Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Louisville, KY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tompkinsville, KY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tompkinsville, KY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tompkinsville, KY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tompkinsville, KY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tompkinsville, KY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tompkinsville, KY | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Burkesville, KY | ROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Burkesville, KY | ROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Burkesville, KY | ROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Burkesville, KY | ROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Burkesville, KY | ROOFS OFF IN CITY. TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Jul 13, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Burkesville, KY | ROOFS 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
JB1 follow-up statement
000 WUUS53 KLMK 140127 RRA SVRLMK KYC239-140230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 927 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 1030 PM EDT * AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF VERSAILLES TO 13 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON TO 27 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... VERSAILLES BY 940 PM EDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 3817 8480 3797 8482 3792 8473 3816 8468 $$ JSD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Hart | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Warren | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Washington | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson | 71 min |
| Jul 13, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Madison | 74 min |
| Jul 13, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.