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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2004, 11:07 PM EDT for Clark County, Floyd County, Scott County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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
- May 30, 2004, 11:07 PM EDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Scott County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
120
WUUS53 KLMK 310307
SVRLMK
INC019-043-143-310345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1107 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT(1045 PM EST)
* AT 959 PM EST(1059 PM EDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF
AUSTIN TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN...OR FROM 36 MILES NORTH OF
LOUISVILLE TO 18 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WATSON...SPEED...SELLERSBURG...OTISCO AROUND 1115 PM EDT
NEW MARKET...LEXINGTON AROUND 1020 PM EST
NEW WASHINGTON AROUND 1125 PM EDT
OTTO AROUND 1130 PM EDT
THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS...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.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE.
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 3838 8601 3851 8588 3871 8588 3886 8570
3872 8570 3861 8559 3858 8545 3844 8563
3831 8570 3828 8584 3822 8594
$$
SCHOTTWhat 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 May 30, 2:30 PM EDT, 8 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:30 PM EDT, 8 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 ...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT... SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR JACKSON...NORTHWEST ACROSS CINCINATTI...TOWARDS INDIANAPOLIS. STRONG STORMS HAVE MOVED FROM CENTRAL INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES HAVE ALLOWED RAPID DESTABILIZATION. SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...AND ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BECOME NEGATIVELY TILTED AND WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY OVERNIGHT. STRONG LINEAR FORCING WILL AID IN DEVELOPING A SQUALL LINE THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS REGION DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND OVERNIGHT. WITH STRONG MID-LEVEL WINDS...BOW ECHOS AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SQUALL LINE. AS FRONT PASSES OUT OF EASTERN KENTUCKY EARLY TOMORROW...MUCH LOWER DEWPOINTS WILL BRING RAPID CLEARING DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST. MUCH LOWER DEWPOINTS WILL ALLOW COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR TUESDAY. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT. KY...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH 8 PM EDT. && DENMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 10:34 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1034 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-310900- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK KY-CLARK IN- CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY- FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY- HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON KY-HARRISON IN-HART KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON KY-JEFFERSON IN-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALF KY-MONROE KY- NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT KY-SCOTT IN-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY- TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON KY-WASHINGTON IN- WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISVILLE...LEXINGTON...BOWLING GREEN... WINCHESTER...VERSAILLES...STANFORD...SHELBYVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE... RICHMOND...HARRODSBURG...HARDINSBURG...GLASGOW...FRANKLIN... FRANKFORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...DANVILLE...CYNTHIANA...COLUMBIA... BARDSTOWN...NEW ALBANY...JASPER AND CORYDON 1034 PM EDT (934 PM CDT) SUN MAY 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA IN A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT...AS A STRONG SQUALL LINE MOVES ACROSS KENTUCKY AND INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA UNTIL 4 AM EDT. IN ADDITION TO A THREAT FOR EMBEDDED TORNADOES WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE...THERE WILL BE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH...AND A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING. TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED TONIGHT. ALSO...COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NWS IN LOUISVILLE. JB
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 10:41 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1041 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 PM TSTM WND DMG TELL CITY 37.95N 86.76W
05/30/2004 PERRY IN AMATEUR RADIO
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN TELL CITY. POWER OUT ENTIRE CITY.
ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED.
&&
SZAPPANOSLocal storm report, May 30, 10:44 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1044 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM FUNNEL CLOUD PAYNEVILLE 37.98N 86.32W
05/30/2004 MEADE KY AMATEUR RADIO
&&
SZAPPANOSLocal storm report, May 30, 10:47 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1047 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1043 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 W MORGANTOWN 37.22N 86.77W
05/30/2004 BUTLER KY BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
SZAPPANOSLocal storm report, May 30, 10:55 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1055 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM TSTM WND DMG MORGANTOWN 37.22N 86.70W
05/30/2004 BUTLER KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
&&
SZAPPANOSLocal storm report, May 30, 10:57 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1057 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM TSTM WND DMG WOLF CREEK 38.10N 86.38W
05/30/2004 MEADE KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWE LINES DOWN.
&&
SZAPPANOSLocal storm report, May 30, 10:59 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1059 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 PM TSTM WND DMG CANEYVILLE 37.42N 86.49W
05/30/2004 GRAYSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
SZAPPANOSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 58 min |
| May 30, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 39 min |
| May 30, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 55 min |
| May 30, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 45 min |
| May 30, 10:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford | 36 min |
| May 30, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 53 min |
| May 30, 10:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 44 min |
| May 30, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 50 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.