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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Louisville, KY

May 10, 2016Hardin County, Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2016, 9:10 PM EDT for Hardin County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2016, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2016, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Hardin County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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
May 10, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 1257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 6.3

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The text

As transmitted.

316 
WUUS53 KLMK 110110
SVRLMK
KYC093-163-110145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0113.160511T0110Z-160511T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
910 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTH CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 910 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BRANDENBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MULDRAUGH...WEST POINT...EKRON...PILCHER LANDING...BUCK GROVE...ROCK
  HAVEN...FORT KNOX...GRAHAMTON...GARRETT AND HUGHES LANDING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3798 8607 3796 8605 3796 8604 3799 8603
      3800 8600 3801 8595 3799 8593 3799 8591
      3798 8590 3794 8590 3795 8588 3792 8585
      3784 8613 3794 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 247DEG 34KT 3793 8613 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TWF

1 follow-up statement

483 
WWUS53 KLMK 110130
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
930 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

KYC093-163-110139-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160511T0145Z/
MEADE KY-HARDIN KY-
930 PM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MEADE AND NORTH
CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND
MOVED EAST AND OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM THIS STORM HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THIS TIME.

LAT...LON 3798 8607 3796 8605 3796 8604 3799 8603
      3800 8600 3801 8595 3799 8593 3799 8591
      3798 8590 3794 8590 3795 8588 3792 8585
      3784 8613 3794 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 247DEG 34KT 3800 8592 

$$

TWF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	43 min
May 10, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Russell, Taylor	33 min
May 10, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe	29 min
May 10, 8:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Russell	24 min
May 10, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell	47 min
May 10, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Lincoln, Russell	46 min
May 10, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	56 min
May 10, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	33 min
May 10, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Russell	31 min
May 10, 9:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan, Warren	40 min
May 10, 9:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	24 min
May 10, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	30 min
May 10, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	26 min
May 10, 10:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Woodford	23 min
May 10, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Woodford	27 min
May 10, 10:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer	32 min
May 10, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Taylor	29 min
May 10, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	27 min
May 10, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	34 min
May 11, 1:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	24 min
May 11, 4:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren, Warren	39 min
May 11, 5:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe	52 min
May 11, 8:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Logan, Simpson	3 hr
May 11, 8:36 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Logan	3 hr
May 11, 8:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Simpson	3 hr
May 11, 11:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	3 hr
May 11, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	30 min
May 11, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade	24 min

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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.