Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 338, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2015, 11:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 21 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 20, 2015, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2015, 12:04 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barren County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Hart County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1631 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
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 20, 11:02 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 11:02 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 7:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 833 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 INZ078-079-091-092-KYZ029>043-045>049-054>057-065>067-077-078-081- 082-220045- SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-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- MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY- LINCOLN KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE... LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT... GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD... COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 833 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 /733 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2015/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND REPEATED STORMS COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. THEREFORE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. GUSTY OR DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE WEEKEND AS ADDITIONAL WEATHER SYSTEMS ROLL IN FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY STRONG WINDS OR FLOODING THROUGH TUESDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. INZ076-077-083-084-089-090-KYZ023>028-053-061>064-070>076-220045- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN- HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY- LARUE KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY- SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...JASPER...MARENGO... TELL CITY...CORYDON...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...HODGENVILLE... MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW... TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON 833 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 /733 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT DROPS INTO THE REGION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THE WEEKEND AS ADDITIONAL WEATHER SYSTEMS ROLL IN FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY STRONG WINDS OR FLOODING THROUGH TUESDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. RAS/KD/AMS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 9:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
918 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2015
INZ089-KYZ023>025-210250-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-HANCOCK KY-MEADE KY-PERRY IN-
918 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND 50 MPH WINDS...
AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAWESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
HAWESVILLE...
BRANDENBURG...
TELL CITY...
DODD AND SKILLMAN...
LAUER AND TOBINSPORT...
HOLT AND HARDINGROVE...
ROME AND AMMONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.
&&
LAT...LON 3799 8685 3801 8680 3801 8679 3804 8678
3811 8655 3804 8623 3801 8618 3802 8613
3800 8608 3798 8607 3784 8612 3793 8652
3774 8669 3784 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 277DEG 29KT 3792 8674
AMSSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 10:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1100 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 INZ090-KYZ024-025-028>030-210330- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON IN-JEFFERSON KY-MEADE KY- 1100 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN... AND 40 MPH WINDS... AT 1057 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRANDENBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... BRANDENBURG... CORYDON... GLIDAS... ROCK HAVEN AND CENTRAL... LACONIA AND HUGHES LANDING... NEW BOSTON AND PILCHER LANDING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS. 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 3824 8609 3797 8576 3778 8616 3799 8640 TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 243DEG 21KT 3799 8617 AMS
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1011 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2015 KYZ061-062-071-210340- BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-WARREN KY- 1011 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2015 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN... AND 50 MPH WINDS... AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF MORGANTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... MORGANTOWN... VINEYARD AND BIG REEDY... RIVERSIDE AND ROUNDHILL... REEDYVILLE AND RICHARDSVILLE... ANNA AND GLENMORE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS. 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 3721 8628 3706 8647 3723 8670 3734 8655 TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 309DEG 17KT 3723 8656 EER
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:45 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1045 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2015
KYZ061-062-071-210430-
BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-WARREN KY-
1045 PM CDT MON JUL 20 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND 40 MPH WINDS...
AT 1044 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF
BROWNSVILLE TO MORGANTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
BROWNSVILLE...
RIVERSIDE AND GUY...
ROCKLAND AND HADLEY...
RHODA AND BENLEO...
BARREN RIVER AND NICK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 8671 3724 8636 3710 8607 3708 8607
3706 8608 3703 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 295DEG 21KT 3718 8636 3718 8665
AMSLocal storm report, Jul 20, 11:15 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1215 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 AM TSTM WND DMG BEAVER DAM 37.41N 86.88W
07/21/2015 OHIO KY 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN.
&&
TTLocal storm report, Jul 20, 11:36 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1236 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1205 AM TSTM WND DMG HARTFORD 37.45N 86.89W
07/21/2015 OHIO KY 911 CALL CENTER
TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROAD.
&&
TTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 18 min |
| Jul 20, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock, Meade | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 9:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 11:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio, Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 11:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Franklin, Shelby, Woodford | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Madison | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 12:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 3 hr |
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.