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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

February 3, 2003Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 3, 2003, 10:39 PM EST for Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
Feb 3, 2003, 10:39 PM EST (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 2003, 11:15 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Nelson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2003-02-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 372 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
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 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.

574 
WUUS53 KLMK 040339
SVRSDF
KYC179-040415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1040 PM EST MON FEB 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM EST

* AT 1035 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HIGHGROVE TO BOSTON...OR FROM 24
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE TO 33 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMFIELD...BALLTOWN...BARDSTOWN AROUND 1045 PM EST
  CHAPLIN AROUND 1050 PM EST

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3776 8569 3798 8550 3793 8540 3795 8518
          3789 8516 3790 8521 3785 8521 3784 8529

$$
STUREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 9:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade38 min
Feb 3, 10:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby14 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.