Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Jul 5, 2001, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 2001, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Barren County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, 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.

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SVRSDF

KYC009-169-171-052215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
432 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN METCALFE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  CLUSTERS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
  BARREN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF 
  GLASGOW. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FLIPPIN...MT. HERMAN AROUND 440 PM CDT
  BEAUMONT...MUD LICK AROUND 445 PM CDT
  ROCKBRIDGE AROUND 450 PM CDT
  GAMALIEL...TOMPKINSVILLE AROUND 455 PM CDT
  HESTAND AROUND 500 PM CDT

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

FUNK

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 2:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
335 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001

MAIN FORECAST PROBLEMS IN ENDING OF TSTMS SRN AND ERN PTNS OF FA THIS
EVE. ONCE THIS HAPPENS CLEAR AND VERY PLEASANT WX TNGHT AND FRIDAY AS
SIGIFICANTLY DRIER AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AIS OVERSPREADS THE REGION.

MUCH OF THIS EVE'S ACTIVITY IS MORE OR LESS ALONG A COLD FRONT NOW
DROPING SE ACRS THE ERN AND SRN PTNS OF FA.

NEXT MJR WX SYS LIKELY TO BE ON SAT AND SAT NITE AS MODELS ALL HINT
AT POSSIBL TSTM COMPLEX DRPNG SEWRD ACRS FA ON SAT AFTN AND NITE.
WILL INTROD SCT TSTMS AGAIN ON SAT.

TEMPS AND POP TRENDS FROM FWC LUK OK AND WILL BE USED FOR GENRL GUID.

.SDF...NONE.

In the hours before

KYZ026-027-047-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-060200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
515 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2001

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES AND SOME
OF THE CENTRAL COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY THROUGH THE EARLY PORTION OF
THE EVENING.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST IN ADVANCE OF DRIER AIR
APPROACHING THE REGION AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT.  THE INTERACTION
OF DIFFERING AIR MASSES WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN
ALSO BE EXPECTED.

THIS IS A PRELIMENARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LISTEN TO THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

SKYWARN SPOTTER EACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED.

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

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.