Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2012, 10:11 AM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 19 min. 3 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
- Jan 17, 2012, 10:11 AM CST (16:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2012, 10:30 AM CST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Ohio County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 10:23 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Mcquady, KY | CATTLE TRAILER TURNED OVER NEAR MCQUADY |
| Jan 17, 10:25 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Harned, KY | ROOF BLEW OFF OF A BARN INTO A HOUSE...DAMAGING THE HOUSE AS WELL. ESTIMATED 65 MPH WIND. |
| Jan 17, 10:25 AM CST | HAIL 0.5 | 2 W Fordsville, KY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
802
WUUS53 KLMK 171611
SVRLMK
KYC027-085-091-183-171630-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0009.120117T1611Z-120117T1630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1011 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN OHIO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN GRAYSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CST
* AT 1007 AM CST...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 ROSEVILLE TO HEFLIN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
MCQUADY AND VANZANT...
WESTVIEW AND KINGSWOOD...
HITES FALLS AND HICKORY CORNER...
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 3755 8706 3764 8695 3763 8692 3767 8683
3770 8687 3772 8686 3773 8683 3772 8634
3745 8670 3752 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1611Z 273DEG 46KT 3771 8670 3751 8698
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
AMSThe 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, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 18 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, 10:19 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 |
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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.