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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Louisville, KY

August 28, 2014Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2014, 6:59 PM CDT for Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 18 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 28, 2014, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2014, 7:17 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hart County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 465 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 28, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 2:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
336 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2014

INZ076-077-083-084-089>091-KYZ023>030-038-039-045>047-053>056-
061>067-070>078-081-082-291945-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-
FLOYD IN-HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-
HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-NELSON KY-
WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD 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...JASPER...MARENGO...
TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...
BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...
LAWRENCEBURG...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...
MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...
RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY
336 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2014 /236 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING IN
THE VICINITY OF A WEAK FRONT ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HEAVY
TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY ANY
STORM THAT DEVELOPS. STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY FROM FRIDAY ON...THOUGH COVERAGE
WILL VARY DAY TO DAY. THE MOST WIDESPREAD STORMS ARE FORECAST FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE REGION AND
COMBINES WITH AMPLE MOISTURE COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST. IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING INHERENT WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM...STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL. AREAS THAT RECEIVE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS THIS PERIOD
MAY SEE MINOR FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR STORMS THIS EVENING AND RELAY
REPORTS AS NEEDED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

INZ078-079-092-KYZ031>037-040>043-048-049-057-291945-
SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-CLARK IN-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-
BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-MADISON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...JEFFERSONVILLE...
LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...
GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...RICHMOND
336 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY FROM FRIDAY ON...THOUGH COVERAGE
WILL VARY DAY TO DAY. THE MOST WIDESPREAD STORMS ARE FORECAST FOR
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THE REGION AND
COMBINES WITH AMPLE MOISTURE COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST. IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS LIGHTNING INHERENT WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM...STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL. AREAS THAT RECEIVE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS THIS PERIOD
MAY SEE MINOR FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

LG/AMS

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 6:08 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson32 min
Aug 28, 2:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKLogan3 hr
Aug 28, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan30 min
Aug 28, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWarren29 min
Aug 28, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson32 min
Aug 28, 4:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKLogan3 hr
Aug 28, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWarren27 min
Aug 28, 4:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWarren3 hr
Aug 28, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren30 min
Aug 28, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler44 min
Aug 28, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren46 min
Aug 28, 5:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKButler, Warren115 min
Aug 28, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler27 min
Aug 28, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHart26 min
Aug 28, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.