Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2004, 10:33 PM EDT for Clark County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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
- May 27, 2004, 10:33 PM EDT (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 11:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clark County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winchester, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY. |
| May 27, 10:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winchester, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY. |
| May 27, 11:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winchester, KY | TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN ALONG REDHOUSE RD |
| May 27, 11:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winchester, KY | TREES AND POWERLINES REPORTED DOWN ALONG REDHOUSE RD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 minutes after it went out.
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 27, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
282 WUUS53 KLMK 280233 SVRLMK KYC049-280320- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1032 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 1120 PM EDT * AT 1030 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF WINCHESTER...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RUCKERVILLE AROUND 1040 PM EDT TRAPP AROUND 1045 PM EDT A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE. LAT...LON 3808 8424 3791 8434 3784 8401 3805 8401 $$ JB
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 May 27, 3:40 PM EDT, 6 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:40 PM EDT, 6 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 340 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) MORNING CLOUDS HAVE DISSIPATED WITH CU DEVELOPING AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 80S. WITH DEW POINTS HIGH AND SURFACE BASED LI/S MINUS 6 TO MINUS 9 ACROSS FA EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. CONVECTION HAS ALREADY DEVELOP TO THE NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WHERE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STORNG THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH GROUND SATURATED FROM PAST SEVERAL DAYS RAINS AND MORE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT, WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE DROPS SOUTH INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WITH PRECIPITATION SLOWLY ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. WILL FOLLOW BLEND OF GFS AND ETA FOR THE SHORT TERM. HOWEVER WILL LEAVE SHOWERS IN ON FRIDAY A LITTLE LONGER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST. BY FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWERS SHOULD HAVE ENDING ACROSS THE STATE WITH DRIER AIR SPREADING OVER THE FA FOR SATURDAY. FRONT WILL START MOVING BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS DEW POINTS RISE AND AIR BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING SUNDAY INTO THE EXTENDED PERIOD. USED A BLEND OF GFS AND ETA MOS FOR SHORT TERM. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) EAST TO WEST NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PERSIST OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY INTO MONDAY. TROF MOVES THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY PROVIDING FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DRYING FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED WITH BROAD UPPER TROF...EXPECT SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. KY...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. && SCHOLZ/PYE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 5:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 530 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-280900- 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 530 PM EDT (430 PM CDT) THU MAY 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN PROVIDE THE NEEDED CONDITIONS FOR PERIODS OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE, THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TO BE POSTED. IN ADDITION, SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, RESULTING IN CONTINUED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS FORECAST FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN KENTUCKY ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... TRAINED SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REQUIRED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. REPORT EXAMPLES INCLUDE DOWNED TREES OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS, HAIL LARGER THAN DIME SIZE, AND FLOODING THAT IS BLOCKING ROADWAYS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 10:06 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1006 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM FLASH FLOOD HENRYVILLE 38.53N 85.77W
05/27/2004 CLARK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
HOMES FLOODED IN SOME AREAS, WATER RESCUES BEING
CONDUCTED, VOLUNTEERS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY FIRE
DEPARTMENT ARE ASSISTING IN RESCUES.
&&
XXVLocal storm report, May 27, 10:10 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1010 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 PM FLOOD SHEPHERDSVILLE 37.99N 85.71W
05/27/2004 BULLITT KY AMATEUR RADIO
MUDSLIDE NEAR INTERSECTION OF US-61 AND SR-1020.
&&
XXVLocal storm report, May 27, 10:16 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1016 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1012 PM TSTM WND GST 4 W LEXINGTON 38.65N 85.69W
05/27/2004 55 MPH SCOTT IN AMATEUR RADIO
AT LEAST 50 MPH WIND GUSTS NEAR BLUEGRASS AIRPORT.
&&
XXVLocal storm report, May 27, 10:17 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1017 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1012 PM TSTM WND GST 7 E VERSAILLES 38.05N 84.60W
05/27/2004 55 MPH FAYETTE KY AMATEUR RADIO
AT LEAST 50 MPH WIND GUSTS NEAR BLUEGRASS AIRPORT.
&&
XXVLocal storm report, May 27, 10:23 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1023 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 PM TSTM WND DMG FRANKFORT 38.19N 84.87W
05/27/2004 FRANKLIN KY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
&&
SZAPPANOSLocal storm report, May 27, 10:32 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1032 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0855 PM TORNADO EMINENCE 38.37N 85.17W
05/27/2004 HENRY KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HOMES DAMAGED WITH SOME PEOLPE
TRAPPED....NO INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
UPDATE...ALL ROADS ARE CLOSED INTO EMINENCE DUE TO DOWNED
TREES AND POWERLINES.
&&
XXVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham | 38 min |
| May 27, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 51 min |
| May 27, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 37 min |
| May 27, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 36 min |
| May 27, 8:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry | 32 min |
| May 27, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 44 min |
| May 27, 9:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 115 min |
| May 27, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Spencer | 57 min |
| May 27, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby | 42 min |
| May 27, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 39 min |
| May 27, 9:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Scott | 37 min |
| May 27, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 50 min |
| May 27, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Woodford | 55 min |
| May 27, 10:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 10:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison | 47 min |
| May 27, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Fayette | 34 min |
| May 27, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine | 43 min |
| May 27, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 52 min |
| May 27, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| May 28, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 45 min |
| May 28, 12:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 34 min |
| May 28, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 44 min |
| May 28, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 23 min |
| May 28, 12:22 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 53 min |
| May 28, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 34 min |
| May 28, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 34 min |
| May 28, 12:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 42 min |
| May 28, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 2 hr |
| May 28, 2:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 43 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.