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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Louisville, KY

May 25, 2006Adair County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2006, 11:21 PM CDT for Adair County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2006, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2006, 11:45 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 11:23 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGColumbia, KYTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2006-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1906 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 2006-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1906 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
9.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 260420
SVRLMK
KYC001-260445-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0310.060526T0421Z-060526T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1121 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 12 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA TO COLUMBIA TO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  COLUMBIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTPELIER AND CROCUS BY 1130 PM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3727 8516 3715 8536 3703 8551 3695 8544
      3694 8525 3704 8518 3717 8506

$$

AL
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 260444
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1242 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 2006

KYC001-260452-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060526T0445Z/
ADAIR KY-
1142 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ADAIR COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1145
PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE 
COUNTY AND HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER...PARTICULARLY TREES OR POWER LINES 
DOWN...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3727 8516 3715 8536 3703 8551 3695 8544
      3694 8525 3704 8518 3717 8506

$$

AL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson44 min
May 25, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin28 min
May 25, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer, Woodford46 min
May 25, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin45 min
May 25, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson39 min
May 25, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine, Scott48 min
May 25, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock43 min
May 25, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison42 min
May 25, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGrayson35 min
May 25, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue, Nelson43 min
May 25, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington35 min
May 25, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHardin34 min
May 25, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge47 min
May 25, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin51 min
May 25, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMadison, Marion77 days
May 25, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue46 min
May 25, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge3 hr
May 25, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer38 min
May 25, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHancock, Washington120 days
May 25, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin3 hr
May 25, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine24 min
May 25, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion47 min
May 25, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor47 min
May 25, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison25 min
May 25, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson39 min
May 25, 9:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLarue, Marion3 hr
May 25, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey46 min
May 25, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson41 min
May 25, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart17 min
May 25, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln31 min
May 25, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen29 min
May 25, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart24 min
May 25, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor44 min
May 25, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren52 min
May 25, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen31 min
May 25, 11:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKRussell, Warren120 days
May 25, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren34 min
May 26, 12:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Russell3 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.