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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2013, 3:14 PM EDT for Hardin County, Larue County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 2013, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hardin County, KY, Larue County, KY, Nelson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 10, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:10 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1131 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 INZ076-083-084-089-090-KYZ023>028-061>063-070>075-111545- ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BUTLER KY- EDMONSON KY-HART KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY- BARREN KY-MONROE KY- 1131 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 /1031 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED GROUND FROM THIS PAST WEEKENDS RAINFALL. THE BEST TIME FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA TO SEE THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE ROUGHLY FROM 2 TO 10 PM EDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. INZ077>079-091-092-KYZ029>043-045>049-053>057-064>067-076>078-081- 082-111545- WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 1131 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 /1031 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2013/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED GROUND FROM THIS PAST WEEKENDS RAINFALL. THE BEST TIME FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA TO SEE THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE ROUGHLY FROM 2 TO 10 PM EDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. MJ/EER/RJS
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 11:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Casey, Clinton and 11 more | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Meade, Nelson | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Hardin | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 7 more | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Mercer | 17 min |
| Jul 10, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor, Washington | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott, Woodford | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Washington | 28 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
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.