Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2012, 5:53 PM CDT for Logan 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
- Jun 11, 2012, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2012, 6:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Logan County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
896
WUUS53 KLMK 112253
SVRLMK
KYC141-112320-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0261.120611T2253Z-120611T2320Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
553 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 620 PM CDT
* AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE
WINDS AND WAS LOCATED NEAR LICKSKILLET...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
SCHLEY...
OAKVILLE AND ADAIRVILLE...
SCHOCHOH AND CORINTH...
HILLTOP...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8707 3673 8707 3680 8706 3684 8670
3680 8671 3675 8674 3666 8676 3664 8677
3664 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 264DEG 25KT 3671 8697
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
LG1 follow-up statement
232
WWUS53 KLMK 112311
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
611 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
KYC141-112320-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0261.000000T0000Z-120611T2320Z/
LOGAN KY-
611 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 620 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY...
AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCHOCHOH...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8707 3673 8707 3680 8706 3684 8670
3680 8671 3675 8674 3666 8676 3664 8677
3664 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 264DEG 25KT 3672 8681
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
LGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio, Simpson, Warren | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 89 min |
| Jun 11, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 84 min |
| Jun 11, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 29 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.