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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 326, NWS Louisville, KY

June 15, 2011Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 7:38 PM CDT for Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 21 min. 2 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: Jun 15, 2011, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2011, 7:59 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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
Jun 15, 7:38 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Fountain Run, KY	REPORT RELAYED OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL
Jun 15, 7:53 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	2 W Gamaliel, KY	DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED

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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 0 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
Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 1668 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

764 
WUUS53 KLMK 160038
SVRLMK
KYC009-171-160115-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0326.110616T0038Z-110616T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
738 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BARREN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  FOUNTAIN RUN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  TOMPKINSVILLE...
  FLIPPIN AND JEFFREY...
  EMBERTON AND GUM TREE...
  FREETOWN AND GAMALIEL...
  HARLAN CROSSROADS...

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 3663 8589 3668 8597 3675 8599 3677 8603
      3679 8595 3668 8557 3662 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 292DEG 28KT 3672 8594
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

EER

2 follow-up statements

709 
WWUS53 KLMK 160046
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
846 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

KYC009-160056-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0326.000000T0000Z-110616T0115Z/
BARREN KY-
746 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BARREN 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 3663 8589 3667 8596 3671 8596 3674 8594
      3678 8591 3668 8557 3662 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 292DEG 28KT 3669 8587

$$

KYC171-160115-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0326.000000T0000Z-110616T0115Z/
MONROE KY-
746 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY...

AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR FLIPPIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED QUARTER 
SIZE HAIL IN FOUNTAIN RUN.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  TOMPKINSVILLE...
  FREETOWN AND GAMALIEL...
  HARLAN CROSSROADS...
  HESTAND...

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 3663 8589 3667 8596 3671 8596 3674 8594
      3678 8591 3668 8557 3662 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 292DEG 28KT 3669 8587
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

EER

992 
WWUS53 KLMK 160059
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
759 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

KYC171-160109-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0326.000000T0000Z-110616T0115Z/
MONROE KY-
759 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

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 3663 8589 3667 8596 3671 8596 3674 8594
      3678 8591 3668 8557 3662 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 292DEG 28KT 3665 8575

$$

EER

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 Jun 15, 7:13 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 7:13 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
813 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

...MESOSCALE UPDATE # 3...

WITH SOLAR INSOLATION DECREASING...ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY IS
STARTING TO WANE ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA.  WE CONTINUE TO
MONITOR TWO CLUSTERS OF STORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.  THE FIRST
IS DOWN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE SECOND IS GETTING
READY TO CROSS THE OHIO RIVER INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.  ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY IS STARTING TO TAKE ON
A BOW TYPE APPEARANCE AS THE COLD POOL BEHIND THE SYSTEM BECOMES
MORE MATURE.  INSTABILITY IS STILL GENERALLY GOOD DOWN STATE WITH
CAPE VALUES OF 2000-2500 J/KG.  FEEL THAT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS AS THIS ACTIVITY HEADS
EAST SOUTHEAST.  THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS IS MOVING INTO AN AREA THAT
HAS NOT FULLY RECOVERED FROM THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION AND A FAIR
AMOUNT OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION RESIDES IN THIS AREA.  THUS...WE
BELIEVE THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SLOWLY DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS.

IN REGARDS TO COMPLEX NUMBER TWO...THIS LINEAR BATCH OF STORMS
CONTINUES TO LOOK RATHER SOLID AS IT IS ENCOUNTERING AN ATMOSPHERE
THAT HAS NOT BEEN OVERLY CONTAMINATED AND HAS RECOVERED
SUFFICIENTLY FROM THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION.  SURFACE BASED
INSTABILITY REMAINS ELEVATED IN THIS REGION LIFTED INDICES IN THE
-4 TO -6 DEG CELSIUS AND CAPES IN THE 2400-2800 J/KG RANGE.
STEEPENING LAPSE RATES ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROMOTE A
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THREAT FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  BASED
ON THE CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...THIS ACTIVITY LOOKS LIKE IT WILL PASS
JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA.  AREAS AT MOST RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER IN THE NEXT HOUR WOULD BE THOSE IN IN THE
HANCOCK/BRECKINRIDGE/GRAYSON AND HARDIN COUNTY AREAS.

AS THIS NORTHERN BATCH CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST...WILL START
REMOVING THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)...

