Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2015, 5:40 PM CDT for Adair County, Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 25, 2015, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2015, 6:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Adair County, KY, Russell County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 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 Jun 25, 2:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 2:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 339 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-261945- 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 339 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2015 /239 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. RAS/BJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 433 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015 KYZ024-252205- BRECKINRIDGE KY- 433 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS... AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARDINSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY. 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 3782 8623 3768 8635 3781 8654 3789 8652 TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 282DEG 18KT 3781 8641 ZT
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:26 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
526 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015
KYZ064>066-076>078-252310-
ADAIR KY-CASEY KY-GREEN KY-METCALF KY-RUSSELL KY-TAYLOR KY-
526 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS...
AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLUMBIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL ADAIR...NORTHERN METCALFE...NORTHERN
RUSSELL...SOUTHEASTERN GREEN...SOUTHERN CASEY AND SOUTHERN TAYLOR
COUNTIES.
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 3708 8562 3727 8555 3716 8484 3712 8490
3705 8490 3699 8483 3695 8490 3696 8494
3694 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 283DEG 36KT 3713 8520
ZTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas, Woodford | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Russell | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Russell | 94 min |
| Jun 25, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 30 min |
| Jun 25, 7:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange, Washington | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.