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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Louisville, KY

June 27, 2001Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2001, 8:05 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2001, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2001, 8:35 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Hardin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2001-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 151 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2001-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 280107
SVRSDF

KYC027-093-280135-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
805 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 835 PM CDT(935 PM EDT)

* AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MADRID...OR ABOUT 42 MILES NORTH OF
  BOWLING GREEN...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HUDSON...MADRID...ROFF AROUND 810 PM CDT
  GARFIELD AROUND 825 PM CDT
  BIG SPRING AROUND 830 PM CDT

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.

LAT...LON 3759 8647 3756 8610 3782 8604 3781 8616
          3795 8635

SCHOLZ

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, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 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, 3:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 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.
Local storm report, Jun 27, 4:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
559 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001

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

0535 PM    LEWISBURG                 KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/01   LOGAN                          TREES BLOWN DOWN JUST
                                          SOUTH OF LEWISBURG.
                                          ALSO POWER LINE DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:00 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
900 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2001

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

0850 PM    LEITCHFIELD               KY   WIND DAMAGE
06/27/01   GRAYSON                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR
                                          LEITCHFIELD. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          OFFICIAL.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson30 min
Jun 28, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington52 min
Jun 28, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.