Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2006, 11:33 PM CDT for Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2006, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2006, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Warren County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 11:34 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Bowling Green, KY | REPORTED IN THE CITY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 430 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 877 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 200434 SVRLMK KYC227-200500- /O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0252.060520T0433Z-060520T0500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1133 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BOWLING GREEN... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 1129 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOWLING GREEN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BOWLING GREEN AT 1140 PM CDT LAT...LON 3708 8645 3692 8652 3688 8634 3701 8619 $$ JSD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KLMK 200448 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1248 AM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006 KYC227-200500- /O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060520T0500Z/ WARREN KY- 1148 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR WARREN COUNTY... AT 1146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY ARE UNDER THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE AND HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3705 8663 3686 8660 3681 8645 3697 8614 $$ CS
000 WWUS53 KLMK 200458 SVSLMK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1258 AM EDT SAT MAY 20 2006 KYC227-200508- /O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-060520T0500Z/ WARREN KY- 1158 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT CDT... STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE MOVING SOUTH OF WARREN COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3705 8663 3686 8660 3681 8645 3697 8614 $$ CS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 35 min |
| May 19, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton | 29 min |
| May 19, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren | 34 min |
| May 19, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Metcalfe, Monroe | 23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.