Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2005, 4:02 PM EDT for Nicholas County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2005, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2005, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Nicholas County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1095 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
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 Jun 14, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 259 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005 ...UPDATED TO REMOVE WESTERN AND NORTHERN COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... OF COURSE IMMEDIATE CONCERN FOR THIS PACKAGE IS ONGOING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. EXTRAPOLATING THESE STORMS FORWARD IN TIME THEY SHOULD EXIT THE LMK CWFA AROUND 23Z WITH THE COLD FRONT FOLLOWING BETWEEN 00Z AND 02Z. ONCE THE STORMS ARE OVER...QUIET WEATHER WILL DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. UPPER TROF WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES TONIGHT AND TAKE UP RESIDENCE FOR THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM WITH A TROF IN THE EAST AND A RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS...GIVING US NORTHWEST FLOW AND A PATTERN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW IN LATE MAY. THE RESULT WILL BE DRY WEATHER WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITY THAN WHAT WEVE BEEN SEEING RECENTLY. VARIOUS SMALL RIPPLES IN THE FLOW WILL MOVE THROUGH AS THEY ROTATE AROUND A SURFACE LOW NEAR THE ON/PQ BORDER (WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY) BUT RH WILL BE LACKING ENOUGH THAT WE CAN KEEP PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE FORECAST. AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS SHIFTS BEST CHANCE FOR ANY RAIN AT ALL WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FOR NOW WILL JUST KEEP HIGHER CLOUD AMOUNTS. .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... AN AMPLIFIED UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL BE FIRMLY IN PLACE EARLY SATURDAY WITH UNSEASONABLY STRONG TROUGHS LOCATED ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND OFF THE WEST COAST. A BLOCKING RIDGE LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS WILL BRING NORTHERLY UPPER AIR FLOW ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. COOL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TROUGH WILL BRING QUITE PLEASANT WEATHER ACROSS OUR REGION FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES SATURDAY WILL BRING NORTH WINDS AND DRY AIR...WITH LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES SOUTH INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY AND MONDAY...EXPECT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. GULF MOISTURE WILL STAY WELL SOUTH OF KENTUCKY. A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY...WHEN TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...NONE. .KY...SVA 480 SHELBY...HENRY... FRANKLIN...SCOTT...HARRISON TIL 23Z. SVA 482 TIL 00Z FOR REMAINDER OF KY COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ELIZABETHTOWN TO RUSSELLVILLE. && 13/DENMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 12:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1250 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-150830- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK IN-CLARK KY- 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 IN-HARRISON KY-HART KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON IN-JEFFERSON KY-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALFE KY-MONROE KY- NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT IN-SCOTT KY-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY- TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON IN-WASHINGTON KY- WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBANY...BARDSTOWN...BEAVER DAM... BOWLING GREEN...CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA... DANVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...ENGLISH...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN... GEORGETOWN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG...HARRODSBURG...JAMESTOWN... JASPER...JEFFERSONVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON... LOUISVILLE...MADISON...MOUNT WASHINGTON...MUNFORDVILLE... NEW ALBANY...PARIS...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SCOTTSVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...STANFORD...TAYLORSVILLE...TELL CITY...TOMPKINSVILLE...VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 1250 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND THAT PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CORYDON TO FRANKFORT TO CYNTHIANA. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THE THREAT SHOULD BE OVER BY 700 PM EDT (600 PM EST/CDT). .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. 13
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:49 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:55 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
355 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0343 PM HAIL CAMPBELLSVILLE 37.35N 85.35W
06/14/2005 0.25 INCH TAYLOR KY EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
SZAPPANOSLocal storm report, Jun 14, 3:57 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
357 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG NICHOLASVILLE 37.88N 84.58W
06/14/2005 JESSAMINE KY EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY.
&&
SZAPPANOSLocal storm report, Jun 14, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
400 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 PM TSTM WND DMG CYNTHIANA 38.39N 84.30W
06/14/2005 HARRISON KY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 22 min |
| Jun 14, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Woodford | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 43 min |
| Jun 14, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Madison | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 29 min |
| Jun 14, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Taylor | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 14, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey | 17 min |
| Jun 14, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard | 22 min |
| Jun 14, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 12:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.