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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Louisville, KY

July 5, 2012Adair County, Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2012, 3:13 PM CDT for Adair County, Casey County, Lincoln County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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: Jul 5, 2012, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adair County, KY, Casey County, KY, Lincoln County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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
Jul 5, 3:13 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Phil, KY	1 LARGE TREE WAS DOWN IN DUNNVILLE AND 1 TREE WAS DOWN JUST EAST ON KENTUCKY 501.
Jul 5, 3:18 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nw Bethelridge, KY	DISPATCH REPORTS TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAYS 70...1649...AND 501

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 5, 2:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 1407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

271 
WUUS53 KLMK 052013
SVRLMK
KYC001-045-137-052045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0321.120705T2013Z-120705T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
413 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT/345 PM CDT/

* AT 413 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 MOUNT OLIVE TO DUNNVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  PHIL...
  EVONA AND ARGYLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE A BURST
OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW SPOTS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 3715 8501 3718 8504 3717 8506 3721 8515
      3734 8475 3731 8462 3714 8485 3711 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 289DEG 5KT 3728 8476 3720 8502
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

MP

2 follow-up statements

844 
WWUS53 KLMK 052031
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
431 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

KYC001-052041-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-120705T2045Z/
ADAIR KY-
331 PM CDT THU JUL 5 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.

LAT...LON 3715 8501 3718 8504 3734 8475 3731 8462
      3714 8485 3711 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 289DEG 5KT 3727 8473 3718 8494

$$

KYC045-137-052045-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-120705T2045Z/
LINCOLN KY-CASEY KY-
431 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASEY AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...

AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MOUNT OLIVE TO TEDDY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  ARGYLE...
  BETHELRIDGE AND WARE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. THIS STORM HAS DEVELOPED VERY
QUICKLY...AND WILL PRODUCE A BURST OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW SPOTS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 3715 8501 3718 8504 3734 8475 3731 8462
      3714 8485 3711 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 289DEG 5KT 3727 8473 3718 8494
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

MP

592 
WWUS53 KLMK 052045
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
445 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

KYC045-137-052055-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-120705T2045Z/
LINCOLN KY-CASEY KY-
445 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CASEY AND
SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER
SEVERE. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE 
OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY 
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE.

LAT...LON 3715 8501 3718 8504 3734 8475 3731 8462
      3714 8485 3711 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 289DEG 5KT 3727 8473 3718 8494

$$

MP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 12:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Madison	27 min
Jul 5, 12:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	31 min
Jul 5, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	30 min
Jul 5, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	32 min
Jul 5, 12:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark	3 hr
Jul 5, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	31 min
Jul 5, 1:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Madison	2 hr
Jul 5, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	31 min
Jul 5, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	30 min
Jul 5, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	30 min
Jul 5, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Lincoln	31 min
Jul 5, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	32 min
Jul 5, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	27 min
Jul 5, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Garrard, Lincoln	32 min
Jul 5, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Marion, Washington	33 min
Jul 5, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion	46 min
Jul 5, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	27 min
Jul 5, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	28 min
Jul 5, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	20 min
Jul 5, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	45 min
Jul 5, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	11 min
Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	31 min
Jul 5, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	45 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.