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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Louisville, KY

March 9, 2006Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2006, 8:13 PM CST for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 62 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: Mar 9, 2006, 8:13 PM CST (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2006, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ohio County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 9, 7:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 559 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 972 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 9, 7:41 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 7:41 PM CST, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 2:45 PM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
345 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-100930-
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-
345 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS IT
MOVES FROM MISSOURI UP INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THIS WILL RESULT
IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN
INDIANA...WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH POSSIBLE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 4 AM
EST FRIDAY MORNING. TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.

AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS THROUGH ABOUT
MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING
WINDS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THE WINDOW
FOR BEST SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM WEST OF
THE I-65 CORRIDOR INCLUDING BOWLING GREEN...ALONG THE AND JUST WEST
OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR INCLUDING LOUISVILLE AROUND 6 TO 7 PM AND
BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10PM ENTERING THE I-75 CORRIDOR AND LEXINGTON METRO
AREA.

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

UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS
SEVERAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION.  SEVERAL
PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY.  SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE RATHER STRONG AND
PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENING...PLEASE REPORT ANY
SEVERE WEATHER IN YOU AREA...AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ALSO
REQUESTED TO PASS ALONG ANY DAMAGE REPORTS FOR THEIR COUNTIES.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED OVER THE COMING WEEKEND.

SCHOTT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 6:42 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 6:45 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 6:51 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 6:57 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 6:58 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 8:12 PM CST, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	37 min
Mar 9, 6:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair	33 min
Mar 9, 8:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	53 min
Mar 9, 8:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson	66 min
Mar 9, 8:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	61 min
Mar 9, 8:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	89 min
Mar 9, 9:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	49 min
Mar 9, 9:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	40 min
Mar 9, 9:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hart	45 min
Mar 9, 9:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	42 min
Mar 9, 9:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue	39 min
Mar 9, 9:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren	38 min
Mar 9, 9:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson	33 min
Mar 9, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	25 min
Mar 9, 9:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green	35 min
Mar 9, 9:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Spencer	31 min
Mar 9, 9:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor, Washington	27 min
Mar 9, 9:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham	25 min
Mar 9, 9:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	24 min
Mar 9, 9:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	37 min
Mar 9, 10:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson	22 min
Mar 9, 10:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford	29 min
Mar 9, 9:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Floyd	23 min
Mar 9, 9:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2006 Every 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.