Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2011, 1:23 AM CDT for Edmonson County, Grayson County, Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2011, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hardin County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1852 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742
WUUS53 KLMK 270623
SVRLMK
KYC061-085-093-270645-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0206.110427T0623Z-110427T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
123 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN EDMONSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EASTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT/245 AM EDT/
* AT 117 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEEDEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
HILLTOP AND SPIKE...
SPURRIER AND ROYAL...
HARCOURT AND WHITE MILLS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3725 8635 3762 8615 3757 8595 3744 8604
3744 8606 3743 8605 3733 8612 3733 8616
3730 8613 3719 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 213DEG 49KT 3731 8620
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
JDG2 follow-up statements
464
WWUS53 KLMK 270630
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
230 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
KYC061-270640-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-110427T0645Z/
EDMONSON KY-
130 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN EDMONSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3762 8615 3757 8595 3744 8604 3744 8606
3743 8605 3733 8612 3735 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 213DEG 49KT 3740 8612
$$
KYC085-093-270645-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-110427T0645Z/
HARDIN KY-GRAYSON KY-
130 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM
CDT/245 AM EDT/ FOR EASTERN GRAYSON AND SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTIES...
AT 127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IBERIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
ROYAL AND SPURRIER...
WHITE MILLS AND SUMMIT...
HARCOURT AND WHITE MILLS JUNCTION...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3762 8615 3757 8595 3744 8604 3744 8606
3743 8605 3733 8612 3735 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 213DEG 49KT 3740 8612
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
JDG962
WWUS53 KLMK 270639
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
239 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
KYC085-093-270645-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-110427T0645Z/
HARDIN KY-GRAYSON KY-
239 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM
EDT/145 AM CDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAYSON AND SOUTHERN HARDIN
COUNTIES...
AT 136 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HORNTOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
WHITE MILLS AND WHITE MILLS JUNCTION...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY!
&&
LAT...LON 3762 8615 3757 8595 3744 8604 3744 8606
3743 8605 3740 8607 3740 8608 3744 8615
3750 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 213DEG 49KT 3749 8610
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
JDGWhat 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 Apr 27, 12:27 AM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 12:27 AM CDT, 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
127 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...
...MESOSCALE/FORECAST UPDATE...
ANOTHER ACTIVE EVENING ACROSS THE LOUISVILLE FORECAST AREA WITH A
CLASSIC RIGHT MOVING SUPERCELL MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. SFC ANALYSIS THIS EVENING REVEALS A VERY FINE BOUNDARY
THAT WAS LOCATED MAINLY ALONG THE WESTERN KY AND BLUEGRASS PARKWAYS
THIS EVENING. THE CLASSIC SUPERCELL MOVED EASTWARD ALONG THAT
BOUNDARY...AND THAT BOUNDARY HAS NOW SHIFT NORTH AND CURRENTLY
EXTENDS FROM NEAR PAOLI INDIANA SEWD TO JUST NORTH OF LEXINGTON. A
FEW DISCRETE CELLS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF
THE STATE BETWEEN LOUISVILLE AND LEXINGTON. THESE STORMS ARE
PRIMARY PRODUCING WIND AND HAIL AND WILL CONTINUE NORTHEASTWARD INTO
NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING.
FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST...WE HAVE A BOWING LINE SEGMENT
THAT IS MOVING INTO OUR FAR NORTHWEST PORTION OF OUR WARNING AREA.
THIS ACTIVITY IS ALSO HEADING NORTHEASTWARD AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT
AREAS WEST OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA. A FEW MORE DISCRETE CELLS
HAVE DEVELOPED NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN AND ARE HEADING DUE NORTH AT A
FAST CLIP. WE COULD SEE THESE CELLS MERGE INTO THE ADVANCING BOWING
SEGMENT AND PRODUCE MORE SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
THE NOCTURNAL LOW-LEVEL JET AXIS IS NOW STARTING TO FLARE UP AND
PUSH INTO OUR REGION. KLVX WSR-88D VERTICAL WIND PROFILES SHOW AN
INCREASE IN VELOCITIES BETWEEN 2-4KFT AGL. IN ADDITION...WE ARE
START TO SEE WINDS IN THE LOWEST SFC-2K AGL STARTING TO BACK TO THE
SOUTHEAST. THIS IS RESULTING IN A VEERED WIND PROFILE SUFFICIENT
FOR ROTATING UPDRAFTS. IN ADDITION...MUCH OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY IS
CONVECTIVELY UNDISTURBED WITH OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWING 1000-1500
J/KG WITH A RELATIVELY WEAK CAP IN PLACE. THUS...EXPECT A MIX MODE
OF LINEAR/BOWING CONVECTION ALONG WITH ISOLATED SUPERCELLS THAT CAN
FORM DISCREETLY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
INITIAL WATCH BOX THAT CAME OUT ONLY WENT AS FAR NORTH AS THE OHIO
RIVER AS IT WAS UNCLEAR OF HOW CONVECTION WOULD EVOLVE OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. SINCE THE WATCH WAS ISSUED...CONVECTION HAS TAKEN A
NOTICEABLE UPTICK AND AFTER COORDINATING WITH SPC...ALONG WITH
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EXTENSIVE OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS AND LATEST
RADAR TRENDS...WE FELT IT WOULD BE BEST TO EXPAND THE TORNADO WATCH
TO ALL AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.
