Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2013, 5:34 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Monroe 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
- Jun 20, 2013, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2013, 6:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, KY, Monroe County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 692 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1077 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 Jun 20, 2:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 2:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 322 PM EDT THU JUN 20 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ025-029>043-046>049-055>057-211930- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN- PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-MEADE 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-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY- BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...BRANDENBURG...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE... FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG... VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND 322 PM EDT THU JUN 20 2013 /222 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. KYZ023-024-026>028-045-053-054-061>067-070>078-081-082-211930- HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-NELSON KY- LARUE KY-MARION 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...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BEAVER DAM... LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...BARDSTOWN...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG... CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN... FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON... COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 322 PM EDT THU JUN 20 2013 /222 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES UNSTABLE WITH THE DAYTIME HEATING AND AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS LIKELY WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT PONDING ON ROADWAYS TODAY AS WELL AS ANY GUSTY WINDS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. RJS/MJP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
KYZ077-078-081-202120-
ADAIR KY-CUMBERLAND KY-RUSSELL KY-
350 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 45 MPH WINDS IN SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY...
AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
GLENS FORK AND CUNDIFF...
OZARK...
CROCUS AND BRYAN...
MONTPELIER...
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 3688 8521 3689 8522 3688 8524 3690 8537
3708 8540 3714 8514 3687 8516
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 272DEG 10KT 3700 8527
MPSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
409 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
KYZ070-202135-
LOGAN KY-
409 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL
RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL...AND 50 MPH WINDS SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE...
AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE...NEARLY
STATIONARY.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL...AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL IMPACT...
RUSSELLVILLE...
FERGUSON...
OLMSTEAD...
LICKSKILLET...
CAVE SPRINGS...
OAKVILLE AND ADAIRVILLE...
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 3665 8707 3687 8706 3686 8674 3664 8678
3664 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 277DEG 5KT 3675 8695
13Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 426 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 KYZ074-076-202155- BARREN KY-METCALFE KY- 426 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL...AND 45 MPH WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST METCALFE COUNTY... AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDMONTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... RANDOLPH... NEW LIBERTY... GOODLUCK AND CEDAR FLATS... 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 3706 8562 3684 8560 3684 8578 3700 8579 TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 261DEG 4KT 3694 8571 MP
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:36 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 436 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 KYZ077-078-202205- ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- 436 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL...AND 45 MPH WINDS IN EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY MOVING INTO RUSSELL COUNTY... AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF JAMESTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... ESTO AND RUSSELL COUNTY AIRPORT... 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 3715 8511 3695 8507 3695 8524 3707 8528 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 261DEG 4KT 3702 8519 MP
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:02 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
502 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
KYZ070-202230-
LOGAN KY-
502 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 45 MPH WINDS...
AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUSSELLVILLE...AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS
TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
RUSSELLVILLE...
CAVE SPRINGS...
OAKVILLE...
CORINTH AND DENNIS...
WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING WEAK AND SHALLOW ROOTED
TREES.
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 3672 8704 3691 8703 3688 8667 3685 8668
3684 8669 3682 8670 3675 8674 3666 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 281DEG 6KT 3680 8690
13Special weather statement, Jun 20, 5:13 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
513 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
KYZ075-081-202240-
CUMBERLAND KY-MONROE KY-
513 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 45 MPH WINDS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND AND MONROE COUNTY
BORDER...
AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF TOMPKINSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 5 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. SMALL LIMBS AND WEAK TREES MAY BE DAMAGED WITH WINDS OF
THIS MAGNITUDE.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
DUBRE...
JUDIO...
CLOYDS LANDING AND ARAT...
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 3661 8564 3684 8573 3684 8563 3683 8560
3682 8559 3684 8557 3685 8559 3686 8556
3685 8556 3686 8555 3687 8547 3662 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 256DEG 6KT 3674 8556
MPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 21 min |
| Jun 20, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 28 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.