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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY

April 2, 20155 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adair County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Russell County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 2, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Olga, KY	LARGE TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 2, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

839 
WUUS53 KLMK 022315
SVRLMK
KYC001-045-053-057-207-022345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0013.150402T2315Z-150402T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
615 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT/745 PM EDT/

* AT 612 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  JAMESTOWN TO 8 MILES WEST OF ALBANY...AND MOVING EAST AT 85 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JAMESTOWN...ALBANY...SNOW...UPCHURCH...CUMBERLAND CITY...JERICHO...
  WEBBS CROSS ROADS...KARLUS...DECATUR...HUNTERSVILLE...BUG...
  DUNNVILLE...EVANS FORD...MARLOW...CARTWRIGHT...HONEY ACRE...
  FONTHILL...HORNTOWN...SALEM AND ONO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3663 8545 3724 8525 3723 8473 3712 8490
      3705 8490 3699 8483 3695 8490 3696 8494
      3692 8495 3686 8506 3683 8506 3676 8500
      3670 8502 3668 8500 3662 8500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 266DEG 74KT 3712 8508 3685 8507
          3666 8520

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JSD

1 follow-up statement

177 
WWUS53 KLMK 022342
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
742 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

KYC001-045-053-057-207-022352-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150402T2345Z/
RUSSELL KY-ADAIR KY-CASEY KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
642 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLINTON...EASTERN
CUMBERLAND...SOUTHERN CASEY...EASTERN ADAIR AND RUSSELL COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT/645 PM CDT/...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT

LAT...LON 3663 8545 3724 8525 3723 8473 3712 8490
      3705 8490 3699 8483 3695 8490 3696 8494
      3692 8495 3686 8506 3683 8506 3676 8500
      3670 8502 3668 8500 3662 8500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 266DEG 74KT 3716 8439 3689 8438
          3670 8451

$$

JSD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 2:51 AM CDT	Flood Watch	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Fayette, Franklin and 16 more	8 hr
Apr 2, 7:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	29 min
Apr 2, 7:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	21 min
Apr 2, 7:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	30 min
Apr 2, 8:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	32 min
Apr 2, 8:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	27 min
Apr 2, 8:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Marion, Metcalfe, Taylor	30 min
Apr 2, 9:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Metcalfe, Taylor	32 min
Apr 2, 9:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Metcalfe	30 min
Apr 2, 10:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	20 min
Apr 2, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	32 min
Apr 2, 10:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	32 hr
Apr 2, 11:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin	20 min
Apr 2, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	46 min
Apr 2, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	45 min
Apr 2, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	31 min
Apr 2, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	52 min
Apr 2, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	29 min
Apr 2, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	51 min
Apr 2, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	29 min
Apr 2, 3:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Meade and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	25 min
Apr 2, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Nelson, Spencer	37 min
Apr 2, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Logan	29 min
Apr 2, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	43 min
Apr 2, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Warren	32 min
Apr 2, 4:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Harrison, Nelson, Scott, Shelby and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford	92 min
Apr 2, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Logan	27 min
Apr 2, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	28 min
Apr 2, 4:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Mercer and 4 more	3 hr
Apr 2, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren	28 min
Apr 2, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	27 min
Apr 2, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren, Hart, Monroe	44 min
Apr 2, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas	18 min
Apr 2, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe, Taylor	44 min
Apr 2, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	32 min
Apr 2, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	31 min
Apr 2, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	29 min
Apr 2, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.