Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2007, 2:34 PM EDT for Clark County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 17, 2007, 2:34 PM EDT (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2007, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Clark County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 Jul 17, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1130 AM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-180830- 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- 1130 AM EDT (1030 AM CDT) TUE JUL 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME STORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY BE STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT NORTH OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY AND BLUEGRASS PARKWAYS AS A COOL FRONT REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP UNDER THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE. STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORM. A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS THE REGION AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON THURSDAY...WHILE A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR ALONG THE FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY AFTER SUNSET. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. JSD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 12:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1219 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 KYZ036-037-041>043-048-049-171645- BOURBON-CLARK-FAYETTE-HARRISON-JESSAMINE-NICHOLAS-SCOTT- 1219 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN BLUEGRASS... AT 1218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CYNTHIANA TO WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING TOWNS...WINCHESTER...CARLISLE...LEXINGTON...CYNTHIANA...AND SURROUNDING LOCATIONS. 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. AL
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 12:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1256 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 KYZ034-035-038-171730- FRANKLIN-SHELBY-SPENCER- 1256 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 1252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SHELBY...SPENCER...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...FRANKFORT AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 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. AL
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Scott | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nicholas | 39 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.