Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 4:39 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 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, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 5:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Logan County, KY
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 CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 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 222140 SVRLMK KYC141-222200- /O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0019.050422T2139Z-050422T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 439 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF AUBURN...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF BOWLING GREEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SOUTH UNION AND GASPER BY 445 PM CDT 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 3694 8686 3682 8674 3690 8664 3702 8670 $$ TWF
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KLMK 222201 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 600 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 KYC141-222210- /O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050422T2200Z/ LOGAN KY- 500 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 500 PM CDT. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. LAT...LON 3694 8686 3682 8674 3690 8664 3702 8670 $$ JARVIS
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 CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 1:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 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, 4:19 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 519 PM 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 519 PM EDT (419 PM CDT) FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ALL OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY REMAIN IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. A LINE OF POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST...AND MAY PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. 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 EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 3:51 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
451 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0447 PM HAIL MCKINLEY 38.75N 86.20W
04/22/2005 0.75 INCH WASHINGTON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
&&
WAIDLEYLocal storm report, Apr 22, 4:33 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
533 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0531 PM TSTM WND GST HOLLAND 38.25N 87.04W
04/22/2005 55 MPH DUBOIS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
55 MPH WIND GUST
&&
WAIDLEYLocal storm report, Apr 22, 4:34 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
534 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0534 PM HAIL FERDINAND 38.23N 86.86W
04/22/2005 0.50 INCH DUBOIS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
WAIDLEYLocal storm report, Apr 22, 4:37 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
537 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0536 PM TSTM WND GST BANDON 38.13N 86.60W
04/22/2005 55 MPH PERRY IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
WAIDLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Meade | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Marion, Taylor, Washington | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Woodford | 36 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.