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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Louisville, KY

May 21, 2010Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2010, 7:24 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hardin County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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 21, 2010, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2010, 7:52 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Meade County, KY

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 21, 6:50 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:50 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 5:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
703 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0658 PM     HAIL             ENGLISH                 38.33N  86.46W
05/21/2010  E0.75 INCH       CRAWFORD           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1000329

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Special weather statement, May 21, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 21, 6:26 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
726 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010

INZ077-084-090>092-220000-
CLARK-CRAWFORD-FLOYD-HARRISON-WASHINGTON-
726 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CRAWFORD...NORTHERN FLOYD...AND
WESTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SCOTTSBURG TO 9 MILES WEST OF CORYDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45
TO 50 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3822 8593 3822 8648 3859 8598 3859 8589
      3857 8589 3857 8586 3856 8585 3856 8583
      3857 8583 3860 8580 3860 8566
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 296DEG 28KT 3854 8584 3817 8625

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Local storm report, May 21, 6:40 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 21, 6:56 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
756 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010

INZ090>092-KYZ030>032-220045-
CLARK-FLOYD-HARRISON-JEFFERSON-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-
756 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2010

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

AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SCOTTSBURG TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORYDON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
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 40 TO
45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
   JEFFERSONVILLE...
   LOUISVILLE...
   PROSPECT...
   ST. MATTHEWS...
   BEDFORD...
   MIDDLETOWN...

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 125 AND 137.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 0 AND 8.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 10 AND 8.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 113 AND 123.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 71 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 13 AND 9.

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 3862 8525 3809 8561 3813 8613 3860 8580
      3860 8551 3859 8550 3858 8548 3859 8543
      3862 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 271DEG 29KT 3859 8566 3816 8598

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	36 min
May 21, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	22 min
May 21, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	33 min
May 21, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Shelby, Trimble	47 min
May 21, 8:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Hart, Larue, Nelson	38 min
May 21, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette	64 min
May 21, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Green, Marion, Metcalfe, Taylor, Washington	41 min
May 21, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette	49 min
May 21, 11:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell	3 hr
May 22, 4:22 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Butler and 20 more	4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.