Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2005, 10:15 PM EDT for Marion County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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
- May 19, 2005, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 11:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Marion County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 19, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 395 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KLMK 200215
SVRLMK
KYC155-200300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0087.050520T0215Z-050520T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1015 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
* AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LEBANON TO 12 MILES WEST OF LEBANON TO 19 MILES WEST OF LEBANON...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 42 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE TO
46 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LEBANON BY 1025 PM EDT
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
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 3771 8542 3756 8551 3748 8545 3742 8509
3757 8505 3761 8507 3763 8532
$$
SCHOTT2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KLMK 200228
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1028 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
KYC155-200300-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-050520T0300Z/
MARION KY-
1028 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
MARION COUNTY...
AT 1025 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LEBANON TO NEW MARKET TO 7
MILES SOUTH OF RAYWICK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 48 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET TO 54 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOMERSET...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GRAVEL SWITCH AND BRADFORDSVILLE BY 1035 PM EDT
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3771 8542 3756 8551 3748 8545 3742 8509
3757 8505 3761 8507 3763 8532
$$
SCHOTT000
WWUS53 KLMK 200301
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1056 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
KYC155-200306-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-050520T0300Z/
MARION KY-
1056 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1100
PM EDT(1000 PM CDT)...
A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WITH BLINDING RAIN AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING
HAS SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH OUT OF MARION COUNTY. MODERATE RAIN WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS MARION COUNTY BUT THE SEVERE THREAT IS OVER.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
LAT...LON 3771 8542 3756 8551 3748 8545 3742 8509
3757 8505 3761 8507 3763 8532
$$
DKWhat 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 May 19, 8:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 8:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 842 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 .UPDATE... LARGE AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO REPEAT OVER THE SAME PLACES WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM OVER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. WATER PROBLEMS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THUS HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR OVERNIGHT. UPDATE... UPDATED GRIDS AND ZONES TO REFLECT NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THEY TREK EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. SHORT TERM(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON): MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM IS DEALING WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE FA THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LOOKS TO BE DAMAGING AND HAIL. EXPECT A RATHER EXTENDED PERIOD OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT. THE BEST SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND STEEPER LAPSE RATES WILL NOT MOVE INTO THE REGION UNTIL THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ONCE THIS ACTIVITY CLEARS THE FA DURING FRIDAY...DRY AND PLEASANT WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM. ONLY MODEST CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS WERE NEEDED FOR THE SHORT TERM. LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... MODELS HAVE BEEN COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH FORMATION OF REX BLOCK ACROSS NEW ENGLAND FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. UPPER HIGH IS EXPECT TO PERSIST NEAR THE LABRADOR STRAIT...WHILE A CLOSED LOW IS EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. WITH THIS STAGNANT PATTERN...AND WITH A RIDGE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. A COLD FRONT EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WILL BRING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOL AIR...WHICH WILL DROP MONDAYS TEMPERATURES CONSIDERABLY FROM THOSE OF SUNDAY. GFS IS THE STRONGEST AND FARTHEST WEST WITH THE POSITION OF THE CLOSED LOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY...RETROGRADING THE CENTER OF THE LOW WESTWARD OVER NEW YORK. IF THIS VERIFIES...BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL TREND COOLER WITH QUITE A BIT OF CLOUDS. FOR NOW...FEEL THAT ECMWF MODEL HAS BETTER...FARTHER EAST...HANDLE ON ULTIMATE POSITION OF CLOSED LOW. FOLLOWING ECMWF CHOICE...WILL GO WITH PARTLY CLOUDY AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MORE ZONAL FLOW WILL RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF ACROSS LOWER OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION. WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE OF CONVECTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OF THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM EDT/900 PM CDT/EST. FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT. .KY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM EDT/900 PM CDT/EST ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HENRY COUNTY...TO LARUE COUNTY...TO SIMPSON COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 PM CDT ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY...TO MARION COUNTY...TO ALLEN COUNTY. FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT ALL AREAS. && 13/AB/JSD
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 11:30 AM EDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1130 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-200830- 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...ALBANY...BARDSTOWN...BEAVER DAM... BOWLING GREEN...CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA... DANVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...ENGLISH...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN... GEORGETOWN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG...HARRODSBURG...JAMESTOWN... JASPER...JEFFERSONVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON... LOUISVILLE...MADISON...MOUNT WASHINGTON...MUNFORDVILLE... NEW ALBANY...PARIS...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SCOTTSVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...STANFORD...TAYLORSVILLE...TELL CITY... TOMPKINSVILLE...VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 1130 AM EDT (1030 AM CDT) THU MAY 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS CONTINUED A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AT MID LEVELS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME SEVERE HAIL. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW...WITH COOL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES...WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER. ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. THERE COULD WELL BE A BREAK IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING BETWEEN CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND LATER TNGT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JSD
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 19, 9:21 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
921 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005...COR COUNTY
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 PM HAIL 4 NW OLMSTEAD 36.79N 87.07W
05/19/2005 1.75 INCH LOGAN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 68.
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 19, 9:29 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
929 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0923 PM FLASH FLOOD NEW ALBANY 38.30N 85.83W
05/19/2005 FLOYD IN TRAINED SPOTTER
THREE TO FOUR FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED ON EBERSOL
STREET IN NEW ALBANY.
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 19, 9:35 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
935 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0924 PM FLASH FLOOD CLARKSVILLE 38.32N 85.77W
05/19/2005 CLARK IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN IN CLARKSVILLE
AND JEFFERSONVILLE.
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 19, 9:42 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
942 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 PM TSTM WND DMG RICHMOND 37.74N 84.29W
05/19/2005 MADISON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES WERE DOWNED.
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 19, 9:47 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
947 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0946 PM FLOOD WINCHESTER 38.00N 84.19W
05/19/2005 CLARK KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
3FT OF WATER REPORTED OVER PARTS OF I-64 IN CLARK
COUNTY...RELAYED FROM STATE PARTOL FROM NWS JACKSON.
EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN.
&&Local storm report, May 19, 9:54 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
954 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM HAIL 5 W RUSSELLVILLE 36.84N 86.98W
05/19/2005 1.75 INCH LOGAN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
MRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin | 93 min |
| May 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 30 min |
| May 19, 8:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette, Franklin and 10 more | 119 min |
| May 19, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 25 min |
| May 19, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 40 min |
| May 19, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 63 min |
| May 19, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 44 min |
| May 19, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 49 min |
| May 19, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 40 min |
| May 19, 9:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Larue, Lincoln, Madison, Marion and 3 more | 3 hr |
| May 19, 9:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 49 min |
| May 19, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 47 min |
| May 19, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 64 min |
| May 19, 10:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson and 4 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 10:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 116 min |
| May 20, 12:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hart | 2 hr |
| May 20, 1:21 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 84 min |
| May 20, 2:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 2 hr |
| May 20, 2:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart | 3 hr |
| May 20, 4:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart | 2 hr |
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.