AS IF THE SEVERE CONVECTION WAS NOT ENOUGH....STRONG MOISTURE
TRANSPORT COURTESY OF THE STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY PBL FLOW IS PUSHING
PWAT VALUES UP OVER AN INCH IN MANY AREAS. PWATS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
INCREASE OVERNIGHT. WHILE CONVECTION MAY EVENTUALLY WIND DOWN A
BECOME SUB-SEVERE...EXTENSIVE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY
TO IMPACT THE REGION. LIGHTER QPF IS EXPECTED IN THE EAST AS
MOISTURE WILL WORK IN THERE LATER...BUT IN AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE
65...1-2 INCHES OF RAINFALL COULD OCCUR TONIGHT. THIS WILL SIMPLY
ADD INSULT TO INJURY TO OUR ALREADY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS. THUS
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVERNIGHT ALONG WITH A LONG DURATION
AREAL FLOOD WARNING FOR OUR SOUTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES AND NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY COUNTIES.
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING)...
...WIDESPREAD FLOODING RAIN LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH A
POSSIBLE REGIONAL OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER TOMORROW AFTERNOON...
WITH NEAR RECORD APRIL RAINFALL ALREADY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
OUR FORECAST AREA...MORE RAIN IN NOT NEEDED. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD
RAINS RANGING FROM TWO TO LOCALLY OVER 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THIS
WILL AGGRAVATE AN ALREADY BAD FLOODING SITUATION. HAVE THEREFORE
ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA-WIDE FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING.
OVER THE PAST WEEK...PERSISTENT TROUGHING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS
AND RIDGING ACROSS FLORIDA HAS LEAD TO REPEATED CONVECTIVE EPISODES
ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. THE LAST IN A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY TONIGHT. THIS LAST SYSTEM
WILL BE THE STRONGEST OF ALL...FUELED BY A POWERFUL UPPER JET THAT
WILL NOSE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY...A COUPLED JET STRUCTURE WILL LEAD TO STRONG RISING
MOTION OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND RAPID DEEPENING OF LOW
PRESSURE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TOMORROW.
EVEN AT THIS LATE TIME...DIFFERENCES EXIST BETWEEN THE LATEST GFS
AND THE NAM IN THE STRENGTHENING AND MOVEMENT OF THE SURFACE LOW. THE
NAM IS STRONGER AND FURTHER NORTH...STRENGTHENING THE LOW TO 986MB
OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE GFS IS WEAKER AND
SLIGHTLY MORE DIFFUSE WITH THIS FEATURE...BRINGING A BROAD TROUGH
THAT WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH ARKANSAS DURING THIS
SAME TIME.
IN RESPONSE TO THE RAPID DEEPENING OF THIS LOW...MID AND UPPER WINDS
WILL INTENSIFY RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AND MOISTURE AND ELEVATED
INSTABILITY WILL RACE NORTHWARD FROM THE WESTERN GULF OVERNIGHT.
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO SOUTHWESTERN KENTUCKY BY LATE EVENING...OVERSPREADING THE
ENTIRE AREA BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WEDNESDAY
WITH OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN. THE HYDROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER HAS
REMAIN CONSISTENT IN ITS FORECAST OF UP TO 4 INCHES OVER A 24 HOUR
PERIOD ENDING BY 06Z THURSDAY. SHOULD WIDESPREAD CONVECTION DEVELOP
AND CONTINUE ACROSS ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE LATER TONIGHT...MOISTURE
TRANSPORT MAY BE DISRUPTED AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY BE LESS.
