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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2013, 12:04 AM EDT for Garrard County, Jessamine 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 24, 2013, 12:04 AM EDT (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2013, 12:35 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Garrard County, KY, Jessamine County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 23, 11:16 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 11:16 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 844 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-250045- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN- PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY- MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-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-BUTLER KY- EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY- ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON... PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG... NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE... GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE... BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE... EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 844 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013 /744 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A COOL FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AFTER A FEW DAYS RESPITE FROM STORMS...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST BUILD IN OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION...BRINGING BACK A SMALL CHANCE FOR STORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL ENCOUNTERED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. MJP/BJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 10:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1026 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
KYZ045-046-054-240310-
MARION KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
1026 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND 40
MPH WINDS...
AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF BARDSTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
SPRINGFIELD...
LEBANON...
NERINX AND MANTON...
GANDERTOWN...
BURKES SPRING AND FREDERICKTOWN...
BEARWALLOW AND SAINT MARY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3762 8559 3763 8559 3762 8557 3765 8558
3780 8555 3777 8502 3747 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 280DEG 17KT 3769 8546
RASSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 11:30 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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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 23, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion, Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 11:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 12:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.