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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Louisville, KY

July 23, 2014Bourbon County, Harrison County, Nicholas County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2014, 1:52 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Harrison County, Nicholas County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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 23, 2014, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2014, 2:20 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bourbon County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Nicholas County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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, 9:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 9:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 11:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:58 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:26 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:29 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:38 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:42 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	31 min
Jul 23, 11:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	30 min
Jul 23, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer	28 min
Jul 23, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	32 min
Jul 23, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson	30 min
Jul 23, 12:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	46 min
Jul 23, 12:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Woodford	29 min
Jul 23, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln	31 min
Jul 23, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	48 min
Jul 23, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard	32 min
Jul 23, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette	29 min
Jul 23, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard	31 min
Jul 23, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	32 min
Jul 23, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland	28 min
Jul 23, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	30 min
Jul 23, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Green	31 min
Jul 23, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	29 min
Jul 23, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green	30 min
Jul 23, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	33 min
Jul 23, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	32 min
Jul 23, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	28 min
Jul 23, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green	31 min
Jul 23, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	28 min
Jul 23, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland	23 min
Jul 23, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	31 min
Jul 23, 5:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair	32 min
Jul 23, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	28 min
Jul 23, 6:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Cumberland	115 min
Jul 23, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland	29 min
Jul 23, 6:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Cumberland	2 hr
Jul 23, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Taylor	31 min
Jul 23, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	31 min
Jul 23, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland	31 min
Jul 23, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jessamine	30 min
Jul 23, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	28 min
Jul 23, 7:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	30 min
Jul 23, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	28 min
Jul 23, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton	30 min
Jul 23, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland	31 min
Jul 23, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	32 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.