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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Louisville, KY

August 16, 2007Henry County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2007, 6:03 PM EDT for Henry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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: Aug 16, 2007, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 16, 6:16 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Eminence, KY	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 13 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 16, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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-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: 940 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 162203
SVRLMK
KYC103-162245-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0177.070816T2203Z-070816T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
603 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

* AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  WEST OF NEW CASTLE..AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW CASTLE BY 615 PM EDT...

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE
UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
1100 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3837 8489 3836 8530 3838 8531 3849 8534
      3850 8531 3851 8528 3854 8524 3861 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 271DEG 21KT 3843 8526

$$

JA

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KLMK 162226
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
626 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

KYC103-162245-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-070816T2245Z/
HENRY KY-
626 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY...

AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF 
LOCKPORT TO SMITHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW CASTLE BY 635 PM EDT...
  NEW CASTLE BY 640 PM EDT...
  BETHLEHEM AND LOCKPORT BY 645 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3836 8530 3845 8531 3850 8512 3848 8504
      3843 8495 3837 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 270DEG 23KT 3835 8496 3838 8526

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KLMK 162247
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
647 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

KYC103-162257-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-070816T2245Z/
HENRY KY-
647 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 645 PM EDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER 
SEVERE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3836 8530 3845 8531 3850 8512 3848 8504
      3843 8495 3837 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 270DEG 23KT 3835 8496 3838 8526

$$

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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 Aug 16, 6:02 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 6:02 PM EDT, 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
602 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

.MESO UPDATE...
WILL DROP THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN INDIANA WEST OF
INTERSTATE 65 AS STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THERE. WILL ALSO DROP THE
HEAT ADVISORY SINCE HEAT INDEX READINGS ARE ALL BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA...INCLUDING IN PLACES THAT ARE NOT RAIN-COOLED.

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.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)...

MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE THE STRENGTH AND LOCATION OF ANY THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY THIS EVENING.

A STRONG PROGRESSIVE TROUGH WILL MOVE SOUTH OF HUDSONS BAY LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE...WITH ITS ASSOCIATED COOLER
AND DRIER AIR WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION
TONIGHT. EVENTUALLY...THIS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE OHIO
RIVER OVERNIGHT. SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER WILL OVERSPREAD THE
STATE...BUT WILL LAG BEHIND THE INITIAL WIND SHIFT BY SEVERAL HOURS.
LESS HUMID AIR WILL NOT REALLY BE NOTICEABLE UNTIL LATER FRIDAY
EVENING.

STRONG STORMS WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE HIGHEST
CAPES(INSTABILITY) AND GREATEST MOISTURE CONTENT NORTHWEST OF THE
OHIO RIVER. MUCH DRIER AIR RESIDES ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER. STEEP
LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND 25 TO 35KT WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED MICROBURSTS.

STRONG CONVECTION CURRENTLY ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST
SOUTHEAST ALONG AN OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. SHOULD THESE STORMS HOLD
TOGETHER...THEY WILL ARRIVE IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND OVERSPREAD AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 DURING THE EARLY PART OF
TONIGHT. ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES...PRECIP WILL ARRIVE
LATE...POSSIBLY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS(IF AT ALL).

TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

JSD

.LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...

...RAIN CHANCES GETTING SLIMMER...SUMMERTIME HEAT TO CONTINUE...

UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN STRONG OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. MODELS TODAY ARE EXHIBITING A DISTINCT
WESTWARD SHIFT IN THE UPPER AIR PATTERN OVER WHAT THEY WERE SHOWING
YESTERDAY...WITH THE UPPER RIDGE MORE OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES RATHER THAN JUST OFF THE COAST...AND WITH THE UPPER
TROF THAT WAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN YESTERDAY/S PROGS NOW
STRETCHING FROM ILLINOIS TO TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. FOR US THIS WOULD
SUGGEST AN INCREASE IN FORECAST TEMPERATURES AND A DECREASE IN
FORECAST PRECIPITATION CHANCES.

AT THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE FROM CENTRAL CANADA TO THE
MID-ATLANTIC FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AS WAS FEARED YESTERDAY...MODELS
NO LONGER VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT BRINGING LEFT-OVER MOISTURE FROM
ERIN INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY OR FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA. WILL KEEP POPS
VERY LOW THIS WEEKEND.

