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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Louisville, KY

September 23, 2006Larue County, Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 2006, 2:26 PM EDT for Larue County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 2006, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2006, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Larue County, KY, Nelson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 23, 1:13 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 12:00Z on 2006-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2006-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -276 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 231827
SVRLMK
KYC123-179-231845-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0430.060923T1826Z-060923T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
226 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...  
  NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

* AT 225 PM EDT...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 6 MILES NORTH OF BARDSTOWN TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BARDSTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HOWARDSTOWN...BALLTOWN AND NEW HOPE

THIS INCLUDES THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 34.

LAT...LON 3794 8544 3747 8581 3745 8567 3787 8530

$$

JSD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 231848
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
248 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006

KYC123-179-231858-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-060923T1845Z/
NELSON KY-LARUE KY-
248 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LARUE AND NELSON
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 245 PM EDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER
SEVERE. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3794 8544 3747 8581 3745 8567 3787 8530

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 8:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio65 min
Sep 22, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Ohio27 min
Sep 22, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin40 min
Sep 22, 9:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin55 min
Sep 22, 10:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin59 min
Sep 22, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin23 min
Sep 22, 11:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKNelson, Washington91 min
Sep 22, 11:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson2 hr
Sep 23, 12:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock24 min
Sep 23, 12:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKOldham, Shelby3 hr
Sep 23, 12:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler39 min
Sep 23, 12:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKFranklin, Scott3 hr
Sep 23, 1:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKButler3 hr
Sep 23, 1:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Nicholas, Woodford118 min
Sep 23, 2:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson117 min
Sep 23, 2:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKEdmonson2 hr
Sep 23, 3:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair30 min
Sep 23, 3:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell35 min
Sep 23, 3:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWarren119 min
Sep 23, 3:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLogan2 hr
Sep 23, 4:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMadison119 min
Sep 23, 8:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLogan3 hr
Sep 23, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHancock40 min
Sep 23, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Meade, Ohio50 min
Sep 23, 1:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson5 hr
Sep 23, 1:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKOldham, Shelby5 hr
Sep 23, 2:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin4 hr
Sep 23, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler48 min
Sep 23, 2:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGrayson, Ohio4 hr
Sep 23, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington35 min
Sep 23, 2:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKButler, Logan4 hr
Sep 23, 3:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKEdmonson3 hr
Sep 23, 4:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKGreen, Taylor3 hr
Sep 23, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison24 min

Nearby

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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.