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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Louisville, KY

May 11, 2006Marion County, Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2006, 3:33 PM EDT for Marion County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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
May 11, 2006, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Marion County, KY, Taylor County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 11, 3:16 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 3:16 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 11:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1130 AM EDT THU MAY 11 2006

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-120830-
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 THU MAY 11 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL ROTATE
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON
THEN EXIT OUR REGION TONIGHT. JUST AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL DESTABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND POSSIBLY SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA BY MID OR LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED WIND
DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ALSO IS LIKELY WITH
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING.

FUNK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 11, 1:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
144 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006

KYZ028-111830-
HARDIN-
144 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING...

AT 138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEITCHFIELD...OR 12 MILES
WEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25
MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...MODERATE RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND
ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY
WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND
94.

THIS INCLUDES THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123
AND 137.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO FOR
LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

AL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 8:56 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock33 min
May 11, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin23 min
May 11, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge30 min
May 10, 8:17 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison28 min
May 10, 8:45 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Orange60 min
May 11, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison28 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.