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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2009, 3:51 AM EDT for Bullitt County, Nelson 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
- Jun 11, 2009, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2009, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bullitt County, KY, Nelson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 12:06 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 2108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
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 Jun 11, 3:15 AM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:15 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1245 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-110900- 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- 1245 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 /1145 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. STORMS ALSO WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION ON THURSDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME QUITE NUMEROUS DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH ON FRIDAY RESULTING IN MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS WELL...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY. SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AND ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. TWF/JA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 110 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 KYZ062-071-110545- EDMONSON-WARREN- 1210 AM CDT THU JUN 11 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WARREN COUNTY... AT 1209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. CONTINUOUS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND 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 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR BROWNSVILLE AROUND 1235 AM CDT. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 38. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && JA
Local storm report, Jun 11, 1:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 14 min |
| Jun 11, 3:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 114 min |
| Jun 11, 4:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Ohio | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 6:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 116 min |
| Jun 11, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hart | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 42 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.