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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Louisville, KY

July 13, 20044 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2004, 8:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 63 min. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2004, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adair County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTompkinsville, KYTREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTompkinsville, KYTREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTompkinsville, KYTREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTompkinsville, KYTREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTompkinsville, KYTREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTompkinsville, KYTREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Burkesville, KYROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Burkesville, KYROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Burkesville, KYROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Burkesville, KYROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Burkesville, KYROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Burkesville, KYROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 13, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2004-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2877 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2004-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 140127
SVRLMK
KYC001-057-171-140230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
826 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 922 PM EDT (822 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA TO 17 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF TOMPKINSVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COLUMBIA BY 835 PM CDT
  TOMPKINSVILLE AND BREEDING BY 840 PM CDT
  BURKESVILLE BY 850 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3731 8518 3719 8533 3711 8554 3695 8545
      3684 8555 3681 8587 3662 8598 3663 8531
      3683 8524 3695 8527 3720 8505

$$

JB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WUUS53 KLMK 140127 RRA
SVRLMK
KYC239-140230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
927 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF VERSAILLES TO 13 MILES WEST OF
  VERSAILLES...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES WEST OF
  LEXINGTON TO 27 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  VERSAILLES BY 940 PM EDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS 
IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A 
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3817 8480 3797 8482 3792 8473 3816 8468

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Trimble61 min
Jul 13, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson, Ohio54 min
Jul 13, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry46 min
Jul 13, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin60 min
Jul 13, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby57 min
Jul 13, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Spencer50 min
Jul 13, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Hart63 min
Jul 13, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue46 min
Jul 13, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin66 min
Jul 13, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Warren63 min
Jul 13, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Marion, Taylor60 min
Jul 13, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Washington58 min
Jul 13, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Logan, Simpson71 min
Jul 13, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe64 min
Jul 13, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer53 min
Jul 13, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle44 min
Jul 13, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey53 min
Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine52 min
Jul 13, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Russell60 min
Jul 13, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln57 min
Jul 13, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Madison74 min
Jul 13, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade42 min
Jul 13, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin38 min
Jul 14, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue37 min
Jul 14, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham27 min
Jul 14, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen33 min
Jul 14, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.