SEVERE WEATHER IS A THREAT FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS
MID-LEVEL WINDS INCREASE AND THE NOSE OF THE UPPER JET MOVES INTO
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...STORM RELATIVE
HELICITIES...A MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT WIND SHEAR IN THE
ATMOSPHERE...WILL BECOME EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH. ONE LIMITING FACTOR FOR
SEVERE WEATHER TOMORROW WILL BE A POSSIBLE LACK OF INSTABILITY DUE
TO WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDINESS. HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY
DISCRETE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES. ONE OR MORE LINES OF STORMS OR BOWING SEGMENTS MAY ALSO
DEVELOP...AND MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.
BY THE EVENING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND
STORMS WILL END BY LATE EVENING ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS AND LAKE
CUMBERLAND REGIONS. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL LEAD TO PARTIAL
CLEARING BY EARLY THURSDAY.
.LONG TERM (THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY)...
THURSDAY - THURSDAY NIGHT...
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY MORNING WITH
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
DEEP EAST CONUS TROUGH WITH CLOSED LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES
WILL INFLUENCE SENSIBLE WEATHER. EXPECT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDS
SKIES ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY WITH AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO
RIVER UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WRAPPED
AROUND THE UPPER LOW. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY STAY UNDER MOSTLY
CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLE IN THE
DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR RAIN THROUGH A
PORTION OF THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE SKIES BEGIN TO CLEAR FROM SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST. HIGHS ON THURSDAY SHOULD BE COOL...IN THE LOWER 60S
ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S ELSEWHERE. LOWS
THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 40S.
FRIDAY - SATURDAY...
BY FRIDAY...LARGE AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST
ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SLIDING
EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS AND WEAK RIDGING BUILDING IN FROM THE
CENTRAL CONUS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DRY
WEATHER WITH HIGHS WARMING UP TO AROUND 70. FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE
MILDER AROUND 50 DEGREES. RIDGING WILL HOLD ON FOR SATURDAY WITH
CONTINUED DRY WEATHER AND INCREASING MID AND UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO REBOUND...TOPPING OUT IN THE MID
70S.
SATURDAY NIGHT - MONDAY...
A WETTER PERIOD OF WEATHER FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND FIRST PART
OF NEXT WEEK IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY AS MODELS HAVE COME
INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH SLOWLY MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING
ACROSS THE AREA. THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON
SATURDAY NIGHT AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND
ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW MOVE INTO WESTERN ONTARIO. PERSISTENT
SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL DO ITS BEST TO HOLD GROUND...HELPING
TO STALL THE PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT AS OPEN SHORTWAVE OVER ONTARIO
CLOSES OFF AND HEADS DUE NORTH. BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEST OF I 65 SATURDAY NIGHT...EVERYWHERE ON
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND EAST OF I 65 ON MONDAY. TIMING COULD
CHANGE SLIGHTLY SLOWER OR FASTER WITH THIS FRONTAL PROGRESSION
DEPENDING ON HOW WELL RIDGING TO THE EAST HOLDS UP. HAVE INCREASED
POPS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD TO A SOLID CHANCE OF OCCURRENCE. CURRENTLY
WITH FRONTAL PROGRESSION QUITE SLOW...QPF COULD AMOUNT TO AN INCH TO
AN INCH AND A HALF THROUGH THE EVENT...HOWEVER WITH SEVERAL DAYS
RECOVERY AHEAD OF THIS RAIN...FEEL IMPACTS WOULD BE LIMITED TO
SLOWING REGRESSION OF THE AREA RIVERS.
EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S ON SUNDAY AND IN THE UPPER 60S
ON MONDAY WITH LOWS ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S AND
SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER 50S.
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE AREA KEEPING THINGS DRY...WITH
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S AND LOWS IN THE MID 40S.
&&
.AVIATION (06Z TAF ISSUANCE)...
LARGE BATCH OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE CONVECTION IS ALREADY
IMPACTING KSDF AND KBWG AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE FIRST
PART OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE
PERIOD THOUGH CAN'T RULE OUT SOME TEMPO IFR VSBYS IN THE HEAVIER
CONVECTION. CONVECTION SHOULD WEAKEN A BIT AS IT HEADS EAST AND WE
SHOULD SEE A TRANSITION TO HEAVY RAIN AFTER 27/10Z AT KSDF/KBWG.
