Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2001, 4:02 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2001, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2001, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Logan County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Lewisburg, KY | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. One tree was blown on to a power line, knocking it down. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLMK 272103 SVRSDF KYC141-272145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 402 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EPLEYS STATION...OR ABOUT 28 MILES WEST OF BOWLING GREEN. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPA AROUND 415 PM CDT LEWISBURG AROUND 440 PM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THIS STORM'S PATH...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL IT HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ANY DOWNED POWER LINES. HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SECURE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. LAT...LON 3687 8709 3683 8687 3706 8675 3713 8705 COX
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 Jun 27, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 340 PM EDT WED JUNE 27 2001 FORECAST PROBLEM THIS AFTN AND EVENING IS WHAT DO WITH CHANCES FOR RAIN THROUGHOUT THE 7 DAY FORECAST PERIOD. AT MID AFTN LOTS OF CU THRUT AREA TSRA DVLPG OVER MUCH OF RGN. MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THIS RUN. WILL FOLLOW PERSISTENCE AS WELL AS A MODEL BLEND. WL CONT TREND OF A DAILY THRET OF TSRA PER AFTN INSTABILITIES AND RATHER COLD POOL OVER THE AREA .SDF...NONE. RDC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 104 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. WIND FIELDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE RELATIVELY WEAK SO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD GENERATE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED.
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:14 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 414 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. WIND FIELDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE RELATIVELY WEAK SO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD GENERATE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler | 90 min |
| Jun 27, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 31 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.