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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Louisville, KY

August 22, 2003Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2003, 5:26 PM CDT for Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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: Aug 22, 2003, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2003, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Russell County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 222226
SVRLMK
KYC207-222300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
525 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER RUSSELL SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 26 MILES WEST
  OF SOMERSET...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSSELL SPRINGS...SALEM AROUND 530 PM CDT
  JAMESTOWN AROUND 540 PM CDT
  OLGA AROUND 545 PM CDT
  FREEDOM...CREELSBORO AROUND 550 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 3710 8493 3717 8507 3703 8518 3688 8525
          3685 8512 3691 8500 3699 8489

$$
DK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 22, 2:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
315 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2003

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST
AREA (FA) TNGT...BEFORE EXITING ALL OF THE REGION MIDDAY SATURDAY.
SOME DISAGREEMENT STILL WITH SPEED OF FROPA...& AGAIN HAVE ELECTED
TO TAKE THE SLOWER PATH...WITH ONLY WEAK PUSH FROM THE NORTH ALOFT.
EXTREME INSTABILITY ACRS RGN AT MID AFTN WITH CAPES 3-5K AND LIS
MINUS 6 TO MINUS 12. CONVG ALNG SAID FNT SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPARK
ADDITIONAL TSTM DVLPMNT INTO THE EVNG HOURS ... BEFORE LOSS OF
HEATING STARTS TO SETTLE THINGS DOWN A BIT.

EVEN THOUGH FRONT WILL STILL LINGER IN THE SOUTH THRU SATURDAY MID-
DAY...ENUF CAPPING... AND DECAY IN DEEP MOISTURE... SHOULD PREVENT
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. OTHERWISE SCT-BKN CU EXPECTED ARND FA.

RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE...BOTH SFC AND ALOFT...WILL BUILD INTO THE
OHIO VLY SAT NITE THRU MONDAY WITH GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES. MUCH OF
OUR FA WILL BE ON THE FRINGE OF A HEAT WAVE OFF TO OUR WEST...WITH
HEAT GRDLY RETURNING TO OUR RGN SUNDAY AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY.

ONCE AGAIN MOS TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE CLUSTERED AROUND EACH OTHER...
AND WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY.

EXTENDED (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...

AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE EARLY PORTION OF THE WEEK
DRY AND WARM...INCREASING HUMIDITY AND CLOUDS FOR TUESDAY.
INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME ISOLATED
TSTORMS...WILL NEED MORE CONTINUITY IN THE MODELS SO I KEPT THE DAY
DRY ATTM. THE ENSEMBLES AND GFS BOTH SHOW A EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT...ABOUT 12HRS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS.
SHWRS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR WEDNESDAY AND COOLER TEMPS WITH THE
CLOUDS AND RAINFALL. SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORM TEMPS AND LESS HUMID
FOR THE LATE WEEK PERIODS...MODELS BEEN HINTING AT POSSIBLE
SHWRS/TSTORMS FOR THURSDAY WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...WILL GO DRY
AS HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD MOVE IN QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND HALT
ANY DEVELOPMENT THURSDAY AFTN.

.LMK...NONE.

STUREY/SCHOTT

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-231100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
405 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF OUR REGION TONIGHT...
BEFORE SETTLING INTO FAR SOUTHERN KENTUCKY ON SATURDAY MORNING.
THIS FEATURE...COUPLED WITH HIGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE VALUES...
WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT.

A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL AND
TORRENTIAL RAIN. BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCAL FLASH
FLOODING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO PRODUCE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...AS A NEW COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STUREY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
452 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0412 PM    SHEPHERDSVILLE            KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   BULLITT                        TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0415 PM    SHELBYVILLE               KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   SHELBY                         TREES DOWN

LD

Local storm report, Aug 22, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
504 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0435 PM    SOFFELL                   KY   FLASH FLOODS
08/22/03   FRANKLIN                       HWY 421 N IMPASSIBLE

LD

Local storm report, Aug 22, 4:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
516 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    FLAHERTY                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   MEADE                          NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES DOWN

0445 PM    BARDSTOWN                 KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   NELSON                         TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          ALL OVER

0450 PM    ELIZABETHTOWN             KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   HARDIN                         TREES DOWN

0500 PM    MCBRAYER                  KY   65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
08/22/03   ANDERSON                       WIND ESTIMATE FROM AN
                                          EX-NWS EMPLOYEE

VB

Local storm report, Aug 22, 4:32 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
532 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0510 PM    LAWRENCEBURG              KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   ANDERSON                       NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN.

0510 PM    SPRINGFIELD               KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   WASHINGTON                     MANY TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN

0500 PM    ROANOKE                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   LARUE                          TREES DOWN

VB

Local storm report, Aug 22, 4:55 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
555 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 PM    LEBANON                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   MARION                         TREES DOWN.

0520 PM    IRVINGTON                 KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   BRECKINRIDGE                   TREES DOWN.

0520 PM    HARNED                    KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   BRECKINRIDGE                   TREES DOWN. HAIL OF
                                          UNKNOWN SIZE.

0530 PM    SALVISA                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   MERCER                         TREES DOWN.

0543 PM    CAMPBELLSVILLE            KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   TAYLOR                         TREES DOWN.

VB

Local storm report, Aug 22, 5:23 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE, KY
623 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0545 PM    HUDSON                    KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   BRECKINRIDGE                   TREES DOWN.

0600 PM    LIBERTY                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   CASEY                          ROOF DAMAGE.

0555 PM    LIBERTY                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   CASEY                          TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
                                          IN SEVERAL PLACES. BARN
                                          ROOF BLOWN OFF IN LOWER
                                          BUSH CREEK.

0600 PM    CLARKSON                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   GRAYSON                        TREES DOWN.

0610 PM    GREENSBURG                KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   GREEN                          TREES DOWN IN NUMEROUS
                                          AREAS...SOME ACROSS HWY 68
                                          WEST OF GREENSBURG.

0610 PM    COLUMBIA                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03   ADAIR                          TREES DOWN EVERYWHERE.

VB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	46 min
Aug 22, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	38 min
Aug 22, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	38 min
Aug 22, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham	35 min
Aug 22, 2:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott	75 min
Aug 22, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	46 min
Aug 22, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Nelson	41 min
Aug 22, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Washington	39 min
Aug 22, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion	38 min
Aug 22, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	15 min
Aug 22, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Mercer	37 min
Aug 22, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	20 min
Aug 22, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Taylor	41 min
Aug 22, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	43 min
Aug 22, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	32 min
Aug 22, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	45 min
Aug 22, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair	42 min
Aug 22, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hart	40 min
Aug 22, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson	40 min
Aug 22, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson	30 min
Aug 22, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	56 min
Aug 22, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Edmonson	18 min
Aug 22, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Warren	23 min
Aug 22, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton	32 min
Aug 22, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren	29 min
Aug 22, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Warren	28 min
Aug 22, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	36 min
Aug 22, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	27 min
Aug 22, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	40 min
Aug 22, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	38 min
Aug 22, 6:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	96 min
Aug 22, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	43 min
Aug 22, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Simpson	27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.