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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

January 21, 2010Allen County, Barren County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2010, 6:38 PM CST for Allen County, Barren County, Warren 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
Jan 21, 2010, 6:38 PM CST (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2010, 7:15 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 21, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 00:00Z on 2010-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 713 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 00:00Z on 2010-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 9:21 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKButler, Warren36 hr
Jan 22, 9:21 AM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKButler, Muhlenberg, Ohio36 hr

Nearby

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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.