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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 297, NWS Louisville, KY

July 14, 2015Henry County, Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2015, 1:50 AM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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 14, 2015, 1:50 AM EDT (05:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2015, 2:20 AM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 10:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -368 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.1

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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 14, 1:41 AM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:41 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 10:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1028 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>048-053-061-150230-
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-LARUE KY-
BUTLER 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...HODGENVILLE...MORGANTOWN
1028 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015 /928 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 419 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/
TUESDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS STORMS FROM
CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA DROP SOUTHEAST INTO THE
OUTLOOK AREA. DAMAGING WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. THE HEAVY
RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOOD
ISSUES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RECUR TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. GIVEN ALREADY WET GROUNDS FROM
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN WITH EACH
ROUND OF STORMS.

HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE LATE THIS WEEK WITH HEAT INDEX
READINGS OF 100 TO 105 POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

&&

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

KYZ049-054>057-062>067-070>078-081-082-150230-
CLARK KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON 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...WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...
FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...
COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
1028 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015 /928 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS STORMS FROM
CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA DROP SOUTHEAST INTO THE
OUTLOOK AREA. DAMAGING WINDS...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. THE HEAVY
RAINFALL EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOOD
ISSUES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RECUR TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL BEING THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. GIVEN ALREADY WET GROUNDS FROM
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN WITH EACH
ROUND OF STORMS.

HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE LATE THIS WEEK WITH HEAT INDEX
READINGS OF 100 TO 105 POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

&&

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

JBS/EER/MJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:25 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
125 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0124 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MADISON                 38.76N 85.38W
07/14/2015                   JEFFERSON          IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED.

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:26 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
126 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0125 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HANOVER                 38.72N 85.47W
07/14/2015                   JEFFERSON          IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 56 FLOODED IN SPOTS.

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:27 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
127 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0126 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MADISON                 38.76N 85.38W
07/14/2015                   JEFFERSON          IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            CRAIG MONT HILL ROAD FLOODED.

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:28 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
128 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0128 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MADISON                 38.76N 85.38W
07/14/2015                   JEFFERSON          IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 256 FLOODED IN SPOTS.

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:30 AM EDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
130 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0129 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CAMPBELLSBURG           38.53N 85.21W
07/14/2015                   HENRY              KY   PUBLIC

            HIGH WATER IN SPOTS ON INTERSTATE 71 AROUND
            THE CAMPBELLSBURG EXIT..

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:36 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
136 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0135 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N BEDFORD             38.62N 85.32W
07/14/2015                   TRIMBLE            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER PARTS OF US 421.

&&

SZAPPANOS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	28 min
Jul 14, 12:03 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Trimble	7 hr
Jul 14, 12:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	31 min
Jul 14, 12:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	31 min
Jul 14, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	41 min
Jul 14, 1:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	29 min
Jul 14, 1:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	5 hr
Jul 14, 1:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	4 hr
Jul 14, 1:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	38 min
Jul 14, 2:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Woodford	6 hr
Jul 14, 2:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:25 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Shelby	4 hr
Jul 14, 2:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	27 min
Jul 14, 3:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	29 min
Jul 14, 3:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer	27 min
Jul 14, 3:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more	30 min
Jul 14, 3:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	28 min
Jul 14, 4:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	44 min
Jul 14, 4:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	52 hr
Jul 14, 4:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	30 min
Jul 14, 4:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	30 min
Jul 14, 4:42 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	31 min
Jul 14, 5:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	28 min
Jul 14, 5:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	29 min
Jul 14, 5:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Washington	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Marion, Mercer, Washington	31 min
Jul 14, 5:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Oldham	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion, Taylor	45 min
Jul 14, 5:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more	41 min
Jul 14, 5:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Shelby	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison, Marion	3 hr
Jul 14, 6:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell, Taylor	30 min
Jul 14, 6:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Marion, Nelson, Russell, Taylor	3 hr
Jul 14, 6:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	3 days
Jul 14, 6:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Trimble	3 hr
Jul 14, 6:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	3 hr
Jul 14, 7:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	3 hr
Jul 14, 7:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	3 hr
Jul 14, 7:37 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Green, Russell, Taylor	3 hr
Jul 14, 7:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Green	28 min
Jul 14, 8:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	3 hr
Jul 14, 11:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	13 min
Jul 14, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	13 min
Jul 14, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	31 min
Jul 14, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Monroe	33 min
Jul 14, 1:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	31 min
Jul 14, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	43 min
Jul 14, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	33 min
Jul 14, 2:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	46 min
Jul 14, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	30 min
Jul 14, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Nelson	29 min
Jul 14, 7:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	13 hr
Jul 14, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer	28 min
Jul 14, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	40 min
Jul 14, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Clark, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Spencer and 1 more	59 min
Jul 14, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	31 min
Jul 13, 11:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	27 min
Jul 14, 12:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	29 min
Jul 14, 1:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	31 min
Jul 14, 2:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Scott	29 min
Jul 14, 4:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Washington	118 min
Jul 14, 4:17 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	18 hr
Jul 14, 4:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Washington	30 min
Jul 14, 6:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	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.