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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Louisville, KY

May 23, 20116 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2011, 5:51 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2011, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 23, 5:54 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	1 Ne New Middletown, IN	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MILE AN HOUR WINDS
May 23, 6:07 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Ramsey, IN
May 23, 6:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	New Albany, IN
May 23, 6:14 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S St. Joseph, IN	ROOF DAMAGE IN COBBLERS CROSSING SUBDIVISION

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 minutes after it went out.

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
May 23, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

596 
WUUS53 KLMK 232151
SVRLMK
INC019-043-061-077-143-175-232215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0259.110523T2151Z-110523T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
551 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 547 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUMPKIN CENTER TO CENTRAL BARREN TO 12
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITE CLOUD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  SCOTTSBURG...
  NEW ALBANY...
  CORYDON...
  CHESTNUT HILL AND DAISY HILL...
  GEORGETOWN AND VIENNA...
  LOTTICK CORNER AND DEPUTY...
  OTISCO AND LEXINGTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3838 8568 3828 8579 3827 8584 3824 8585
      3816 8593 3817 8627 3841 8610 3876 8597
      3876 8592 3873 8590 3873 8587 3881 8581
      3883 8574 3883 8565 3886 8562 3886 8559
      3889 8558 3891 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 270DEG 43KT 3876 8597 3840 8611
          3813 8634
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

TWF

1 follow-up statement

736 
WWUS53 KLMK 232225
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
625 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

INC019-043-061-077-143-175-232234-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0259.000000T0000Z-110523T2215Z/
JEFFERSON IN-SCOTT IN-WASHINGTON IN-CLARK IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
625 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FLOYD...NORTHERN HARRISON...
WESTERN CLARK...EASTERN WASHINGTON...SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH 
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.

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 3838 8568 3828 8579 3827 8584 3824 8585
      3816 8593 3817 8627 3841 8610 3876 8597
      3876 8592 3873 8590 3873 8587 3881 8581
      3883 8574 3883 8565 3886 8562 3886 8559
      3889 8558 3891 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 270DEG 43KT 3876 8597 3840 8611
          3813 8633

$$

MP

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 23, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
448 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...MESOSCALE UPDATE...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT DUE TO A LINE OF POWERFUL
STORMS CROSSING THE WABASH RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. THESE
STORMS...ESPECIALLY THE CELLS NORTH OF EVANSVILLE...HAVE EXHIBITED
RADAR SIGNATURES TYPICAL OF EXTREMELY POWERFUL WINDS. VERY DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. LOCAL
DOWNBURST WINDS WITH GUST SPEEDS TO 90 MPH CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH
THE STRONGEST CELLS.

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND TUESDAY)...

THE IMMEDIATE CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON IS THE COMPLEX OF STORMS
OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST INTO INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. WITH THE
DAYTIME HEATING AND CONTINUED GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS THE
ATMOSPHERE OVER THE FORECAST AREA CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE. THIS
WILL SUSTAIN EXISTING STORMS AND POSSIBLY ALLOW THEM TO STRENGTHEN
AS THEY TRACK EAST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MAY NEED TO BE
ISSUED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE
STORMS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL TO MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.

THE COMPLEX OF STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY 03Z OR SO. WE
WILL SEE ANOTHER BREAK IN THE STORMS UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
WHEN A SHORTWAVE APPROACHES THE AREA. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. ADDITIONALLY A
FRONT WILL SLOWLY DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTH...ENDING UP ACROSS
SOUTHERN INDIANA BY TOMORROW EVENING. BOTH OF THESE FEATURES WILL
HELP TO ENHANCE CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE FORECAST AREA. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TOMORROW MORNING/AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WINDS
AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL.

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH LOWS IN THE
MID TO UPPER 60S TONIGHT AND HIGHS TOMORROW IN THE MID 80S AGAIN.

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT - MONDAY)...

TUESDAY NIGHT-FRIDAY NIGHT...

POP CHANCES WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD AS TROUGHING OVER
THE ROCKIES GENERATES A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL AFFECT OUR
AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SFC LOW WILL GENERATE
OVER KANSAS TUESDAY NIGHT...AND ITS WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND EASTWARD
PERHAPS AS FAR EAST AS OUR CWA. WITH SLIGHT RIDGING OVER THE GULF
STATES...THINK THE WARM FRONT SHOULD STAY OVER OUR NWRN/NRN CWA.
HOWEVER SINCE IT WILL BE LIFTING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA...WILL HAVE
LOW CHC POPS OVER THE SOUTH WITH HIGH CHC POPS OVER THE NRN/NWRN CWA
TUES NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THESE ELEVATED STORMS COULD
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND CERTAINLY HEAVY RAINFALL/DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

BY WEDNESDAY...OUR CWA WILL BE WARM SECTORED AS THE LOW PRESSURE/S
COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES TOWARDS THE REGION. SCATTERED CONVECTION
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARM SECTOR WEDNESDAY WITH INCREASING POPS
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. HAVE
LIKELY POPS IN THE GRIDS FROM WED NIGHT OVER THE WEST...THURSDAY
EVERYWHERE AND THRS NIGHT OVER THE EAST AS THE FRONT TRACKS FROM
WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CWA. ALTHOUGH THIS LOW WILL BECOME
VERTICALLY STACKED AND FILL IN...THERE IS STILL UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
AND DEEPER WIND SHEAR THAT SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS COULD OCCUR
IF SOME ORGANIZATION OCCURS...AND AT THIS TIME THINKING THE BEST
CHANCE WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHERE DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE
MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORM.

