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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Louisville, KY

April 7, 2006Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2006, 8:49 PM CDT for Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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
Apr 7, 2006, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2006, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hart County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 Apr 7, 7:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 7:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
841 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT
EXPIRES AT 9 PM EDT (#162). OTHER WATCH (#165) CONTINUES UNTIL 11
PM EDT. BROKEN LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES FROM NEAR
PAH TO FTK TO JUST N OF LEX. SFC LOW NOW OVER FAR NE ARKANSAS
EXPECTED TO TRANSLATE SE...THIS SHOULD HELP ENHANCE SLY INFLOW
INTO STORMS OVER LMK CWA...AND ALONG WITH BACKING SFC WINDS KEEP
THE ASSOC TORNADO THREAT GOING WITH ANY DISCRETE STORMS. MOST
INTENSE STORMS AT THIS TIME ARE OVER ANDERSON COUNTY...AND EASTERN
OHIO COUNTY. STORMS NEAR FTK APPEAR TO BE NORTH OF SFC GUST FRONT
AND MAY POSE A THREAT FOR ELEVATED HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS OVER NEXT
HOUR OR SO.

CS

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 543 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006)

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...

SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF TN AND HAVE DISTINCT RIGHT MOVING
CHARACTERISTICS...AND NOW THE OUR MAIN FOCUS IS THE LINE OF STORMS
THAT ARE FORMING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THIS SHOULD ENHANCE THE WIND
POTENTIAL GIBSON COUNTY KY STORM JUST PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM IN ENTERING AIR THAT HAS NOT BEEN WORKED OVER...SO THE
TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE. LARGE HAIL IS STILL A THREAT WITH
OPTIMUM WBZS. DEW POINTS DROP OFF BEHIND THE FRONT AND THINGS WILL
QUIET DOWN BY MID TO LATE EVENING.
JDG

LONG TERM(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)

NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PD...MAINLY DRY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MIGRATE EAST TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
BY TUESDAY. MOIST SOUTHERLY FLO WILL INCREASE BY TUESDAY...BUT A
RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO THE NORTHERN GULF WILL INHIBIT
RAPID RETURN OF GULF MOISTURE. RIDGING ALOFT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
LOWER OHIO VALLEY AS TROUGHING DEVELOPS ACROSS THE ROCKIES.

LOW PRESSURE MOVING WEST OF THE GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY WILL ALLOW A
TROUGH TO MOVE EAST THROUGH OUR REGION WEDNESDAY. MODIFIED GULF AIR
WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND SO WILL KEEP LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDER WEDNESDAY...SUPPORTED BY HPC. THIS SYSTEM IS WEAK
HOWEVER AND MAINLY TO OUR NORTH...SO NO COLD AIR TO FOLLOW WITH
CONTD OSLO WARMING THRU FRI. --DK

&&

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-080830-
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-
600 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 /500 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE
TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT WHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE COLD FRONT
OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. BOTH THE LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT AND THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE. THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY MORNING AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE LOWER OHIO
VALLEY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEXT
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE DEVELOPING STORMS
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR BROADCAST MEDIA. INFORMATION MAY
ALSO BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

--21

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOhio36 min
Apr 7, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKSpencer25 min
Apr 7, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKAnderson29 min
Apr 7, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKButler, Grayson, Ohio45 min
Apr 7, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford24 min
Apr 7, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue39 min
Apr 7, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine28 min
Apr 7, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson34 min
Apr 7, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson34 min
Apr 7, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson23 min
Apr 7, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington38 min
Apr 7, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren29 min
Apr 7, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey33 min
Apr 7, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLogan, Simpson, Warren6 hr
Apr 8, 10:51 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryLMKAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more21 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.