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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

January 24, 2002Franklin County, Scott County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 2002, 12:34 AM EST for Franklin County, Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 11 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
Jan 24, 2002, 12:34 AM EST (05:34 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2002, 12:45 AM EST
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, KY, Scott County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 00:00Z on 2002-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2002-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 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
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 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 240534
SVRSDF
KYC073-209-240545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1232 AM EST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1245 AM EST

* AT 1234 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STAMPING GROUND...OR ABOUT
  10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. IF 
YOU ARE IN THIS STORMS PATH...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY 
STRUCTURE UNTIL IT HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ANY DOWNED 
POWER LINES.

LAT...LON 3837 8498 3820 8491 3830 8450 3843 8457

$$

JMB/DK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 11:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio40 min
Jan 24, 12:24 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Jefferson, Meade, Ohio, Oldham and 2 more3 hr
Jan 24, 2:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Ohio34 min
Jan 24, 2:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson17 min
Jan 24, 3:33 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson87 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2002Every 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.