Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Louisville, KY

Issued

Aug 17, 2003, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 2003, 4:00 PM EDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Louisville, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, KY

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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 171935
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KYC111-172000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
336 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LOUISVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LOUISVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHIVELY...LOUISVILLE AROUND 355 PM EDT
  PLEASURE RIDGE PARK...FAIRDALE...OKOLONA...VALLEY STATION AROUND
  400 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN THIS STORMS PATH...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE UNTIL IT 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 3828 8572 3820 8590 3808 8588 3810 8563

$$

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 17, 3:30 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THRU MON-TUE AND DAY ON WED):

MAIN FOCUS IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WX DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. VERY MOIST AND UNSTBL AIR IN PLACE ACRS MUCH OF FA...WK
CDFNT CONT TO DRFT SLOWLY S ACRS SCNTRL KY...TROUGH DROPPING S ACRS
NRN IL/IN SUPPORTS INCRSG TSTMS FOR A TIME TONIGHT. LATEST
WATCHES COVER THIS SITUATION WELL.

REMAINDER OF SHORT TERM LOOKS TO BE VERY WARM...A LITTLE LESS HUMID
BUT DRY W.R.T. TO PCPN AS WARM RIDGE OVERSPREADS THE REGION AGAIN.

LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY):

BY THURSDAY...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE
WESTERN GREAT LAKES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS WISCONSIN
AND ILLINOIS...APPROCHING SOUTHERN INDIANA BY LATE IN THE EVENING.
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. EXPECT
SCATTERED CONVECTION THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY ALONG THIS FRONT.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION FRIDAY
EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING IN COOLER...DRIER AIR ON
FRIDAY...LASTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.LMK...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF FA UNTIL 7PM
       EDT TONIGHT.

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070>078-081-082-181100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS KENTUCKY TODAY...WHILE AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SHIFTS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AROUND OUR REGION...IN
RESPONSE TO THESE WEATHER FEATURES. MEANWHILE RATHER ROBUST WINDS
IN THE HIGHER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...SUGGESTS A FEW OF STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
WHERE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TODAY. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.

ANY LEFT OVER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT WILL DIMINISH OR END...
AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE WEATHER PICTURE ON
THURSDAY OR FRIDAY...AS A NEW COLD APPROACHES THE OHIO VALLEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.

STUREY

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

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.