Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2002, 6:29 PM CDT for Butler County, Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2002, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2002, 7:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, KY, Grayson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Leitchfield, KY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLMK 242329 SVRSDF KYC031-085-250010- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 628 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 710 PM CDT * AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF YEAMAN TO 10 MILES WEST OF WELCHS CREEK...OR FROM 46 MILES NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN TO 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WELCHS CREEK...SHORT CREEK...PINE KNOB...MILLWOOD AROUND 635 PM CDT READY AROUND 640 PM CDT SHREWSBURY...LEITCHFIELD AROUND 645 PM CDT GRAYSON SPRINGS...CLARKSON AROUND 650 PM CDT PEONIA AROUND 655 PM CDT 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. $$ FUNK
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 Apr 24, 1:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 1:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 PM EDT WED APR 24 2002 NOT MUCH SENSIBLE WEATHER GOING ON OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKYS CWA AS WE APRCH MID AFTN. MODELS SIMILAR ONCE AGAIN AND OFFER A GOOD LIKELYHOOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT AS CDFNT ADVANCES SOUTHEAST INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. TIME SECTIONS ALL INDICATE GOOD DRYING BE THE WEE HOURS AS SFC WIND BECOMES NWLY.. FOLKS AT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WX DVLPG OVR WRN KY AND PTS WEST WHERE MORE THE ATMOSPHERE WAS SOMEWHAT MORE UNSTBL. AS MENTIONED B4...MODELS INDICATE GOOD DRYING AND PCPN CHCS BASICLY OVER WITH THE INFLUX OF A NEW AIR MASS AFTR MIDNIGHT. .SDF...NONE RDC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-250242- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 500 PM EDT WED APR 24 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY WEST OF A LINE STRETCHING FROM TRIMBLE TO CASEY COUNTIES. DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL INDIANA LATER THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL DRAG A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE THIS EVENING. A COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...LOCATED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WILL DEVELOP FURTHER EARLY THIS EVENING. THE COMPLEX WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY... GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...BETWEEN 600 PM AND 800 PM EDT. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES ACROSS THE AREA...GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVOLVE INTO A SQUALL LINE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS LATER THIS EVENING. THE SQUALL LINE WILL TRACK EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AFTER 800 PM EDT. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL LIKELY DIMINISH DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. JMB
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-250242- CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 500 PM EDT WED APR 24 2002 ...CORRECTED... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL INDIANA LATER THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL DRAG A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE THIS EVENING. A COMPLEX OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...LOCATED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WILL DEVELOP FURTHER EARLY THIS EVENING. THE COMPLEX WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY... GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...BETWEEN 600 PM AND 800 PM EDT. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES ACROSS THE AREA...GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVOLVE INTO A SQUALL LINE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS LATER THIS EVENING. THE SQUALL LINE WILL TRACK EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AFTER 800 PM EDT. THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL LIKELY DIMINISH DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. JMB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 31 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.