Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Jun 12, 2002, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2002, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Nelson County, KY

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS53 KLMK 122059
SVRSDF
KYC179-122145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
459 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HIGHGROVE TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF BOSTON...OR FROM 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE TO 36 MILES
  SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRFIELD...COXS CREEK...BOSTON AROUND 505 PM EDT
  BLOOMFIELD...NAZARETH...BARDSTOWN AROUND 510 PM EDT
  NEW HAVEN...BALLTOWN AROUND 515 PM EDT
  CHAPLIN...HOWARDSTOWN AROUND 520 PM EDT

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS LINE OF
STORMS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE LINE OF STORMS
HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ANY DOWNED POWER LINES.

$$

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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
310 PM EDT WED JUN 12 2002

VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON...AS
WE AWAIT THE MOVEMENT SOUTH AND EAST OF A SIGNIFICANT TROUGH FROM
SOUTHERN MANITOBA. MEANDERING FRONT SITUATED EAST WEST ACROSS
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL BE FORCED A BIT SOUTH AS THE UPPER TROUGH
TRACKS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THURSDAY.

NATURALLY QUESTIONS EXIST ON RAIN CHANCES AND AMOUNTS...THEN TIMING
OF TEMPERATURE CHANGES THAT WILL OCCUR AS TROUGH FORCES COLD FRONT
THROUGH SOME TIME THURSDAY. AS NORTHWEST FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED...
OTHER QUESTIONS WILL CONCERN SHOWER CHANCES IN COLD AIR AS UPPER
TROUGH MOVES ONLY SLOWLY EAST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.

MODELS NOT IN BAD AGREEMENT...THOUGH THEY VARY SOME ON WHERE MAXIMUM
PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR AND WHEN. AS TROUGH MOVES SOUTHEAST
TONIGHT...FEEL HIGHEST POPS WILL BE OVER NORTH HALF OF KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA...WHERE LIKELY POPS WILL BE FORECAST. WILL KEEP
CHANCE POPS ACROSS SOUTH...WITH LIKELY ALL SECTIONS THURSDAY.

TEMPERATURES NOT AS DIFFICULT FOR TONIGHT...WITH LOWS NOT FAR FROM
70 ANYWHERE...WHETHER FROM COOLING IN DRIER AIR OR FROM STORMS.
WARMING ON THURSDAY WILL BE AFFECTED BY AMOUNT OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS/
STORMS. BUT DID NOT STRAY MUCH FROM GUIDANCE OF GOING FORECAST.

BEYOND THIS MODELS BRING REINFORCING COOL AIR LATE IN WEEKEND INTO
NEXT WEEK. SHOWERS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS FORECAST AREA AS NEXT
FRONT DROPS THROUGH MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

SO A LATE SPRING EPISODE IS IN THE OFFING...WITH A CHANCE TO TURN
OFF THE AIR CONDITIONER. ANY BREAK FROM HERE ON IN WILL BE GLADLY
ACCEPTED.

.SDF...NONE.
REITMEYER

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