Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2014, 7:01 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 27, 2014, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2014, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 801 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 Aug 27, 6:53 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 6:53 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 4:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 414 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-282015- 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 414 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 /314 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. ANY STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS THE REGION REMAINS LOCKED IN AN UNSETTLED PATTERN. THE MOST WIDESPREAD STORMS WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING INHERENT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM...STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. AMS/LG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:11 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
611 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014
INZ091-KYZ030-272240-
FLOYD IN-JEFFERSON KY-
611 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN AND 40
MPH WINDS IN FLOYD COUNTY AND WEST LOUISVILLE METRO...
AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM WEST OF NEW ALBANY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
SHIVELY...
NEW ALBANY...
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
115 AND 123.
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 3833 8583 3816 8577 3816 8591 3818 8590
3819 8596 3826 8595 3828 8597 3828 8599
3833 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 354DEG 6KT 3824 8588
RASSpecial weather statement, Aug 27, 6:14 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
614 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014
INZ090-KYZ025-272245-
HARRISON IN-MEADE KY-
614 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND 40
MPH WINDS...
AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANDENBURG...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
BRANDENBURG...
VALLEY CITY AND BATTLETOWN...
TITUS AND LODALE...
GLIDAS...
MAUCKPORT AND SIROCCO...
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 3813 8633 3815 8632 3816 8634 3816 8635
3821 8627 3798 8600 3789 8623 3813 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 327DEG 14KT 3810 8627
RASLocal storm report, Aug 27, 6:18 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
618 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0458 PM TSTM WND DMG PROSPECT 38.35N 85.61W
08/27/2014 JEFFERSON KY PUBLIC
TREE SNAPPED.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK1400794
MRCSpecial weather statement, Aug 27, 6:20 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
620 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014
KYZ035>037-039>043-272305-
ANDERSON KY-BOURBON KY-FAYETTE KY-FRANKLIN KY-HARRISON KY-NICHOLAS
KY-SCOTT KY-WOODFORD KY-
620 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
40 MPH WINDS...
AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF
CYNTHIANA TO GEORGETOWN TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAWRENCEBURG...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
GEORGETOWN...
LEXINGTON...
U K ARBORETUM...
DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL...
BRYAN STATION...
LANCELOT ESTATES AND MCKEES CROSSROADS...
GEORGETOWN SCOTT COUNTY AIRPORT AND JACKSONVILLE...
ELLISVILLE AND WALLACE...
FAYWOOD AND DONERAIL...
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 48 AND 75.
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 111 AND 130.
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
68 AND 72.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG WINDS WITH THESE STORMS CAN TOPPLE WEAKLY ROOTED TREES...AND
DOWN POWER LINES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN
FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION.
&&
LAT...LON 3828 8386 3799 8459 3800 8466 3800 8467
3811 8505 3814 8502 3826 8469 3849 8417
3846 8410 3845 8402 3842 8393 3837 8391
3837 8388 3832 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 290DEG 20KT 3842 8414 3823 8457
3807 8496
SCHOETTMERLocal storm report, Aug 27, 6:23 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
623 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0458 PM TSTM WND DMG PROSPECT 38.35N 85.61W
08/27/2014 JEFFERSON KY PUBLIC
TWO TREES SNAPPED.
&&
CORRECTED REMARKS
EVENT NUMBER LMK1400794
MRCLocal storm report, Aug 27, 6:35 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
635 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE PROSPECT 38.38N 85.60W
08/27/2014 OLDHAM KY PUBLIC
TWO TREES DOWN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK1400795
MRCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 4:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bullitt | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 18 min |
| Aug 27, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 6:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott | 20 min |
| Aug 27, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd | 29 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.