FURTHER EAST AT KLEX...RAIN WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET THERE. LATEST
RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A FEW RENEGADE SHOWERS/STORMS MOVING QUICKLY NE
THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THUS WILL KEEP VCTS IN AT KLEX THIS
MORNING BUT AM THINKING THAT CONVECTION SHOULD REACH KLEX BY 27/09Z
OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
OVERALL...CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH BY 27/13-15Z WITH JUST SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND VFR CIGS/VSBYS. SFC WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE
GUSTY WITH SUSTAINED 12-15KTS AND GUSTS UP TO 30KTS AFTER 27/15Z.
&&
.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR KYZ023>043-
045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082.
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR INZ076>079-
083-084-089>092.
&&
MESOSCALE......MJ
SHORT TERM.....JSD
LONG TERM......BJS
AVIATION.......MJHazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 10:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1139 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-280345- 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- 1139 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011 /1039 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. STRONG WIND FIELDS ALOFT ALONG WITH ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY FALL ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...MAINLY IN AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING GIVEN THAT THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN ALL PLACES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY CREATE A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. EXCESSIVE RAINS WITH FORECAST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO LOCALLY OVER 4 INCHES WILL FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. RAPID RISES IN STREAM AND RIVERS MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE OVER A FLOODED ROADWAY. A REGIONAL SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND STRONG DYNAMICS WILL BRING A THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. SHOULD STORMS FORM LINE SEGMENTS OR BOW ECHOS...WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. EXPECT CONTINUED FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS WITH A THREAT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MJ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 11:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1255 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
INZ076-077-084-089>091-KYZ024-025-027>030-270530-
BRECKINRIDGE-BULLITT-CRAWFORD-FLOYD-GRAYSON-HARDIN-HARRISON-
JEFFERSON-MEADE-ORANGE-PERRY-WASHINGTON-
1255 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS...
AT 1254 AM EDT/1154 PM CDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PAOLI
TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEITCHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL
RATES OF AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE...PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35
TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
VALLEY STATION...
SHIVELY...
PLEASURE RIDGE PARK...
HARDINSBURG...
BRANDENBURG...
WOODLAWN GROVE AND RAYMOND...
STAMPERS CREEK AND SYRIA...
PUMPKIN CENTER AND HARDIN SPRINGS...
BROMER AND LODALE...
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 105 AND 92.
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 3878 8618 3838 8618 3838 8580 3772 8578
3767 8610 3742 8650 3869 8665 3869 8633
3877 8629 3879 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 225DEG 24KT 3850 8644 3755 8638
AMLLocal storm report, Apr 26, 11:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1259 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0222 AM TSTM WND DMG OLMSTEAD 36.75N 87.02W
04/26/2011 LOGAN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
BARN BLOWN ONTO RAILROAD TRACKS. SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
0222 AM TSTM WND DMG OLMSTEAD 36.75N 87.02W
04/26/2011 LOGAN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
TRAILER FLIPPED...SEVERAL BARNS DOWN...WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE FROM ALLENSVILLE TO OLMSTEAD
0227 AM TSTM WND DMG RUSSELLVILLE 36.84N 86.89W
04/26/2011 LOGAN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE ON A HOUSE IN RUSSELLVILLE. TREE ON A TRACTOR
TRAILER AS IT WAS TRAVELING ON CONCORD ROAD.
0236 AM TSTM WND DMG AUBURN 36.87N 86.70W
04/26/2011 LOGAN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED
0237 AM TSTM WND DMG AUBURN 36.87N 86.70W
04/26/2011 LOGAN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROOF DAMAGE
0248 AM TSTM WND DMG 10 S MORGANTOWN 37.07N 86.70W
04/26/2011 BUTLER KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRAILER BLOWN OFF FOUNDATION AND DESTROYED ON BOWLING
GREEN ROAD
0254 AM TSTM WND DMG FRANKLIN 36.73N 86.57W
04/26/2011 SIMPSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON MORGANTOWN ROAD
0258 AM TSTM WND DMG BOWLING GREEN 36.97N 86.44W
04/26/2011 WARREN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ALL OVER TOWN
0308 AM TSTM WND DMG CANEYVILLE 37.42N 86.49W
04/26/2011 GRAYSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
0321 AM TSTM WND GST LEITCHFIELD 37.48N 86.29W
04/26/2011 M58 MPH GRAYSON KY MESONET
0345 AM TSTM WND DMG GLASGOW 37.00N 85.92W
04/26/2011 BARREN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN GLASGOW
0417 AM TSTM WND DMG BARDSTOWN 37.81N 85.46W
04/26/2011 NELSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW ELECTRICAL OUTAGES AND A COUPLE TREES DOWN IN
BARDSTOWN CITY LIMITS
0428 AM TSTM WND DMG LEBANON 37.57N 85.25W
04/26/2011 MARION KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TELEPHONE POLE ABOUT TO COME DOWN... A POWER LINE DOWN
0433 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW COBURG 37.22N 85.33W
04/26/2011 TAYLOR KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TAYLOR COUNTY DEPART OF HIGHWAYS HAD TO REMOVE A TREE
FROM HIGHWAY 55 NEAR THE ADAIR COUNTY LINE.
