Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2014, 5:36 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Ohio County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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 7, 2014, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Perry County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Ohio County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 309 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
- 1145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 7, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 2:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 329 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-081930- 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 329 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 /229 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY STAND THE BEST CHANCE AT SEEING STORMS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BRING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BRING DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND POSSIBLY LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. 13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:11 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
511 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
INZ083-089-KYZ023-072240-
DUBOIS IN-HANCOCK KY-PERRY IN-
511 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 45 TO 50 MPH WINDS APPROACHING
DUBOIS...HANCOCK...AND PERRY COUNTIES. AN UPGRADE TO A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED AS THE STORMS DRAW CLOSER...
AT 506 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF WINSLOW TO 19 MILES WEST OF ROCKPORT TO 29 MILES WEST OF
OWENSBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45
TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
HAWESVILLE...
TELL CITY...
JASPER...
MILLERSPORT AND HOLLAND...
PORTERSVILLE AND HUNTINGBURG AIRPORT...
HAYSVILLE AND WAITMAN...
SAINT MARKS AND SAINT ANTHONY...
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 74 AND 79.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE THAT A GUST FRONT PRECEDING THESE STORMS WILL GENERATE
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WELL BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANY RAIN.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...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 3851 8707 3848 8670 3825 8671 3827 8657
3821 8657 3820 8646 3807 8643 3804 8652
3793 8650 3792 8658 3784 8667 3766 8663
3774 8683 3784 8692 3790 8692 3790 8699
3801 8678 3810 8677 3820 8680 3821 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 285DEG 46KT 3851 8729 3796 8731
3773 8759
KDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Edmonson | 33 min |
| Jul 7, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 30 min |
Nearby
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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.