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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 2013, 11:13 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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
- Oct 31, 2013, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Adair County, KY, Casey County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Taylor County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 684 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 787 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Oct 31, 10:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 10:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1211 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013 KYZ028-029-034>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-020415- HARDIN KY-BULLITT 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...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...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 1211 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013 /1111 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... ...TORNADO WATCH 555 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. STRONG TO SEVERE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND A BRIEF TORNADO SPIN-UP THROUGH 2AM EDT...1AM CDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>027-030>033-020415- 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-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY- HENRY KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD... NEW CASTLE 1211 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013 /1111 PM CDT THU OCT 31 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS...UP TO 40 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. 13
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Oct 31, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Edmonson, Hardin | 43 min |
| Oct 31, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Franklin, Harrison, Larue, Marion and 6 more | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Hart, Larue | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine and 6 more | 26 min |
| Oct 31, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 44 min |
| Oct 31, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Shelby | 31 min |
| Oct 31, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Trimble | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison and 6 more | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Jefferson and 4 more | 31 min |
| Oct 31, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott, Woodford | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 5 more | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Spencer | 44 min |
| Oct 31, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 4 more | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Garrard, Madison | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Hart | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 27 min |
| Nov 1, 12:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln and 3 more | 29 min |
| Nov 1, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 16 min |
| Nov 1, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange, Washington | 26 min |
| Oct 31, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Orange, Washington | 29 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.