Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Jul 8, 2003, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)

Expired

Jul 8, 2003, 2:30 PM EDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harrison County, IN, Meade County, KY

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS53 KLMK 081742
SVRLMK
INC061-KYC163-081830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
141 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY   
  HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 139 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NEW AMSTERDAM...OR ABOUT 33 MILES WEST OF
  LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VALLEY CITY AROUND 150 PM EDT
  WHITE CLOUD AROUND 200 PM EDT
  CORYDON AROUND 210 PM EDT
  NEW MIDDLETOWN AROUND 215 PM EDT
  RAMSEY AROUND 220 PM EDT
  CRANDALL...NEW SALISBURY AROUND 225 PM EDT

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS 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.

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 3811 8645 3814 8635 3829 8625 3837 8608
          3817 8593 3801 8635

$$

BS

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 8, 10:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1045 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003

.SHORT TERM...MORNING UPDATE.

CU FIELD ALREADY STARTING TO SET UP THIS MORNING AS WE BEGIN TO HEAT
UP.  TEMPERATURES ALREADY CLIMBING INTO THE MID 80S WITH DEWPOINTS
IN THE MID 70S.  MODIFIED SOUNDINGS FROM KILN AND KBNA REVEAL AN
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CAPES RISING INTO THE
3500-4000 J/KG ALONG WITH LIS APPROACHING -9/-10 OR SO.  MAIN
DIFFERENCE FROM YESTERDAY IS THAT THE MID LEVELS ARE A LITTLE COOLER
TODAY RESULTING IN STEEPER LAPSE RATES.  ADDITIONALLY...SLIGHTLY
MORE MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE AS WELL.  MCS OVER NORTHERN IL WILL
SLIDE EAST SOUTHEASTWARD AND STAY NORTH OF OUR FA THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.  LATEST TEMP
GUIDANCE REMAINS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH CURRENT FORECAST...WITH
HIGHS REACHING THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON.  WILL CONTINUE 40 POPS
IN THE NORTH AND 30 POPS IN THE SOUTH FOR THIS UPDATE.  MADE SOME
ADJUSTMENTS IN THE HOURLY GRIDS TO REFLECT THIS AS WELL.

UPDATED TEXT AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS COMING SHORTLY.

.LMK...NONE.

JARVIS

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-091045-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
545 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND
VIVID LIGHTNING. BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. IN ADDITION
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE LOWER 90S WITH
HEAT INDICES RISING TO NEAR 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A
COOL FRONT APPROACHES THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...SHOULD THEY OBSERVE ANY SEVERE
WEATHER OR FLOODING.

JA

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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.