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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2015, 4:12 PM CDT for Clinton County, Cumberland County, Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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 10, 2015, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2015, 4:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Russell County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 Jul 10, 2:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1055 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>032-063-064-111500- 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-HART KY-GREEN 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...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG 1055 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 /955 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. FOR THIS REASON...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS IN THE REGION. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN INTERSTATE 64 AND THE LOUIE B NUNN PARKWAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. KYZ033>043-045>049-053>057-065>067-111500- 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-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT... GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON... DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY... STANFORD 1055 AM EDT FRI JUL 10 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 400 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. FOR THIS REASON...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS IN THE REGION. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN INTERSTATE 64 AND THE LOUIE B NUNN PARKWAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. KYZ061-062-070>078-081-082-111500- BUTLER KY-EDMONSON 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...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE... BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE... EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 955 AM CDT FRI JUL 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS PERIOD AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS IN THE REGION. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN INTERSTATE 64 AND THE LOUIE B NUNN PARKWAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. MJ
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 19 min |
| Jul 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 8:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 8:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge and 37 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 10, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Nelson, Spencer | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson, Shelby and 1 more | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 10:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer and 2 more | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 10:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Shelby, Spencer | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 10:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Mercer, Scott, Shelby and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison and 5 more | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Nicholas | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Green, Taylor | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Larue | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion, Washington | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Russell | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Woodford | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Woodford | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 21 min |
| Jul 10, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2015Every 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.