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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Louisville, KY

June 24, 2010Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2010, 3:54 PM EDT for Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 21 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 24, 2010, 3:54 PM EDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2010, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Casey County, KY, Lincoln County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2010-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1430 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 2010-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 24, 3:06 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:06 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 3:45 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:31 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1231 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

KYZ041>043-049-057-241700-
BOURBON-CLARK-FAYETTE-MADISON-NICHOLAS-
1231 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
GUSTY WINDS...

AT 1229 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF
LEXINGTON TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARLISLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
   LEXINGTON...
   WINCHESTER...

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 101 AND 98.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 104 AND 99.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3830 8385 3812 8408 3796 8399 3780 8432
      3789 8446 3793 8449 3797 8458 3803 8467
      3811 8464 3821 8442 3822 8443 3844 8397
      3841 8393 3837 8391 3834 8384
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 310DEG 26KT 3806 8454 3836 8392

JDA
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
139 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

KYZ040-047-048-055-056-241830-
BOYLE-GARRARD-JESSAMINE-MERCER-WOODFORD-
139 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS MERCER...NORTHERN
BOYLE...AND SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTIES.

AT 136 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF
NICHOLASVILLE TO 6 MILES WEST OF HARRODSBURG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...SMALL PEA OR DIME SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO
40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
   SULPHUR WELL...
   DANVILLE...
   JUNCTION CITY...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3781 8448 3758 8478 3775 8501 3794 8474
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 309DEG 21KT 3790 8473 3775 8495

JSD
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
207 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

KYZ046>049-055>057-066-067-241845-
BOYLE-CASEY-CLARK-GARRARD-JESSAMINE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MERCER-
WASHINGTON-
207 PM EDT THU JUN 24 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS BOYLE...GARRARD...MADISON...AND CLARK
COUNTIES.

AT 159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WINCHESTER
SOUTHWEST TO JUST SOUTH OF HARRODSBURG. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
   RICHMOND...
   NEVADA...
   BRYANTSVILLE...
   COMBS...
   BIG HILL...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3784 8401 3782 8412 3780 8408 3778 8410
      3766 8410 3764 8413 3757 8410 3756 8418
      3752 8421 3753 8435 3747 8438 3747 8446
      3734 8450 3736 8457 3730 8464 3757 8505
      3763 8504 3763 8516 3766 8520 3794 8398
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 283DEG 48KT 3793 8377 3771 8469

JSD
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:15 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas29 min
Jun 24, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMercer51 min
Jun 24, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison38 min
Jun 24, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln33 min
Jun 24, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln31 min
Jun 24, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Casey30 min
Jun 24, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Taylor38 min
Jun 24, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHart25 min
Jun 24, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Russell27 min
Jun 24, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Green, Metcalfe, Russell49 min
Jun 24, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson29 min
Jun 24, 4:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Green3 hr
Jun 24, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton, Cumberland46 min
Jun 24, 5:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKMonroe42 min
Jun 24, 6:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKMonroe88 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.