Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2002, 7:06 PM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports 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, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2002, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ohio County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Dundee, KY | |
| Apr 24, 7:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Magan, 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 458 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLMK 250006 SVRSDF KYC183-250030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 705 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HEFLIN...OR ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HARTFORD...BEAVER DAM...MCHENRY AROUND 710 PM CDT DUNDEE...PRENTISS AROUND 715 PM CDT ROSINE...FORDSVILLE AROUND 720 PM CDT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM 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. $$ TWF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.