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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

February 20, 2002Jefferson County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 20, 2002, 1:30 PM EST for Jefferson County, Oldham County, Shelby 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2002, 1:30 PM EST (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2002, 2:00 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2002-02-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 543 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
948 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
543 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
583 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 201830
SVRSDF
KYC111-185-211-201900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
130 PM EST WED FEB 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY   
  OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY 
  WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 200 PM EST

* AT 130 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PEWEE VALLEY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF
  LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CRESTWOOD...BROWNSBORO AROUND 135 PM EST
  BUCKNER...TODDS POINT AROUND 140 PM EST
  BALLARDSVILLE...LA GRANGE AROUND 150 PM EST

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE 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 3831 8561 3816 8543 3836 8530 3853 8541

$$
DK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 11:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan29 min
Feb 20, 12:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren42 min
Feb 20, 12:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson30 min
Feb 20, 12:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade19 min
Feb 20, 12:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart38 min
Feb 20, 1:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson26 min
Feb 20, 1:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby29 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.