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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 2005, 10:00 PM EST for Garrard County, Kentucky. It was in force for 15 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
- Nov 15, 2005, 10:00 PM EST (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Garrard County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 635 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 817 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Nov 15, 9:45 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 9:45 PM EST, 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 15, 9:11 PM EST, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 911 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-160315- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 811 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 /911 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005/ ...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA... ...COLD FRONT PUSHING EASTWARD RESULTING IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AS OF 9 PM EST (8 PM CST)...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROAD LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF A BOWLING GREEN TO FORT KNOX LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CUMBERLAND...ADAIR...TAYLOR...LINCOLN...GARRARD...AND MADISON COUNTIES...AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ROUGHLY 50 MPH. ANY OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GO SEVERE...LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST (9 PM CST). BEHIND THESE STORMS...A STRONG COLD FRONT IS PUSHING EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. AS OF 9 PM EST...THE FRONT WAS LOCATED ABOUT SALEM INDIANA TO JUST WEST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. AS THIS FRONT PASSES YOUR LOCATION...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SWITCH RAPIDLY TO THE WEST. WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 35 OR 40 MPH. THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CS
Local storm report, Nov 15, 9:14 PM EST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
914 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMPBELLSVILLE 37.35N 85.35W
11/15/2005 TAYLOR KY EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTS OF TREES AND UTILITY LINES DOWN WITHIN THE CITY
LIMITS
&&Local storm report, Nov 15, 9:25 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
925 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SE BURKESVILLE 36.76N 85.33W
11/15/2005 75 MPH CUMBERLAND KY TRAINED SPOTTER
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER ESTIMATED 70 TO 80 MPH WIND GUST
&&Local storm report, Nov 15, 9:26 PM EST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
926 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SE BURKESVILLE 36.76N 85.33W
11/15/2005 75 MPH CUMBERLAND KY TRAINED SPOTTER
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER AT KETTLE ESTIMATED 70 TO 80 MPH
WIND GUST
&&Local storm report, Nov 15, 9:47 PM EST, 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 7:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 22 min |
| Nov 15, 7:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 7:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hart | 23 min |
| Nov 15, 7:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Simpson | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 7:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 7:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 7:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Taylor | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 7:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 8:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 44 min |
| Nov 15, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue | 13 min |
| Nov 15, 8:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 8:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 8:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Green | 23 min |
| Nov 15, 9:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 28 min |
| Nov 15, 9:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 10:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 22 min |
| Nov 15, 7:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 27 min |
| Nov 15, 7:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 15 min |
| Nov 15, 7:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 7:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford | 14 min |
| Nov 15, 7:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 8:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 45 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.