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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Louisville, KY

November 15, 2005Garrard County, Kentucky

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2005-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2005-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 635 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 9:50 PM EST, 10 minutes before
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In the hours before

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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Special weather statement, Nov 15, 9:54 PM EST, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 7:08 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKEdmonson22 min
Nov 15, 7:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren34 min
Nov 15, 7:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart23 min
Nov 15, 7:29 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKSimpson46 min
Nov 15, 7:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock, Ohio41 min
Nov 15, 7:38 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe37 min
Nov 15, 7:51 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKTaylor24 min
Nov 15, 7:55 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKAllen35 min
Nov 15, 8:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade44 min
Nov 15, 8:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue13 min
Nov 15, 8:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren26 min
Nov 15, 8:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMetcalfe24 min
Nov 15, 8:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Green23 min
Nov 15, 9:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Russell28 min
Nov 15, 9:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison34 min
Nov 15, 10:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison22 min
Nov 15, 7:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange27 min
Nov 15, 7:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry46 min
Nov 15, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange15 min
Nov 15, 7:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington41 min
Nov 15, 7:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford14 min
Nov 15, 7:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison52 min
Nov 15, 8:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd45 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.