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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Louisville, KY

September 4, 2011Butler County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2011, 2:03 AM CDT for Butler County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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
Sep 4, 2011, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2011, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 970 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
970 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

382 
WUUS53 KLMK 040703
SVRLMK
KYC031-183-040730-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0430.110904T0703Z-110904T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
203 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AROUND
  60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORGANTOWN...MOVING NORTHWEST
  AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  MORGANTOWN...
  ABERDEEN...
  EDEN AND FLENER...
  MINING CITY...
  GILSTRAP AND LOGANSPORT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HAVE THEM RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3727 8692 3742 8667 3727 8659 3718 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 141DEG 11KT 3724 8667
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

TWF
1 follow-up statement
530 
WWUS53 KLMK 040717
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
217 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

KYC031-183-040730-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-110904T0730Z/
OHIO KY-BUTLER KY-
217 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BUTLER AND SOUTHEASTERN OHIO COUNTIES...

AT 214 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 EDEN...MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  MORGANTOWN...
  GILSTRAP AND BANOCK...
  LOGANSPORT AND OAK GROVE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN LOUISVILLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3727 8692 3742 8667 3727 8659 3718 8672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 141DEG 11KT 3727 8670
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

AL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMonroe14 min
Sep 3, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson22 min
Sep 3, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOldham29 min
Sep 3, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham, Trimble36 min
Sep 3, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson30 min
Sep 3, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble31 min
Sep 3, 10:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble33 min
Sep 3, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan26 min
Sep 3, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan35 min
Sep 3, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan, Simpson, Warren39 min
Sep 4, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAllen29 min
Sep 4, 1:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler37 min
Sep 4, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio29 min
Sep 4, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler46 min
Sep 4, 12:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison32 min
Sep 4, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison14 min
Sep 4, 1:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey24 min
Sep 4, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison30 min
Sep 4, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Lincoln29 min
Sep 4, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMarion25 min
Sep 4, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison30 min
Sep 4, 1:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKMadison2 hr
Sep 4, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt, Marion, Nelson, Washington29 min
Sep 4, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMarion, Washington19 min
Sep 4, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt, Nelson, Washington27 min
Sep 4, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer38 min
Sep 4, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan36 min
Sep 4, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan25 min
Sep 4, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison38 min
Sep 4, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Grayson, Logan28 min
Sep 4, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott37 min
Sep 4, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Green, Taylor27 min
Sep 4, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWoodford24 min
Sep 4, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas34 min
Sep 4, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison, Nicholas27 min
Sep 4, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Metcalfe18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.