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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Louisville, KY

February 20, 2002Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 20, 2002, 11:57 AM CST for Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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: Feb 20, 2002, 11:57 AM CST (17:57 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2002, 12:35 PM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Hart County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 201757
SVRSDF
KYC099-201835-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1154 AM CST WED FEB 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HART COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1235 PM CST

* AT 1152 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CUB RUN...OR ABOUT 23
  MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROWLETTS...KESSINGER AROUND 1205 PM CST
  MUNFORDVILLE...HORSE CAVE AROUND 1210 PM CST
  CANMER...HARDYVILLE AROUND 1215 PM CST
  LINWOOD...MONROE AROUND 1220 PM CST

LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND 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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

$$
TWF

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 Feb 20, 9:10 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 9:10 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1010 AM EST WED FEB 20 2002

UPDATE THIS MORNING WILL FOCUS ON CONVECTIVE TRENDS. 15Z SAT/RADAR
IMAGES SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM ABOUT KCMI...TO
KHNB...TO NEAR KMKL ALONG THE WRN EDGE OF DRY SLOT. 12Z MESO-ETA
SEEMS TO HAVE DECENT HANDLE ON THE SITUATION. FOR THIS
AFTERNOON...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG
EDGE OF COLD FRONT NOW JUST WEST OF MS RIVER...AND AHEAD OF
MID-LEVEL WAVE ROUNDING LARGE 500MB LOW OVER KLSE. FCST LIS OVER
CENTRAL KY/SRN IN TO NEAR -4C BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WHICH SEEMS
REASONABLE SINCE WERE SEEING SOME BINOVC WRN/SWRN ZONES. OBSERVED
AND FCST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST LINEAR MODE TO CONVECTION AS IT TRAVERSES
CWA FROM ABOUT 16Z TO 22Z...ALSO SUGGESTED BY 700MB OMEGA FIELDS.
LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELDS REMAIN STRONG...HOWEVER BEST 925MB MOMENTUM
PLUME EAST OF CWA ATTM. SUSTAINED SFC WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH SOUND GOOD
WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. IF WE SEE ENOUGH SUN SOME OF THOSE 40KT 925MB
WINDS COULD MIX DOWN. ANY SEVERE CONVECTION IT WILL LIKELY BE WINDS
WITH STORMS MOVING NE AT 50KTS...THOUGH WITH 500MB TEMPS NOSEDIVING ASSOC
WITH MID-LEVEL WAVE COULD SEE SOME DIMES/NICKELS OUT OF THE STRONGER
STORMS. HAZ WX OUTLOOK UPDATED (SPSSDF) TO ADDRESS SEVERE CONCERNS.

.SDF...NONE

SMALLCOMB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 20, 10:51 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
1151 AM EST WED FEB 20 2002

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

1145 AM    3 NW RUSSELLVILLE         KY   .50 INCH HAIL
02/20/02   LOGAN                          WIND ESTIMATED AT 30 MPH.
                                          REPORT BY STORM SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Feb 20, 11:16 AM CST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
1216 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

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

1145 AM    NEW AMSTERDAM             IN   .75 INCH HAIL
02/20/02   HARRISON                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER

Local storm report, Feb 20, 11:24 AM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
1224 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

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

1215 AM    HADLEY                    KY   .75 INCH HAIL
02/20/02   WARRNE                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER

LD

Local storm report, Feb 20, 11:24 AM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
1224 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

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

1215 PM    HADLEY                    KY   .75 INCH HAIL
02/20/02   WARREN                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER

LD

Local storm report, Feb 20, 11:46 AM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
1246 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

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

1245 AM    EKRON                     KY   .75 INCH HAIL
02/20/02   MEADE                          REPORTED BY FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT.

Local storm report, Feb 20, 11:46 AM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
1246 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

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

1245 PM    EKRON                     KY   .75 INCH HAIL
02/20/02   MEADE                          REPORTED BY FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 20, 10:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	29 min
Feb 20, 11:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	42 min
Feb 20, 11:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson	30 min
Feb 20, 11:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	19 min
Feb 20, 12:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	26 min
Feb 20, 12:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	30 min
Feb 20, 12:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Shelby	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.