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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

April 3, 2007Bullitt County, Hardin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 6:01 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports 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
Apr 3, 2007, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 6:50 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Hardin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 6:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGShepherdsville, KYTREE ON A HOUSE ON EAST LAUREL RIVER DRIVE. TRESS DOWN ON BELLS MILL ROAD.
Apr 3, 6:30 PM EDTHAIL 1.75West Point, KY
Apr 3, 6:36 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMount Washington, KYDOWNED TREES BLOCKING ROADS JUST WEST OF MOUNT WASHINGTON WITH 60 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2007-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1216 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KLMK 032204
SVRLMK
KYC029-093-032250-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0021.070403T2201Z-070403T2250Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
601 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BULLITT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 650 PM EDT...

* AT 559 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 NEAR
  WEST POINT..AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHEPHERDSVILLE BY 625 PM EDT...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

LAT...LON 3800 8601 3791 8599 3783 8601 3783 8569
      3792 8558 3808 8549 3807 8576

$$

DK
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 032221
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
621 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

KYC029-093-032245-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070403T2245Z/
BULLITT KY-HARDIN KY-
621 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN HARDIN AND BULLITT COUNTIES...

AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BROOKS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT WASHINGTON BY 630 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3800 8601 3791 8599 3783 8601 3783 8569
      3792 8558 3808 8549 3807 8576

$$

JARVIS
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 032231
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
631 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

KYC029-093-032245-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070403T2245Z/
BULLITT KY-HARDIN KY-
631 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN HARDIN AND BULLITT COUNTIES...

AT 629 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHEPHERDSVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH
OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNT WASHINGTON BY 640 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3800 8601 3791 8599 3783 8601 3783 8569
      3792 8558 3808 8549 3807 8576

$$

JARVIS
000 
WWUS53 KLMK 032247
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
647 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

KYC029-093-032257-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070403T2245Z/
BULLITT KY-HARDIN KY-
647 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HARDIN AND BULLITT
COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 645 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3800 8601 3791 8599 3783 8601 3783 8569
      3792 8558 3808 8549 3807 8576

$$

JARVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade31 min
Apr 3, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Trimble44 min
Apr 3, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson46 min
Apr 3, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin46 min
Apr 3, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby35 min
Apr 3, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKNelson, Spencer37 min
Apr 3, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHart45 min
Apr 3, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin28 min
Apr 3, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson36 min
Apr 3, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue33 min
Apr 3, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott44 min
Apr 3, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington40 min
Apr 3, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford35 min
Apr 3, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMercer29 min
Apr 3, 7:18 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Hart27 min
Apr 3, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette31 min
Apr 3, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison37 min
Apr 3, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine36 min
Apr 3, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLarue29 min
Apr 3, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTaylor29 min
Apr 3, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Nicholas38 min
Apr 3, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison50 min
Apr 3, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Hart48 min
Apr 3, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Garrard, Lincoln46 min
Apr 3, 7:47 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKTaylor28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.