CURRENTLY...A SFC LOW SPINNING OVER WISCONSIN IS EXTENDING ITS WARM
FRONT SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS IL AND INTO WRN KY...WHERE TEMPS
EAST OF THIS ARE IN THE 60S AND LOW 70S...AND TEMPS WEST ARE IN THE
80S AND EVEN LOW 90S WITH LIFTED INDICES IN THE -3 TO -7 DEGREE
CELSIUS RANGE. THE SYSTEM/S COLD FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHWESTWARD THRU IL
AND INTO SERN MISSOURI. STORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG THE COLD FRONT
IN CENTRAL IL...AS WELL AS ALONG A MOISTURE BOUNDARY NEAR THE TN/KY
BORDER. THINK THE COMPLEX TO THE SOUTH WILL HOG MOST OF THE DEEPER
MOISTURE BUT SCATTERED CONVECTION IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
WITHIN THE SMALL WARM SECTOR AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST.
SINCE MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...WILL
STICK WITH CHC POPS THE REST OF THE DAY WITH THE HIGHEST SOUTH. ANY
STORM THAT DOES MAKE IT INTO OUR CWA IN THE WARM SECTOR COULD BE
STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN
THREATS.

THE 12Z NMM-WRF SEEMS TO HAVE AN OKAY HANDLE ON THE CURRENT
SITUATION...AS WELL AS THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WILL FOLLOW THIS MODEL
MOSTLY...WHICH ENDS POPS SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. TAPERED POPS QUICKLY
FROM WEST TO EAST BY MIDNIGHT...LEAVING SLIGHT CHC POPS OVER THE
EASTERN CWA AFTER 06Z. OVERNIGHT...WINDS SHOULD WEAKEN ENOUGH OVER
THE SOUTH WITH CLEARING SKIES THAT SOME FOG COULD FORM NEAR SUNRISE
THURSDAY. FOR NOW IN THE GRIDS...WILL KEEP FOG MENTIONED IN THE
RIVER VALLEYS/TYPICAL FOG-PRONE AREAS. LOWS SHOULD DIP INTO THE 60S.

TOMORROW...A WARM NORTHWEST FLOW WILL DOMINATE...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE DIVING SE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. WE SHOULD WARM UP
NICELY INTO THE 80S/NEAR 90 DEGREES OVER THE SW AHEAD OF THIS
FEATURE...WITH SKIES REMAINING MOSTLY SUNNY.

.LONG TERM (THURSDAY - WEDNESDAY)...

THURSDAY NIGHT - SUNDAY NIGHT...

AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL TAKE SHAPE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BE LOCATED ON THE PERIPHERY OF SOUTHERN CONUS
RIDGE...WHICH WILL PROVIDE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH A SLOW
NORTHEASTWARD MOVING WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY AT THE SURFACE
PARALLELING THE FLOW ALOFT. THE LATEST PROBABILISTIC AND
DETERMINISTIC MODELS INDICATE THE WARM FRONT WILL STRETCH ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. GIVEN THIS POSITION...AND THE
SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY...EXPECT A CHANCE OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL GREATLY DIMINISH BY SUNDAY NIGHT.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S FRIDAY. THE
MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA APPEARS TO BE ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL MEAN
TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 90 SATURDAY. EXPECT TEMPERATURES
TO BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES
A LITTLE FURTHER NORTHEAST. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY RANGE IN THE LOW TO
MID 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S ARE
ANTICIPATED.

MONDAY - WEDNESDAY...

THE WARM FRONT WILL NOW BE NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA AND HIGH
PRESSURE ALOFT WILL STRENGTHENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS.
EXPECT SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS...DRY CONDITIONS AND HOT TEMPERATURES
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S WILL BE
COMMON...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. BY LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PROGRESSING
EASTWARD THROUGH THE MID/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL APPROACH THE
OHIO VALLEY. THIS WILL BRING A RETURN OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING A FEW
DEGREES COOLER THAN TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION (00Z TAF ISSUANCE)...

STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE KBWG AND KSDF
TERMINALS EARLY THIS EVENING.  BATCH OF SEVERE STORMS NOW JUST NORTH
OF KBWG IS MOVING SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL AFFECT THE KBWG TERMINAL IN
THE NEXT 30-45 MINUTES.  IT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN
GUSTY WINDS AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL.  ACTIVITY SHOULD BE CLEARING OUT
OF THE TERMINAL BY 16/02Z WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING.
HOWEVER...COMBO OF CLEAR SKIES/CALM WINDS AND RECENT RAINS WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN FOG PRODUCTION AFTER 16/09Z.  FOR KNOW WILL KEEP
MVFR GOING IN THE TAF...BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE HAD TO
LOWER VSBYS IN SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS.

