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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 5:43 PM EST for Perry County, Indiana; Hancock County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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 24, 2004, 5:43 PM EST (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840
WUUS53 KLMK 242243
SVRLMK
INC123-KYC091-242315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
543 PM EST MON MAY 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 615 PM EST(615 PM CDT)
* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CANNELTON...OR ABOUT 58 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LOUISVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DODD...TELL CITY AROUND 550 PM EST
GERALD...GATCHEL...DERBY...TERRY AROUND 615 PM EST
HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 3787 8685 3804 8673 3814 8664 3807 8648
3803 8653 3793 8653 3793 8658 3779 8672
$$
ABWhat 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 24, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 250 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 .SHORT RANGE (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED AT 18Z ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY FORECAST AREA IN THE DEEPER MOISTURE. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA AS INDICATED BY VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES. BASICALLY WE WILL REMAIN A SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE LOCATION OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AT THE PRESENT TIME IT LOOKS AS WEDNESDAY WILL BRING US THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND A SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND INTO MICHIGAN. IN THE SHORT TERM THE ETA AND TO A LESSER DEGREE THE GFS DEVELOPS AN MCS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND BRINGS IT INTO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 12Z TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SOME OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK GOOD THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXTENDED (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... GFS GENERALLY FOLLOWED FOR FORECAST PER HPC RECOMMENDATION. A WARM FRONT WILL PUSH NORTH THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY WITH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS BRINGING A RETURN TO TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S. SHOWERS/ THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. THEN AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES NORTH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WARM UNSTABLE AIR. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ON MONDAY AS UPPER TROF MOVES INTO THE PLAINS STATES. EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SOME AFTER MONDAY. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && JA/MBS
Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-250851- 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 330 PM EDT (230 PM CDT) MON MAY 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS, AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY 9 PM ET. ANOTHER AROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT DAYBREAK TUESDAY. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FOR THIS REASON THE STORM PREDICTION HAS PUT THE OUTLOOK AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER BOTH DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JA
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 5:05 PM EST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
605 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HAIL FORDSVILLE 37.64N 86.72W
05/24/2004 0.75 INCH OHIO KY CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 24, 5:14 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
614 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0611 PM HAIL MOUNT WASHINGTON 38.05N 85.55W
05/24/2004 1.00 INCH BULLITT KY NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 24, 5:17 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
617 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0616 PM HAIL MOUNT WASHINGTON 38.05N 85.55W
05/24/2004 1.00 INCH BULLITT KY NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 24, 5:22 PM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
622 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0622 PM HAIL 2 E OKOLONA 38.14N 85.65W
05/24/2004 0.88 INCH JEFFERSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 24, 5:25 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
625 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM HAIL FERN CREEK 38.16N 85.60W
05/24/2004 1.00 INCH JEFFERSON KY BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
MRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 46 min |
| May 24, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 33 min |
| May 24, 4:39 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 24, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott | 26 min |
| May 24, 6:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 3 hr |
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.