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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Louisville, KY

June 5, 2002Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2002, 5:21 PM EDT for Meade 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: Jun 5, 2002, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2002, 5:50 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 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 052121
SVRSDF
KYC163-052150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
519 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 550 PM EDT

* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SIROCCO TO ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF
  GUSTON...OR FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE TO 40 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GUSTON AROUND 525 PM EDT
  BRANDENBURG AROUND 530 PM EDT
  GARRETT...EKRON AROUND 535 PM EDT
  DOE VALLEY AROUND 540 PM EDT

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

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 5, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
310 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ON SAT PICTURES SHOWING FIRST  WAVE FM CNTRL MO
TO CNTRL ARKANSAS...LFTG NEWD IN MEAN SWLY FLOW. COMBINATION OF S/W
AND APRCHG CDFNT HAS HELPED INSTIGATE NUMEROUS SHWRS & TSTMS.  GOOD
POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING/HVY RAIN THIS EVNG WRN FA WHERE PRECIP WATER
VALUES ABOVE 1.50 INCHES. MEANWHILE...WET MICRO-BURSTS A GOOD BET...
AS AFTN AND EVNG WHERES ON...WHERE HIGH REFLECTIVTY HELD ALOFT.
MEANWHILE...CDFNT TO SLOWLY CROSS OUR FORECAST AREA (FA) LATER TNGT.
DVLPG/INCRSG RIGHT JET ENTRANCE RGN SHUD ENHANCE PCPN TNGT AS WELL
ALNG WITH SFC FRONTAL CONVG.  WE WILL MENTION HVY RAIN ALL ZONES
TNGT...WHILE GOING WITH A FLOOD WATCH WRN FORECAST AREA TNGT...
WHERE RAINFALL POTENTIAL TO BE MAXIMIZED.

RAINFALL TO HOLD SWAY THRU THU MRNG SOUTH AND EASTERN FA...POST
FRONTAL...UNTIL UPR TROF SHIFTS THRU LATER IN THE DAY. WILL TRY FOR
SOME CLRG NW SECTIONS BUT LOTS OF CLDS SOUTH AND EAST.

HIGH PRES TO BUILD INTO OHIO VLY THU NITE/FRI INTO SATURDAY WITH
QUIET WX ON TAP THEN.

THERMAL PTN ALL SUGGESTING COOLER TEMPS ON THU...WHICH GUIDE HANDLES
WELL. SLOW WARMUP THEN FRI/SATURDAY WHEN SLY FLOW REDEVELOPS.

.SDF...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL
       KENTUCKY.

STUREY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
322 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

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

0310 PM    VALEENE                   IN   .75 INCH HAIL
06/05/02   ORANGE                         ALSO ESTIMATED 50 MPH WIND
                                          GUST. REPORTED BY DISPATCH.

PKW

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
430 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

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

0425 PM    NEW WASHINGTON            IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/02   CLARK                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG
                                          HWY 62 NEAR NEW WASHINGTON.
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

PKW

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:40 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-060030-

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
440 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS INDICATED THAT A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT LOCATED NEAR THE OHIO RIVER WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH THE EVENING. WARM, VERY
MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THUS NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH
THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.  THE STORMS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL. A
SEVERE WEATHER WATCH MAY BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO THREE
HOURS IF CURRENT STORM TRENDS CONTINUE.

IN ADDITION...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL DUE TO HIGH LEVELS OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
THE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH STORMS
REGENERATING AND MOVING ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED
COPIOUS RAINFALL. RAINFALL RATES MAY APPROACH ONE TO TWO INCHES PER
HOUR IN MANY OF THE STRONGER STORMS. THUS...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY
OCCUR AS WELL.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...HOWEVER THE STORMS SHOULD NOT BE AS STRONG AT THAT
TIME.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS
OR CABLE OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY
BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY.

VLD

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:57 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
457 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

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

0445 PM    7 NW BEFORD               KY   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/05/02   TRIMBLE                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

PKW

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:06 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
506 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2002

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

0455 PM    2 N FLOYD KNOBS           IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/02   FLOYD                          NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
                                          THE COUNTY. ALSO GOLF BALL
                                          HAIL REPORTED BY OFF DUTY
                                          POLICE OFFICER. REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY DISPATCH.

PKW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 11:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Casey	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	26 min
Jun 5, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	25 min
Jun 5, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	35 min
Jun 5, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler	21 min
Jun 5, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson	14 min
Jun 5, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.