0437 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 E LITTLE MOUNT 38.07N 85.23W
04/26/2011 SPENCER KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
A WELL BUILT TOBACCO BARN WAS DESTROYED AT THE 4 MILE
MARKER ON KY 1795.
0520 AM TSTM WND GST 7 W LEXINGTON 38.04N 84.59W
04/26/2011 M62 MPH FAYETTE KY ASOS
0655 PM HAIL HOLLAND 38.25N 87.04W
04/26/2011 E1.00 INCH DUBOIS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0655 PM HAIL 3 N HOLLAND 38.29N 87.04W
04/26/2011 E1.75 INCH DUBOIS IN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
IN THE ZOAR AREA NORTH OF HOLLAND.
0709 PM HAIL DUNDEE 37.55N 86.78W
04/26/2011 E1.75 INCH OHIO KY EMERGENCY MNGR
0710 PM HAIL ST. ANTHONY 38.32N 86.83W
04/26/2011 E1.00 INCH DUBOIS IN EMERGENCY MNGR
0712 PM HAIL DUNDEE 37.55N 86.78W
04/26/2011 E1.75 INCH OHIO KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0722 PM HAIL BIRDSEYE 38.31N 86.70W
04/26/2011 E0.50 INCH DUBOIS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND LIKE SNOW.
0724 PM HAIL FORDSVILLE 37.64N 86.72W
04/26/2011 E1.75 INCH OHIO KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0755 PM HAIL 3 ENE SHORT CREEK 37.55N 86.43W
04/26/2011 E1.00 INCH GRAYSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0756 PM HAIL 5 SW MCDANIELS 37.55N 86.50W
04/26/2011 E1.00 INCH GRAYSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0819 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNE CLARKSON 37.55N 86.19W
04/26/2011 GRAYSON KY EMERGENCY MNGR
POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. A HOUSE AND A BARN WERE
DESTROYED ON THE 2900 BLOCK OF SAINT PAUL ROAD. POWER
LINES WERE DOWNED.
0841 PM HAIL EASTVIEW 37.58N 86.05W
04/26/2011 E0.88 INCH HARDIN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
0850 PM TSTM WND DMG GLENDALE 37.60N 85.92W
04/26/2011 HARDIN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS HIGH STREET.
0903 PM HAIL ELIZABETHTOWN 37.70N 85.87W
04/26/2011 E0.88 INCH HARDIN KY AMATEUR RADIO
ST JOHNS ROAD AND RING ROAD.
1016 PM HAIL BARDSTOWN 37.81N 85.46W
04/26/2011 E1.25 INCH NELSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
1050 PM HAIL 3 NNE CHAPLIN 37.94N 85.20W
04/26/2011 E0.88 INCH NELSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
JUST UNDER QUARTER SIZE.
1134 PM LIGHTNING BEAVER DAM 37.41N 86.88W
04/26/2011 OHIO KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
PERSON STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. EXTENT OF INJURIES UNKNOWN.
1151 PM HAIL 1 NW SUNFISH 37.31N 86.38W
04/26/2011 E1.75 INCH EDMONSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
1211 AM FLASH FLOOD FORDSVILLE 37.64N 86.72W
04/27/2011 OHIO KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
SOME ROADS ARE BECOMING COVERED WITH HIGH WATER.
