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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Louisville, KY

July 18, 2012Larue County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2012, 7:13 PM EDT for Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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: Jul 18, 2012, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Larue County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 2917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 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.

115 
WUUS53 KLMK 182313
SVRLMK
KYC123-182345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0367.120718T2313Z-120718T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
713 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LARUE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 712 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
  TANNER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HODGENVILLE...
  BUFFALO...
  MAGNOLIA...
  MOUNT SHERMAN AND JERICHO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3744 8587 3747 8589 3748 8588 3754 8588
      3763 8576 3746 8555 3746 8562 3747 8563
      3746 8564 3743 8567 3742 8565 3742 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 304DEG 7KT 3750 8577
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RAS

2 follow-up statements

058 
WWUS53 KLMK 182330
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
730 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

KYC123-182345-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-120718T2345Z/
LARUE KY-
730 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN LARUE COUNTY...

AT 725 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 MAGNOLIA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HODGENVILLE...
  BUFFALO...
  MOUNT SHERMAN AND JERICHO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3743 8570 3743 8577 3744 8577 3744 8587
      3763 8576 3750 8560 3743 8567 3742 8566
      3742 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 275DEG 8KT 3745 8573
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RAS

359 
WWUS53 KLMK 182338
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
738 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

KYC123-182348-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0367.000000T0000Z-120718T2345Z/
LARUE KY-
738 PM EDT WED JUL 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN LARUE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...

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 AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

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

LAT...LON 3743 8570 3743 8577 3744 8577 3744 8587
      3763 8576 3750 8560 3743 8567 3742 8566
      3742 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 275DEG 8KT 3745 8571

$$

RAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 1:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	30 min
Jul 18, 3:26 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Jefferson and 4 more	17 hr
Jul 18, 9:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	46 min
Jul 18, 9:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Nicholas	104 min
Jul 18, 10:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton	44 min
Jul 18, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	28 min
Jul 18, 1:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Russell	86 min
Jul 18, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Russell	28 min
Jul 18, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	31 min
Jul 18, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	31 min
Jul 18, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	30 min
Jul 18, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	28 min
Jul 18, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	32 min
Jul 18, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	30 min
Jul 18, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison	42 min
Jul 18, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	30 min
Jul 18, 4:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Madison	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	30 min
Jul 18, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison, Nicholas	28 min
Jul 18, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	46 min
Jul 18, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	43 min
Jul 18, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	29 min
Jul 18, 5:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette	117 min
Jul 18, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	46 min
Jul 18, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin	32 min
Jul 18, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	40 min
Jul 18, 6:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	3 hr
Jul 18, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Scott	62 min
Jul 18, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	29 min
Jul 18, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	47 min
Jul 18, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	31 min
Jul 18, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott	41 min
Jul 18, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Woodford	42 min
Jul 18, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott, Woodford	38 min
Jul 18, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren	30 min
Jul 18, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	29 min
Jul 18, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	45 min
Jul 18, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	61 min
Jul 18, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Woodford	31 min
Jul 18, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Taylor	31 min
Jul 18, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	60 min
Jul 18, 7:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Hart	3 hr

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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.