HAVE POPS ENDING ON BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH ON FRIDAY...JUST
BEFORE THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FRIDAY NIGHT FROM THE WEST.
WILL KEEP LOW CHC POPS OVER THE WRN CWA FRIDAY NIGHT BUT THIS COULD
HOLD OFF UNTIL SATURDAY.

TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND CONDITIONS
WILL BE MUGGY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WITH AMPLE RAINFALL AND CLOUDS
AROUND THURSDAY/FRIDAY...TEMPS WILL BE A BIT COOLER WITH HIGHS IN
THE 70S.

SATURDAY-MEMORIAL DAY...

AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY APPROACH ON SATURDAY IN A NW FLOW
ALOFT. THIS SHUD AGAIN PROVIDE US WITH ANOTHER QUICK PUNCH OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THEREAFTER...SIGNS OF A STRONG RIDGE
OVERHEAD FROM LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO THE ACTUAL HOLIDAY WOULD BE A
NICE WAY TO END THIS ACTIVE PATTERN. KEPT SUNDAY NIGHT - MONDAY
NIGHT DRY. TEMPS WILL BE AROUND AVERAGE OR BELOW FOR SUNDAY BUT WILL
MODERATE QUICKLY IF THE RIDGE DEVELOPS AS STRONGLY AS THE OPS GFS IS
HINTING. WENT BELOW 00Z MEX GUIDANCE CLOSER TO 12Z GUIDANCE FOR
HIGHS/LOWS.

&&

.AVIATION (18Z TAF ISSUANCE)...

CLEARING THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON IS HELPING TO DESTABILIZE
THE ATMOSPHERE ONCE AGAIN.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY AFTER 20Z. WILL KEEP
ONLY A CB GROUP IN FOR THE TERMINALS RIGHT NOW BUT WILL LIKELY HAVE
TO AMEND WHEN THUNDERSTORMS DO BEGIN TO FIRE. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS
WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH ANOTHER BREAK IN
PRECIP BEFORE THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES IN DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY TOMORROW.

GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL RELAX TONIGHT AFTER THE STORMS MOVE
OUT OF THE AREA AND THE SUN GOES DOWN. HOWEVER...THINK WITH SHOWERS
AND STORMS MOVING BACK IN DURING THE MORNING HOURS FOG WILL NOT BE
MUCH OF A PROBLEM. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH
THE TAF PERIOD.

&&

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

MESOSCALE......13
SHORT TERM.....EER
LONG TERM......AL
AVIATION.......EER

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
348 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-242000-
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-
348 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 /248 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONG TO
SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...THOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL BEING POSSIBLE.

MORE ORGANIZED STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM
TRACKS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL THIS WEEK WILL
AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY STRONG WIND GUSTS...WIND DAMAGE...AND
HAIL OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
LOUISVILLE.

EER/AL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 5:15 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
515 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

KYZ024-025-232145-
BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-
415 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS...

AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARDINSBURG...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...SMALL PEA OR DIME SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND
45 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HARDINSBURG...
  CLIFTON MILLS AND GARFIELD...
  BASIN SPRING AND ROSETTA...
  IRVINGTON AND WEBSTER...
  HAYSVILLE AND GUSTON...

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 3809 8630 3806 8628 3803 8622 3783 8604
      3781 8610 3781 8615 3777 8618 3764 8647
      3781 8664
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 235DEG 31KT 3780 8642

MP

Local storm report, May 23, 5:30 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
530 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

0523 PM     HAIL             7 S FRENCH LICK         38.45N  86.62W
05/23/2011  E1.00 INCH       ORANGE             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1100771

RL

Local storm report, May 23, 5:33 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
533 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

0522 PM     TSTM WND GST     BIRDSEYE                38.31N  86.70W
05/23/2011  E60 MPH          DUBOIS             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1100772

RL

Local storm report, May 23, 5:36 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
536 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

0535 PM     HAIL             PAOLI                   38.56N  86.47W
05/23/2011  E0.88 INCH       ORANGE             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1100773

RL

Special weather statement, May 23, 5:44 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
544 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

INZ090-091-KYZ025-028>030-232215-
BULLITT-FLOYD-HARDIN-HARRISON-JEFFERSON-MEADE-
544 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS...

AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRANDENBURG...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...SMALL PEA OR DIME SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND
45 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  VALLEY STATION...
  SHIVELY...
  PLEASURE RIDGE PARK...
  OKOLONA...
  FAIRDALE...
  BUENA VISTA AND MACEDONIA...
  ELIZABETH AND SUGAR GROVE...
  BRIDGEPORT AND LOTTICK CORNER...
  LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
125 AND 134.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
113 AND 123.

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 3836 8588 3811 8564 3788 8607 3807 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 234DEG 35KT 3806 8606

MP

Local storm report, May 23, 5:46 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
546 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

0534 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CAMPBELLSBURG           38.65N  86.26W
05/23/2011                   WASHINGTON         IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CAMPBELLSBURG AREA

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1100774

RL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	10 min
May 23, 1:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	19 min
May 23, 1:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	18 min
May 23, 2:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	25 min
May 23, 2:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	23 min
May 23, 2:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	27 min
May 23, 2:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	47 min
May 23, 3:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	14 min
May 23, 3:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	12 min
May 23, 3:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	33 min
May 23, 4:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	27 min
May 23, 4:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington	26 min
May 23, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	20 min
May 23, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	32 min
May 23, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	23 min
May 23, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington	32 min
May 23, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	31 min
May 23, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	25 min
May 23, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Jefferson	34 min
May 23, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	33 min
May 23, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.