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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

February 20, 2002Edmonson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 20, 2002, 11:35 AM CST for Edmonson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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
Feb 20, 2002, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2002, 12:05 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Edmonson County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 20, 11:40 AM CSTHail 0.75Chalybeate, 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-02-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2002-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 345 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 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 201735
SVRSDF
KYC061-201805-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1134 AM CST WED FEB 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1205 PM CST

* AT 1132 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RHODA...OR ABOUT 11 
  MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RHODA...BROWNSVILLE...SWEEDEN AROUND 1140 AM CST
  MAMMOTH CAVE AROUND 1150 AM CST

LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY 
WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THIS STORM 
HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ANY DOWNED POWER LINES.

$$
TWF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 10:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan29 min
Feb 20, 11:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren42 min
Feb 20, 11:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade19 min
Feb 20, 11:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart38 min
Feb 20, 12:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson26 min
Feb 20, 12:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby30 min
Feb 20, 12:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby29 min

Nearby

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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.