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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY

March 23, 2011Casey County, Lincoln County, Marion County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 5:11 PM EDT for Casey County, Lincoln County, Marion County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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: Mar 23, 2011, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2011, 5:37 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Casey County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Marion County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 319 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.

894 
WUUS53 KLMK 232111
SVRLMK
KYC045-137-155-232145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0049.110323T2111Z-110323T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
511 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 508 PM EDT...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
  PENICK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HUSTONVILLE AND BUTCHERTOWN...
  MCKINNEY AND CHICKEN BRISTLE...
  BONEYVILLE...

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.

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 3750 8467 3736 8479 3750 8528 3763 8521
      3763 8518 3757 8505 3755 8505 3755 8500
      3753 8500 3753 8490 3756 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 283DEG 64KT 3753 8507
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

EER

2 follow-up statements

038 
WWUS53 KLMK 232134
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
534 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

KYC155-232145-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110323T2145Z/
MARION KY-
534 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MARION 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 3736 8479 3744 8505 3746 8506 3747 8505
      3755 8505 3755 8500 3753 8500 3753 8490
      3756 8484 3750 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 283DEG 64KT 3743 8455

$$

KYC045-137-232145-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110323T2145Z/
LINCOLN KY-CASEY KY-
534 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN CASEY AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 531 PM EDT...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 BLUE LICK...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. 

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHERN CASEY AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES.

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 3736 8479 3744 8505 3746 8506 3747 8505
      3755 8505 3755 8500 3753 8500 3753 8490
      3756 8484 3750 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 283DEG 64KT 3743 8455
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

EER

100 
WWUS53 KLMK 232137
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
537 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

KYC045-137-232147-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110323T2145Z/
LINCOLN KY-CASEY KY-
537 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CASEY AND WESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES 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 3736 8479 3744 8505 3746 8506 3747 8505
      3755 8505 3755 8500 3753 8500 3753 8490
      3756 8484 3750 8467
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 283DEG 64KT 3742 8450

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	31 min
Mar 23, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson, Washington	30 min
Mar 23, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	24 min
Mar 23, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	23 min
Mar 23, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Spencer	27 min
Mar 23, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer	23 min
Mar 23, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	25 min
Mar 23, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Woodford	24 min
Mar 23, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	20 min
Mar 23, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	34 min
Mar 23, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Nelson, Woodford	38 min
Mar 23, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	13 min
Mar 23, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Hart	22 min
Mar 23, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	24 min
Mar 23, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Washington	35 min
Mar 23, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	31 min
Mar 23, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Jessamine	29 min
Mar 23, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Taylor	24 min
Mar 23, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Woodford	27 min
Mar 23, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	30 min
Mar 23, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Harrison, Scott	44 min
Mar 23, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	31 min
Mar 23, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	27 min
Mar 23, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	23 min
Mar 23, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey	35 min
Mar 23, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Green	48 min
Mar 23, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	27 min
Mar 23, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey	10 min
Mar 23, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson, Warren	36 min
Mar 23, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	50 min
Mar 23, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Green, Russell	32 min
Mar 23, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	29 min
Mar 23, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Russell	15 min
Mar 23, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	34 min
Mar 23, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Monroe	15 min
Mar 23, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell	37 min
Mar 23, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Ohio	34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.