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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Louisville, KY

April 28, 2002Garrard County, Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2002, 1:36 PM EDT for Garrard County, Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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 28, 2002, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2002, 2:05 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 12:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2002-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 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 2002-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
101 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

836 
WUUS53 KLMK 281736
SVRSDF
KYC079-137-281805-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
134 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 205 PM EDT

* AT 131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR STANFORD...OR ABOUT 33 MILES NORTH OF
  SOMERSET...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PREACHERSVILLE...LANCASTER AROUND 140 PM EDT
  PAINT LICK AROUND 150 PM EDT

HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE 
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THIS 
STORM 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.

$$
FUNK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 3:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock36 min
Apr 28, 4:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade36 min
Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham42 min
Apr 28, 4:18 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge12 min
Apr 28, 4:28 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKMeade22 min
Apr 28, 4:35 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKOhio40 min
Apr 28, 4:41 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin24 min
Apr 28, 4:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin31 min
Apr 28, 5:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson43 min
Apr 28, 5:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson40 min
Apr 28, 5:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson34 min
Apr 28, 5:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer19 min
Apr 28, 5:23 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson22 min
Apr 28, 5:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Larue33 min
Apr 28, 5:35 AM EDTTornado WarningLMKHart40 min
Apr 28, 5:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Washington34 min
Apr 28, 5:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer31 min
Apr 28, 5:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford20 min
Apr 28, 5:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor31 min
Apr 28, 6:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine27 min
Apr 28, 6:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas13 min
Apr 28, 6:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison24 min
Apr 28, 6:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard27 min
Apr 28, 6:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey42 min
Apr 28, 6:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey39 min
Apr 28, 6:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison41 min
Apr 28, 6:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen15 min
Apr 28, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion25 min
Apr 28, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.