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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 2005Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2005, 4:23 PM EDT for Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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: Jun 14, 2005, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2005, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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
Jun 14, 4:34 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Stanford, KY	TREES DOWN.

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 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
Jun 14, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 142024
SVRLMK
KYC137-142100-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0121.050614T2023Z-050614T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
423 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT 

* AT 421 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM NEAR STANFORD TO 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF STANFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  STANFROD AROUND 430 PM EDT
  PREACHERSVILLE BY 435 PM EDT 
  WAYNESBURG AND KINGS MOUNTAIN BY 440 PM EDT
  CRAB ORCHARD BY 450 PM EDT 

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3762 8468 3752 8487 3739 8480 3727 8472
      3746 8445

$$
TWF

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 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 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, 4:15 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
415 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
415 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF A LINE FROM FRANKFORT
TO BOWLING GREEN THIS EVENING. THE THREAT OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE OVER BY 800 PM EDT (700 PM CDT). STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED THIS EVENING.

13

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:55 PM EDT, 28 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

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:57 PM EDT, 26 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.

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:00 PM EDT, 23 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.

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:08 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
408 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0402 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WINCHESTER              38.00N 84.19W
06/14/2005                   CLARK              KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
415 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PARIS                   38.21N 84.26W
06/14/2005                   BOURBON            KY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY.

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jun 14, 4:20 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
420 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0414 PM     HAIL             JACKTOWN                37.45N 85.02W
06/14/2005  0.75 INCH        CASEY              KY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

SZAPPANOS

The 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, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nicholas	28 min
Jun 14, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	44 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

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.