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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 238, NWS Louisville, KY

July 2, 2015Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2015, 5:46 PM CDT for Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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: Jul 2, 2015, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2015, 6:25 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Monroe County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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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 Jul 2, 4:57 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 4:57 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 2:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
327 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-031930-
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
327 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 /227 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLAN ON SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STORMS TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
IS THE MAIN THREAT...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
SEE THE LATEST STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

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

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE FIRST PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. STORMS
FRIDAY MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...LEADING TO
FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

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

ZBT/AMS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
310 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

KYZ061-070-022055-
BUTLER KY-LOGAN KY-
310 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL
RAIN...PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN
BUTLER AND NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN KENTUCKY...

AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF ELKTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  EVERETT...
  DEER LICK AND AGNES...
  SPA AND HOLLOW BILL...
  JERICO AND LEWISBURG...

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 3706 8706 3707 8705 3708 8699 3707 8665
      3704 8666 3699 8667 3695 8665 3694 8666
      3687 8666 3689 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 269DEG 19KT 3699 8713

MJ

Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
452 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0451 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N WOODBURY            37.22N 86.63W
07/02/2015                   BUTLER             KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 185 HAS WATER OVER IT IN SPOTS.

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:09 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:21 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:32 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:43 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 9:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	53 hr
Jul 2, 2:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Ohio	3 hr
Jul 2, 3:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Warren	3 hr
Jul 2, 3:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	30 min
Jul 2, 5:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	3 hr
Jul 2, 6:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Simpson, Warren	3 hr
Jul 2, 8:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Woodford	45 min
Jul 2, 9:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	3 hr
Jul 2, 1:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio, Warren	3 hr
Jul 2, 2:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Scott	3 hr
Jul 2, 2:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Barren, Casey, Green, Hart, Metcalfe and 1 more	4 hr
Jul 2, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	45 min
Jul 2, 3:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Logan, Ohio and 1 more	4 hr
Jul 2, 3:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Hart and 2 more	4 hr
Jul 2, 4:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Hart, Larue, Lincoln and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 2, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe	32 min
Jul 2, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren, Monroe	19 min
Jul 2, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	43 min
Jul 2, 6:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe	3 hr
Jul 1, 9:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	3 hr
Jul 1, 9:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	4 hr
Jul 1, 10:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Harrison	3 hr
Jul 2, 1:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange	4 hr
Jul 2, 9:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Dubois	3 hr
Jul 2, 11:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Crawford, Dubois	5 hr
Jul 2, 1:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Orange, Washington	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.