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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2006, 11:51 AM CDT for Adair County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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 16, 2006, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Adair County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 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 Apr 16, 11:45 AM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 11:45 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1130 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-170830- 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- 1130 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 /1030 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY FOR THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD. THESE SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...WITH PEA-SIZE HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE BIGGEST THREATS. AS THE AIR WARMS UP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. AS THIS MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO INDIANA TONIGHT...AN ORGANIZED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE...HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY...AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS WEATHER DISTURBANCES ADVANCE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. PLEASE SEND ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. AL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 9:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1049 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 KYZ061-161600- BUTLER KY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MORGANTOWN 949 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...STRONG STORM IN BUTLER COUNTY... A STORM CAPABLE OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN SECTIONS OF BUTLER COUNTY BETWEEN 950 AM CDT AND 1015 AM CDT. ROCHESTER AND TRAVELERS ALONG ROUTE 70 WEST OF MORGANTOWN WILL BE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. 13
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 10:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1138 AM EDT SUN APR 16 2006 KYZ061>063-071-074-161645- BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-WARREN KY-BARREN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE... MUNFORDVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...GLASGOW 1038 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...LINE OF STRONG STORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE FOUND FROM BUTLER COUNTY EASTWARD TO SOUTHERN HART AND NORTHERN BARREN COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM CDT. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE RICHARDSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...PARK CITY...AND MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK. 13
Local storm report, Apr 16, 11:00 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler | 11 min |
| Apr 16, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 10:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 20 min |
| Apr 16, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart | 35 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.