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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
- 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
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 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
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Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 2:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Logan | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 4:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Logan | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 5:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Warren | 115 min |
| Aug 28, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 27 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.