Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 2005, 11:19 AM CST for Breckinridge County, Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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
- Nov 28, 2005, 11:19 AM CST (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 11:57 AM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Grayson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 11:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 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 281719
SVRLMK
KYC027-085-281800-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0241.051128T1719Z-051128T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1119 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
* UNTIL NOON CST
* AT 1116 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF HARDINSBURG TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HARDINSBURG TO 33 MILES SOUTH OF HARDINSBURG..AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HARDINSBURG BY 1130 AM
THIS INCLUDES ROUGH RIVER DAM STATE PARK.
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 3784 8662 3754 8663 3742 8662 3735 8650
3741 8630 3789 8638 3802 8646
$$
AL1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLMK 281757
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1256 PM EST MON NOV 28 2005
KYC027-085-281806-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0241.000000T0000Z-051128T1800Z/
BRECKINRIDGE KY-GRAYSON KY-
1156 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN GRAYSON AND WESTERN
BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CENTRAL STADARED TIME...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3784 8662 3754 8663 3742 8662 3735 8650
3741 8630 3789 8638 3802 8646
$$
JSDWhat 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 28, 9:21 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 9:21 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1021 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005 .MORNING UPDATE... BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CREEPING INTO THE WESTERN CWA ATTM. CURRENT VIS SAT SHOWING WESTERN HALF OF CWA UNDER CLOUD COVER...WHERE EASTERN HALF IS EXPERIENCING SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. SFC TEMPS ALREADY INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S SO AM DOING A QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE MAX TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO...ESPECIALLY IN THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. REST OF FORECAST REMAINS NEARLY THE SAME...WITH PERIODS OF SHRS/STRMS AND GUSTY WINDS. LIGHTNING STRIKES FINALLY STARTING TO APPEAR IN THE CONVECTIVE LINE TO THE WEST RIGHT NOW. CONDITIONS TODAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO HIGH SHEAR...LOW CAPE DAYS...WHERE STORMS WILL BE SHALLOW SO LIGHTNING WILL NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THE STRONGER CELLS. COULD HAVE STRONG RAIN SHOWERS WITH DAMAGING WINDS GIVEN THE EXTREME SHEAR. THE 0-1 KM AND 0-3 KM SHEAR IS INCREDIBLE TODAY...SO IF ANY SFC BASED SHRS/STORMS CAN DEVELOP WITH ANY LOW-LEVEL CAPE...COULD SEE AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION...BUT MAY ADD THIS MENTION INTO THE HWO. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. AL && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 28, 10:30 AM CST, 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1130 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-290930- 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- 1030 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 /1130 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE IF ENOUGH HEATING CAN TAKE PLACE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. IN ADDITION...SURFACE WINDS OUTSIDE OF ANY STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS APPROACHING LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH IN SOME SPOTS...SO A WIND ADVISORY IS IN AFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK REGION. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 64...AND THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY WILL BE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 10:53 AM CST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1153 AM EST MON NOV 28 2005 INZ089-KYZ023-024-026-027-061-062-070>072-281800- PERRY IN-HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-BUTLER KY- EDMONSON KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TELL CITY...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN 1053 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG A LINE FROM PAOLI INDIANA DOWN TO MORGANTOWN KENTUCKY WILL PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THROUGH 1200 PM CST...THUNDERSTORMS FROM TELL CITY DOWN TO RUSSELLVILLE WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A QUICK HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. USE CAUTION IF DRIVING AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. AL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 10:32 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 28, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 33 min |
| Nov 28, 11:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 52 min |
| Nov 28, 11:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.