1225 AM HAIL MCDANIELS 37.60N 86.43W
04/27/2011 M0.88 INCH BRECKINRIDGE KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1226 AM HAIL CLOVERPORT 37.83N 86.63W
04/27/2011 M1.00 INCH BRECKINRIDGE KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1228 AM HAIL 2 N NEW CASTLE 38.46N 85.17W
04/27/2011 M1.00 INCH HENRY KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1229 AM HAIL MCQUADY 37.70N 86.52W
04/27/2011 M1.00 INCH BRECKINRIDGE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
1231 AM HAIL BRISTOW 38.13N 86.72W
04/27/2011 M0.50 INCH PERRY IN TRAINED SPOTTER
1240 AM HAIL HARNED 37.75N 86.42W
04/27/2011 M0.50 INCH BRECKINRIDGE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
1252 AM HAIL SPA 36.97N 87.00W
04/27/2011 M0.50 INCH LOGAN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK1100639 LMK1100640 LMK1100629 LMK1100641 LMK1100630
LMK1100632 LMK1100631 LMK1100633 LMK1100634 LMK1100637 LMK1100635
LMK1100636 LMK1100638 LMK1100646 LMK1100645 LMK1100642 LMK1100651
LMK1100652 LMK1100648 LMK1100647 LMK1100653 LMK1100649 LMK1100650
LMK1100655 LMK1100654 LMK1100657 LMK1100656 LMK1100659 LMK1100658
LMK1100660 LMK1100661 LMK1100662 LMK1100663 LMK1100664 LMK1100665
LMK1100666 LMK1100669 LMK1100667 LMK1100668 LMK1100670 LMK1100671
SZAPPANOSSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
106 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
KYZ070-270530-
LOGAN-
1206 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS...
AT 1203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELKTON...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE
INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA
SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
RUSSELLVILLE...
CAVE SPRINGS AND WHIPPOORWILL...
DANBY AND EPLEYS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3677 8707 3680 8707 3699 8707 3701 8706
3687 8680 3665 8692 3665 8707 3666 8708
3674 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 213DEG 37KT 3677 8701
JDGSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 12:25 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 125 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 INZ091-092-KYZ030-031-270600- CLARK-FLOYD-JEFFERSON-OLDHAM- 125 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND HALF INCH HAIL... AT 122 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PLEASURE RIDGE PARK...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...AND HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... VALLEY STATION... ST. MATTHEWS... SHIVELY... PROSPECT... PLEASURE RIDGE PARK... LOUISVILLE BOWMAN FIELD... CLARKSVILLE... CEMENTVILLE AND WATSON... CLARK REGIONAL AIRPORT AND PRATHER... THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 137. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 8. 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 3849 8584 3845 8555 3809 8570 3809 8589 TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 196DEG 37KT 3818 8580 AML
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 12:41 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
141 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
KYZ026-027-061-070>072-270615-
BUTLER-GRAYSON-LOGAN-OHIO-SIMPSON-WARREN-
1241 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS...
AT 1236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MORGANTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
RUSSELLVILLE...
MORGANTOWN...
CASEY AND BANOCK...
NEAFUS AND DOGWALK...
STEFF AND DO STOP...
PINE KNOB AND POST...
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN KENTUCKY (FORD) PARKWAY BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 75 AND 94.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE NATCHER PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27
AND 41.
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 3665 8705 3709 8693 3711 8690 3713 8692
3760 8678 3748 8631 3732 8640 3732 8647
3725 8644 3665 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0541Z 205DEG 36KT 3726 8668
AMLSpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 12:58 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
158 AM EDT WED APR 27 2011
KYZ027-062-071-270630-
EDMONSON-GRAYSON-WARREN-
1258 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS...
AT 1254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PLUM SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
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 THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
PLUM SPRINGS...
MOUNT VICTOR...
LEITCHFIELD...
DELAFIELD...
CRESTMOOR...
NICK AND ASPHALT...
LINDSEYVILLE AND WINDYVILLE...
BEE SPRING AND SWEEDEN...
BROADWAY AND MOUTARDIER...
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
22 AND 30.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE NATCHER PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND
7.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.
&&
LAT...LON 3698 8658 3717 8648 3715 8646 3716 8644
3715 8642 3717 8640 3724 8645 3760 8627
3757 8619 3756 8611 3744 8606 3733 8613
3733 8616 3731 8615 3688 8632
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 196DEG 43KT 3707 8636
JDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 22 min |
| Apr 26, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 14 min |
| Apr 26, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Spencer, Washington | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Ohio | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 10:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Henry and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Edmonson, Grayson | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 11:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade | 9 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 12:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Logan | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson, Warren | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 2:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Hancock, Ohio | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Warren | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 3:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 5:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Green, Hart | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 6:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 6:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Washington | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 6:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 19 min |
| Apr 27, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell, Taylor | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Harrison, Scott, Woodford | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 7:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 7:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clinton | 14 min |
| Apr 27, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Russell | 12 min |
| Apr 27, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Scott | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Garrard, Lincoln | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 7:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott, Woodford | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 8:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 8:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Madison, Nicholas | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 36 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 36 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hart | 36 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 10:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas, Robertson | 25 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Warren | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.