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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 3:28 PM EST for Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2005, 3:28 PM EST (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KLMK 222029 SVRLMK INC175-222100- /O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0016.050422T2028Z-050422T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 328 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 400 PM EST * AT 325 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SALTILLO...OR ABOUT 47 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SALTILLO BY 335 PM EST CAMPBELLSBURG BY 340 PM EST MOUNT CARMEL BY 345 PM EST RUSH CREEK VALLEY AND MCKINLEY BY 355 PM EST KOSSUTH...PLATTSBURG AND MILLPORT BY 355 PM EST 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 3874 8634 3863 8629 3869 8595 3885 8597 $$ JSD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLMK 222052 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 450 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 INC175-222100- /O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050422T2100Z/ WASHINGTON IN- 350 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 346 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKLE SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES EAST OF PLATTSBURG...OR ABOUT 31 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AT 347 PM EST...PENNY SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED COVERING THE GROUND IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. LAT...LON 3874 8629 3868 8625 3871 8604 3881 8607 $$ JSD
000 WWUS53 KLMK 222059 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 459 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 INC175-222109- /O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050422T2100Z/ WASHINGTON IN- 359 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM EST... LAT...LON 3874 8629 3868 8625 3871 8604 3881 8607 $$ JSD
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 Apr 22, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 215 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)... PREVIOUS FCST TRENDS STILL LOOK QUITE GOOD... THE CURRENT FCST AND NEW MODEL TRENDS ARE STILL MORE OR LESS IN LINE. A STRONG SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FA THIS AFTN AND TONIGHT WHILE A STRONG CANADIAN VORTEX DROPS SWRD FROM SRN HUDSON BAY INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY REGION ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS COLD VORTEX WILL BE THE CONTROLLING WEATHER FEATURE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A PERIOD OR RW-/SW- NERN HALF OF FA LATE ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING PROVIDED THERE IS ENOUGH LOW LEVEL RH AVAILABLE...SINCE THE AIR WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE MIXED PCPN. HOWEVER:THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCERN IS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE FIRST SHORT WAVE SHOULD TRIGGER SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE IN SOME PORTIONS OF THE FA. WILL GO WITH PREVIOUS FCST TRENDS OF THIS FEATURE. AS I COMPOSE THIS DISCUSSION...WE ARE DISCUSSING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WITH SPC FOR A PORTION OF THE FA. FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PERSISTENCE WITH THE PREVIOUS FCST SEEMS THE BEST WAY TO GO WI SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON WIND GUSTS AND TEMPS. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... EXPECT A COOL FIRST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK AS A DEEP AMPLITUDE CLOSED LOW REMAINS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. MODELS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT THAT THIS CLOSED UPPER AIR CIRCULATION WILL ACTUALLY RETROGRADE TOWARDS THE WEST TUESDAY AS A DISTURBANCE DIVES SOUTH ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER CLOSED LOW. WITH THE APPARENTLY MORE MORE WESTWARD FORECAST TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...THREAT OF SHOWERS INCREASES TUESDAY ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AS A WEAK SURFACE LOW FORMS AND THEN MOVES INTO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY BY LATE IN THE DAY. AS SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO EASTERN GREAT LAKES EARLY WEDNESDAY...500 MB TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CWA. COLD AIR ADVECTION AND WRAP-AROUND CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH COMMA HEAD OF CYCLONE WILL KEEP WEDNESDAYS TEMPERATURES QUITE COOL FOR THE SEASON. GRADUAL WARMING IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS TROUGH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES FLATTENS OUT AND UPPER AIR FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL. HAVE REMOVED PRECIPITATION FOR THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF STATES WILL RETARD MUCH RETURN OF MOISTURE. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL WARM TEMPERATURES AGAIN FRIDAY AS SURFACE HIGH MOVES FARTHER EAST ACROSS FLORIDA. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...NONE. .KY...NONE. && JA/JSD
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 10:30 AM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1130 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-230900- 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...BARDSTOWN...BOWLING GREEN... CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA...DANVILLE... ELIZABETHTOWN...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG... HARRODSBURG...JASPER...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE... NEW ALBANY...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...STANFORD... VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 1130 AM EDT (1030 AM CDT) FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ALL OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY REMAINS IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AS TEMPERATURES WARM THIS AFTERNOON...A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY. STEEP LAPSE RATES AND AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR THIS AFTERNOON WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOS WILL BE ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...INDIVIDUAL STORMS MAY MERGE INTO A SQUALL LINE AS THEY MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. DAMAGING WINDS WILL THEN BECOME THE PRIMARY CONCERN. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION. STAY ABREAST OF THE DEVELOPING STORMS AND HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION READY SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SURGE OF COLD AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY SATURDAY MORNING. WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION SUNDAY MORNING AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JSD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 4:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 4:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 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.