Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT for Adair County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 27, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Adair County, KY, Taylor County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
565
WUUS53 KLMK 272221
SVRLMK
KYC001-217-272245-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0310.160827T2221Z-160827T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
621 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT/545 PM CDT/
* AT 621 PM EDT/521 PM CDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PURDY...PELLYTON...SPECK...HOLMES...NEATSVILLE...ELLA...
CHRISTINE...YUMA...ABSHER AND KNIFLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3726 8534 3736 8518 3733 8515 3731 8516
3730 8515 3729 8512 3720 8505 3720 8504
3719 8504 3706 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 146DEG 15KT 3718 8515
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RJS2 follow-up statements
817
WWUS53 KLMK 272235
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
635 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016
KYC001-217-272245-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-160827T2245Z/
ADAIR KY-TAYLOR KY-
635 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM
EDT/545 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN ADAIR AND SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR
COUNTIES...
AT 635 PM EDT/535 PM CDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PURDY...PELLYTON...SPECK...HOLMES...NEATSVILLE...ELLA...CHRISTINE...
YUMA...ABSHER AND KNIFLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3726 8534 3736 8518 3733 8515 3731 8516
3730 8515 3729 8512 3720 8505 3720 8504
3719 8504 3706 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 142DEG 15KT 3722 8521
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RJS801
WWUS53 KLMK 272245
SVSLMK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
645 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016
KYC001-217-272255-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-160827T2245Z/
ADAIR KY-TAYLOR KY-
645 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ADAIR AND
SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...POST YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR TWEET YOUR
REPORT USING HASHTAG L...M...K...SPOTTER.
LAT...LON 3726 8534 3736 8518 3733 8515 3731 8516
3730 8515 3729 8512 3720 8505 3720 8504
3719 8504 3706 8518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 146DEG 15KT 3722 8521
$$
RJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Mercer | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 6:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 33 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.