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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2008, 3:09 PM EDT for Boyle County, Mercer County, Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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 30, 2008, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2008, 3:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boyle County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Washington County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 30, 2:52 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:52 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 11:15 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1115 AM EDT WED JUL 30 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-311515- 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- 1115 AM EDT WED JUL 30 2008 /1015 AM CDT WED JUL 30 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MORE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK REGION. THOUGH THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS...THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE THEY TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. IN ADDITION...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S COMBINED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE WILL ALLOW HEAT INDEX VALUES TO REACH INTO THE LOW 100S MAINLY FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:21 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1121 AM EDT WED JUL 30 2008 KYZ041-048-049-056-057-301630- FAYETTE KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...LANCASTER...RICHMOND 1121 AM EDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA SOUTHWARD TO RICHMOND KENTUCKY. THROUGH 1230 PM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL AFFECT I-75 BETWEEN LEXINGTON AND RICHMOND...AND I-64 BETWEEN LEXINGTON AND WINCHESTER...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO ONE INCH IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...AND CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. ALSO...A AL
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 148 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2008 KYZ071-301815- WARREN- 1248 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING WARREN COUNTY... AT 1247 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOWLING GREEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. CONTINUOUS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR BOWLING GREEN THROUGH 110 PM CDT. NEAR PLANO BY 1255 PM CDT. NEAR ALVATON BY 105 PM CDT. NEAR CLAYPOOL BY 115 PM CDT. 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 30, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 154 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2008 KYZ029-034>036-038>042-045>049-301900- BULLITT KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY- WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...BARDSTOWN... SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER 154 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2008 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 3 PM EDT FROM THE BARDSTOWN AND TAYLORSVILLE AREAS EAST TO FRANKFORT...LEXINGTON AND WINCHESTER. EXPECT A QUICK HALF AN INCH OF RAIN AND ISOLATED WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. RL
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:20 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 220 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2008 KYZ045-046-301900- NELSON-WASHINGTON- 220 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING EASTERN NELSON AND WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARDSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. CONTINUOUS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR MAUD BY 230 PM EDT. 5 MILES SOUTH OF CHAPLIN BY 235 PM EDT. NEAR WILLISBURG BY 255 PM EDT. 5 MILES NORTH OF MACKVILLE BY 300 PM EDT. 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 30, 2:56 PM EDT, 13 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 30, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer, Washington | 25 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.