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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2010, 2:25 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Fayette County, Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 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
- May 13, 2010, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2010, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Scott County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 May 13, 1:43 PM EDT, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 1:43 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 10:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1040 AM EDT THU MAY 13 2010 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-140745- 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- 1040 AM EDT THU MAY 13 2010 /940 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A HUMID UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STREAMS THAT ARE RUNNING HIGH FROM WEDNESDAY/S RAINS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AGAIN THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MEANDERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE REGION...AS WELL AS SEVERAL ENERGY WAVES RIDING ALONG THE BOUNDARY...WILL PROVIDE SEVERAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STORMS ON FRIDAY MAY BECOME SEVERE ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...ON AND OFF EPISODES OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT NOTABLE WAVE OF STORMS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FRIDAY. JA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 1:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
115 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2010
KYZ030-031-034-131745-
JEFFERSON-OLDHAM-SHELBY-
115 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING
JEFFERSON...OLDHAM AND SHELBY COUNTIES...
AT 111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...MODERATE RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND
ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN THREE
MILES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
JEFFERSONTOWN...
MIDDLETOWN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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 3844 8539 3822 8533 3813 8551 3809 8572
3824 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 248DEG 29KT 3821 8565
RSSpecial weather statement, May 13, 1:52 PM EDT, 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 30 min |
| May 13, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 23 min |
| May 13, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 23 min |
| May 13, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 32 min |
| May 13, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.