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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 369, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2006, 8:05 PM CDT for Green County, Hancock County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2006, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2006, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 days
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1751 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 Jun 20, 7:33 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 7:33 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 530 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-210830- 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- 530 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS ARE SOUTHWEST OF A JASPER TO FORT KNOX TO RICHMOND LINE WHERE THE HIGHEST VALUES OF INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE EXIST...THOUGH SOME ISOLATED CELLS CANNOT BE RULED OUT ELSEWHERE. ANY STORMS THIS EVENING ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. THERE IS A RISK OF AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREATS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HIGH AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO TOP OUT AROUND 90...COMBINED WITH HIGH DEWPOINTS...HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL LIKELY REACH IN THE 94 TO 99 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BRINGING A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE MOST WIDESPREAD STORMS SHOULD BE NEAR THE OHIO RIVER AND ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. CALL OUR SPOTTER PHONE LINE...OR USE THE E-SPOTTER SYSTEM ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. CS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
748 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0732 PM HAIL FERDINAND 38.23N 86.86W
06/20/2006 E0.25 INCH DUBOIS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
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SZAPPANOSSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 7:23 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 823 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006 INZ089-210100- PERRY- 723 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006 ...STRONG STORM MOVING INTO PERRY COUNTY... AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA CLAUS...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKPORT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR CANNELTON BY 740 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CS
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:51 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 851 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2006 INZ089-KYZ023-210115- HANCOCK-PERRY- 751 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006 ...STRONG STORM MOVING SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY... AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF TELL CITY...OR 19 MILES EAST OF ROCKPORT...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR TELL CITY BY 800 PM CDT. NEAR HAWESVILLE BY 810 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT PONDING WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. JSD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hancock | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Ohio, Spencer | 31 days |
| Jun 20, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Ohio, Taylor | 31 days |
| Jun 20, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Butler, Washington | 31 days |
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.