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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2008, 10:52 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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 20, 2008, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1405 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 20, 10:35 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 10:35 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 410 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008 INZ076>079-092-KYZ031>033-212015- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-CLARK IN-OLDHAM KY- TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY- 410 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS OVER EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. ANY STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE BY LATE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AS A COOL FRONT DROPS SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION. THE MOST WIDESPREAD STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... INZ083-084-089>091-KYZ023>030-034>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-212015- DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON 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- 410 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008 /310 PM CDT SUN JUL 20 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER PARTS OF EAST- CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AS A COOL FRONT DROPS SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION. THE MOST WIDESPREAD STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... TWF/DK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 20, 9:54 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1054 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S BRANDENBURG 37.98N 86.18W
07/20/2008 MEADE KY NWS EMPLOYEE
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 448
AND 1638
&&
EVENT NUMBER 00121
FOSTERSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 10:00 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1100 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008 KYZ028-053-210345- HARDIN-LARUE- 1100 PM EDT SUN JUL 20 2008 ...LINE OF STRONG STORMS AFFECTING HARDIN AND LARUE COUNTIES... AT 1054 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETHTOWN TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF BRANDENBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 23 MPH. CONTINUOUS DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN BY 1120 PM EDT. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE... NEAR COLESBURG BY 1105 PM EDT. NEAR RINEYVILLE BY 1110 PM EDT. NEAR CECILIA BY 1125 PM EDT. NEAR STEPHENSBURG BY 1130 PM EDT. NEAR ATHERTONVILLE BY 1140 PM EDT. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 94. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS...AND AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. 13
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:11 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 10:50 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.