24, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	40 min
Oct 24, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	30 min
Oct 24, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson	33 min
Oct 24, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	50 min
Oct 24, 7:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	34 min
Oct 24, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	46 min
Oct 24, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham, Trimble	34 min
Oct 24, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	46 min
Oct 24, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Nelson, Spencer	44 min
Oct 24, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hart	46 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.