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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2009, 3:38 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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 17, 2009, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 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 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 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
- 2932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
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 17, 3:35 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:35 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-180830- 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- 430 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 /330 AM CDT WED JUN 17 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. STRONG INSTABILITY MAY ALLOW SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE BLUEGRASS AND IN THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT COULD PRODUCE A BROAD SWATH OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND THURSDAY BUT WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE FRIDAY WITH A POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK. DK/EES
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 149 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 KYZ026-061-062-071-171815- BUTLER-EDMONSON-OHIO-WARREN- 1249 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 1247 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF CENTRAL CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY 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 THESE STORMS. 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 17, 2:47 PM EDT, 51 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 17, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Warren | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 19 min |
| Jun 17, 4:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Logan | 114 min |
| Jun 17, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 5:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Lincoln | 84 min |
| Jun 17, 5:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Lincoln | 2 hr |
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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.