THE SOUTHEAST UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RETROGRADE NEXT WEEK
AND SURFACE RIDGING WILL BE BLOCKING THE GULF...MEANING ANY CHANCES
FOR PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...WILL BE
EXTREMELY SMALL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE SIMILAR FROM ONE DAY TO
THE NEXT WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 90S.

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&&

.AVIATION (18Z TAF ISSUANCE)...

INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT AT SDF AFTER 19Z...AND FOR LEX AFTER 21Z. VISIBILITIES
AND CEILINGS WILL REMAIN VFR OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING. AT THIS POINT...CANNOT SPECIFICALLY TIME THE DEVELOPMENT OR
ARRIVAL TIMES OF ANY STORMS FOR LEX OR SDF. WILL PUT VCTS FOR LEX
AND SDF LATER THIS EVENING. BWG WILL REMAIN CLEAR FOR MUCH OF THE
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ARRIVE AT BWG AFTER 02Z.

SOME STORMS THIS EVENING MAY BECOME STRONG WITH LOCALIZED GUSTY
WINDS AND IFR CONDITIONS.

THE THREAT OF THUNDER WILL DIMINISH BY THE MID MORNING HOURS.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE LIGHT...BUT SWITCH TO THE NORTH AFTER 01Z AT LEX
AND SDF.

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...HEAT ADVISORY FOR ALL ZONES FROM 300 PM EDT TO 800 EDT.
IN...HEAT ADVISORY FOR ALL ZONES FROM 300 PM EDT TO 800 EDT.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 4:03 PM EDT, 2 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
403 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-170830-
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-
403 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THIS EVENING...A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTHWARD INTO
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.  UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS FROM
EARLIER TODAY SHOWED LITTLE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION FOR THIS
EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 64 AND WEST OF FRANKFORT DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
MODERATE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AROUND 10 THOUSAND FEET WILL COMBINE
WITH UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO PROVIDE A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AT THE SURFACE. IN ADDITION...ANY
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SUMMERTIME THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID WEEK. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

JSD/13

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 16, 5:37 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
537 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0434 PM     HAIL             JEFFERSONVILLE          38.30N 85.73W
08/16/2007  E1.00 INCH       CLARK              IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HAIL DAMAGE TO CARS

0520 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S CYNTHIANA           38.36N 84.30W
08/16/2007  E0 MPH           HARRISON           KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON US 27

0537 PM     LIGHTNING        JEFFERSONTOWN           38.21N 85.57W
08/16/2007                   JEFFERSON          KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LIGHTNING INDUCED A HOUSE FIRE

&&

DUNTEN

Local storm report, Aug 16, 5:40 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
540 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0538 PM     HAIL             LOUISVILLE              38.22N 85.74W
08/16/2007  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE

&&

RL

Local storm report, Aug 16, 5:44 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
544 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0537 PM     TSTM WND GST     GREENVILLE              38.37N 85.98W
08/16/2007  E0 MPH           FLOYD              IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            UTILITY POLES SNAPPED

&&

DUNTEN

Local storm report, Aug 16, 5:45 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
545 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0542 PM     TSTM WND GST     NEW ALBANY              38.30N 85.83W
08/16/2007  E0 MPH           FLOYD              IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREES DOWN

&&

DUNTEN

Local storm report, Aug 16, 5:49 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
549 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N PROSPECT            38.38N 85.61W
08/16/2007  E0 MPH           OLDHAM             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE LIMB DOWN A FOOT IN DIAMETER

&&

DUNTEN

Local storm report, Aug 16, 5:57 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
557 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GEORGETOWN              38.30N 85.97W
08/16/2007                   FLOYD              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

&&

DUNTEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 3:58 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	14 hr
Aug 16, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	41 min
Aug 16, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	34 min
Aug 16, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	46 min
Aug 16, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham	41 min
Aug 16, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	46 min
Aug 16, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	40 min
Aug 16, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	47 min
Aug 16, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin	39 min
Aug 16, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette	39 min
Aug 16, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2007 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.