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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

January 17, 2012Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky; Harrison County, Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2012, 9:57 AM CST for Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky; Harrison County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 18 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: Jan 17, 2012, 9:57 AM CST (15:57 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2012, 10:15 AM CST
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 587 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 687 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.

767 
WUUS53 KLMK 171557
SVRLMK
INC061-123-KYC027-163-171615-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0007.120117T1557Z-120117T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
957 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST/1115 AM EST/

* AT 953 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LILLY DALE...MOVING EAST AT
  55 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  RHODELIA AND FRYMIRE...
  PAYNEVILLE AND SIROCCO...
  MAUCKPORT AND GLIDAS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER 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 3807 8665 3812 8643 3811 8640 3811 8639
      3807 8612 3792 8629 3793 8676 3794 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1557Z 267DEG 49KT 3799 8655
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <0.50IN

$$

AMS

1 follow-up statement

727 
WWUS53 KLMK 171615
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1015 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

INC061-123-KYC027-163-171625-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120117T1615Z/
PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-MEADE KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-
1015 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE...
WESTERN MEADE...SOUTHWESTERN HARRISON AND SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER 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 3807 8665 3812 8643 3811 8640 3811 8639
      3807 8612 3792 8629 3793 8676 3794 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 267DEG 49KT 3800 8624

$$

MP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 17, 9:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	31 min
Jan 17, 9:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hancock	43 days
Jan 17, 9:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	26 min
Jan 17, 9:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	17 min
Jan 17, 9:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	25 min
Jan 17, 9:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	36 min
Jan 17, 10:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	30 min
Jan 17, 10:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	28 min
Jan 17, 10:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	23 min
Jan 17, 10:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio	19 min
Jan 17, 10:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	26 min
Jan 17, 10:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	25 min
Jan 17, 10:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Spencer	37 min
Jan 17, 10:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Trimble	35 min
Jan 17, 10:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	16 min
Jan 17, 10:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	18 min
Jan 17, 10:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Meade, Nelson	31 min
Jan 17, 10:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more	23 min
Jan 17, 11:06 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Larue	24 min
Jan 17, 11:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	23 min
Jan 17, 11:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott, Woodford	31 min
Jan 17, 11:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	29 min
Jan 17, 11:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson and 1 more	36 min
Jan 17, 11:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue	33 min
Jan 17, 11:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	17 min
Jan 17, 11:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Hart	36 min
Jan 17, 11:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren	29 min
Jan 17, 11:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	27 min
Jan 17, 11:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas	25 min
Jan 17, 11:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Warren	19 min
Jan 17, 12:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Green, Taylor	35 min
Jan 17, 12:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Simpson	33 min
Jan 17, 12:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	31 min
Jan 17, 12:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	16 min
Jan 17, 12:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard	44 min
Jan 17, 12:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	25 min
Jan 17, 12:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	35 min
Jan 17, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	19 min
Jan 17, 12:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Hart, Marion, Taylor	30 min
Jan 17, 12:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	32 min
Jan 17, 12:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	23 min
Jan 17, 12:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell, Taylor	31 min
Jan 17, 1:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	13 min
Jan 17, 8:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	31 min
Jan 17, 8:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	44 min
Jan 17, 8:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange, Washington	36 min
Jan 17, 9:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	28 min
Jan 17, 9:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	36 min
Jan 17, 9:27 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	33 min
Jan 17, 9:30 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Scott, Washington	30 min

Nearby

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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.