OVER AT KSDF...CURRENT RADAR DATA SUGGESTS THAT STORMS MAY APPROACH
THE METRO BY 16/01Z.  GIVEN THAT THE INSTABILITY DROPS OFF
SIGNIFICANTLY EAST OF KSDF AND THAT ACTIVITY WILL BE APPROACHING AS
WE LOOSE THE DAYTIME HEATING...AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH CONVECTION WILL
BE GOING ON AT THAT TIME.  FOR NOW WILL LEAVE IN VCTS BETWEEN
16/01-03Z AND THEN CLEAR THINGS OUT AFTER 16/03Z. A  PERIOD OF MVFR
VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 16/10-13Z.

AT KLEX...CIGS HAVE RECENTLY DROPPED INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY.  THESE
SHOULD REBOUND IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO BACK TO VFR LEVELS.  WITH LESS
INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH...FEEL THAT THUNDERSTORM THREAT OVER AT
KLEX IS FAIRLY LOW AND AM NOT GOING TO INCLUDE IT IN THE TAF AT THIS
TIME.  DO FEEL THAT GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED CLEARING SKIES/LIGHT WINDS
AND RECENT RAINS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VSBYS DROPPING INTO THE MVFR
RANGE AFTER 16/06Z.  A POSSIBILITY DOES EXIST FOR SOME IFR VSBYS AND
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND ADJUST THE FORECAST AS REQUIRED
FOR THE 16/06Z ISSUANCE.

&&

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

MESOSCALE......MJ
SHORT TERM.....AL
LONG TERM......MJP
AVIATION.......MJ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
620 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-161945-
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-
620 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011 /520 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE EVENING
WEARS ON IN AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.  SOME STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.  AS THE ACTIVITY CROSSES THE I-65 CORRIDOR
THE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AS ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY DECREASES
SIGNIFICANTLY IN AREAS EAST OF I-65.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS
IN EFFECT OR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA UNTIL 1100
PM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AS A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE
OUTLOOK AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF HAIL OR HIGH WINDS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

AL/MJP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:53 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
753 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

KYZ071>075-160030-
ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-SIMPSON-WARREN-
653 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF
SCOTTSVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF THREE SPRINGS TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FRANKLIN...AND MOVING EAST 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...DIME SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  THREE SPRINGS...
  SCOTTSVILLE...
  PLUM SPRINGS...
  MOUNT VICTOR...
  MEMPHIS JUNCTION...
  MOUNT AERIAL AND GOLD CITY...
  RED HILL AND MCELROY FORD...
  TRACY AND RODEMER...
  WALNUT HILL AND PETROLEUM...

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 20 AND 28.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE NATCHER PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1
AND 4.

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 3682 8671 3683 8671 3684 8670 3690 8654
      3703 8640 3676 8582 3667 8597 3665 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 288DEG 35KT 3689 8613 3678 8632
          3677 8661

EER

Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:56 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
756 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0730 PM     HAIL             6 NW OAKLAND            37.10N  86.33W
06/15/2011  E0.88 INCH       WARREN             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1100880

LG

Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
758 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0750 PM     HAIL             OAKLAND                 37.04N  86.25W
06/15/2011  E0.88 INCH       WARREN             KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE COCA-COLA PLANT

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1100881

LG

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:03 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
803 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0750 PM     HAIL             3 NW OAKLAND            37.07N  86.30W
06/15/2011  E0.88 INCH       WARREN             KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR EDMONSON-WARREN COUNTY
            LINE

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1100882

LG

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:10 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
810 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0745 PM     HAIL             SMITHS GROVE            37.05N  86.21W
06/15/2011  E1.25 INCH       WARREN             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1100883

LG

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:34 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
834 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

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

0822 PM     HAIL             SCOTTSVILLE             36.75N  86.20W
06/15/2011  E0.50 INCH       ALLEN              KY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1100884

LG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Hart	15 min
Jun 15, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	39 min
Jun 15, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	29 min
Jun 15, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	27 min
Jun 15, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	37 min
Jun 15, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	36 min
Jun 15, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	33 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2011 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.