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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Louisville, KY

March 1, 201715 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 1, 2017, 6:41 AM CST for 15 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2017, 6:41 AM CST (12:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2017, 7:15 AM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adair County, KY, Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Larue County, KY, Marion County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:43 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 1, 6:53 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Mammoth Cave, KY	TREES REPORTED DOWN AT MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK.
Mar 1, 6:55 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 52	1 Se Canmer, KY	KENTUCKY MESONET SITE.
Mar 1, 7:04 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ene Campbellsville, KY	POWER LINES DOWNED ON A HOUSE IN NORTH CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 28, 8:29 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	12 hr
Mar 1, 4:57 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 694 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 344 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 9.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

254 
WUUS53 KLMK 011241
SVRLMK
KYC001-009-031-061-085-087-093-099-123-155-169-179-183-217-227-
011315-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0039.170301T1241Z-170301T1315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
741 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Nelson County in central Kentucky...
  Larue County in central Kentucky...
  Southwestern Marion County in central Kentucky...
  Hart County in central Kentucky...
  Taylor County in central Kentucky...
  Southern Grayson County in central Kentucky...
  South central Hardin County in central Kentucky...
  Northwestern Adair County in south central Kentucky...
  Edmonson County in south central Kentucky...
  Green County in central Kentucky...
  Butler County in south central Kentucky...
  Northern Warren County in south central Kentucky...
  Northeastern Barren County in south central Kentucky...
  Northwestern Metcalfe County in south central Kentucky...
  Southeastern Ohio County in central Kentucky...

* Until 815 AM EST/715 AM CST/

* At 740 AM EST/640 AM CST/, severe thunderstorms were located along
  a line extending from 11 miles northeast of Morgantown to near
  Campbellsville, moving southeast at 100 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Campbellsville, Hodgenville, Morgantown, Greensburg, Munfordville,
  Brownsville, Casey, Monroe, Lee and Horse Cave.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading 
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to 
be struck by lightning.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST/800 AM CST/ for
south central and central Kentucky. A tornado watch also remains in
effect until 1100 AM EST/1000 AM CST/ for south central and central
Kentucky.

LAT...LON 3754 8585 3762 8557 3733 8515 3731 8516
      3710 8548 3708 8620 3707 8694 3709 8690
      3711 8689 3716 8693 3718 8692 3718 8690
      3719 8689 3719 8691 3724 8691 3726 8697
      3730 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1240Z 312DEG 89KT 3729 8650 3742 8535 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
jdg

2 follow-up statements

281 
WWUS53 KLMK 011243
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
743 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

KYC001-009-031-061-085-087-093-099-123-155-169-179-183-217-227-
011315-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170301T1315Z/
Nelson KY-Larue KY-Marion KY-Hart KY-Taylor KY-Grayson KY-Hardin KY-
Adair KY-Edmonson KY-Green KY-Butler KY-Warren KY-Barren KY-
Metcalfe KY-Ohio KY-
743 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM
EST/715 AM CST/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NELSON...LARUE...SOUTHWESTERN
MARION...HART...TAYLOR...SOUTHERN GRAYSON...SOUTH CENTRAL HARDIN...
NORTHWESTERN ADAIR...EDMONSON...GREEN...BUTLER...NORTHERN WARREN...
NORTHEASTERN BARREN...NORTHWESTERN METCALFE AND SOUTHEASTERN OHIO
COUNTIES...

At 743 AM EST/643 AM CST/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from 11 miles northeast of Morgantown to near
Campbellsville, moving southeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Campbellsville, Hodgenville, Morgantown, Greensburg, Munfordville,
Brownsville, Casey, Monroe, Lee and Horse Cave.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST/800 AM CST/ for
south central and central Kentucky. A tornado watch also remains in
effect until 1100 AM EST/1000 AM CST/ for south central and central
Kentucky.

LAT...LON 3754 8585 3762 8557 3733 8515 3731 8516
      3710 8548 3708 8620 3707 8694 3709 8690
      3711 8689 3716 8693 3718 8692 3718 8690
      3719 8689 3719 8691 3724 8691 3726 8697
      3730 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 270DEG 89KT 3729 8650 3742 8535 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
jdg

164 
WWUS53 KLMK 011300
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
800 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

KYC093-183-011309-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170301T1315Z/
Hardin KY-Ohio KY-
800 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HARDIN AND
SOUTHEASTERN OHIO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have weakened. Therefore the 
warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST/800 AM CST/ for
south central and central Kentucky. A tornado watch also remains in
effect until 1100 AM EST/1000 AM CST/ for south central and central
Kentucky.

LAT...LON 3745 8578 3762 8557 3733 8515 3731 8516
      3710 8548 3708 8620 3707 8694 3709 8690
      3711 8689 3716 8693 3718 8692 3718 8690
      3719 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 317DEG 42KT 3719 8649 3744 8539 

$$

KYC001-009-031-061-085-087-099-123-155-169-179-217-227-011315-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-170301T1315Z/
Nelson KY-Larue KY-Marion KY-Hart KY-Taylor KY-Grayson KY-Adair KY-
Edmonson KY-Green KY-Butler KY-Warren KY-Barren KY-Metcalfe KY-
800 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM
EST/715 AM CST/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NELSON...SOUTHEASTERN LARUE...
SOUTHWESTERN MARION...HART...TAYLOR...SOUTHEASTERN GRAYSON...
NORTHWESTERN ADAIR...EDMONSON...GREEN...CENTRAL BUTLER...NORTHERN
WARREN...NORTHEASTERN BARREN AND NORTHWESTERN METCALFE COUNTIES...

At 759 AM EST/659 AM CST/, severe thunderstorms were located along a
line extending from 10 miles east of Morgantown to 7 miles north of
Campbellsville, moving southeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Campbellsville, Morgantown, Greensburg, Munfordville, Brownsville,
Monroe, Horse Cave, Cave City, Park City and Bonnieville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST/800 AM CST/ for
south central and central Kentucky. A tornado watch also remains in
effect until 1100 AM EST/1000 AM CST/ for south central and central
Kentucky.

LAT...LON 3745 8578 3762 8557 3733 8515 3731 8516
      3710 8548 3708 8620 3707 8694 3709 8690
      3711 8689 3716 8693 3718 8692 3718 8690
      3719 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 317DEG 42KT 3719 8649 3744 8539 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
jdg

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 1, 12:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Ohio	23 min
Mar 1, 12:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler	28 min
Mar 1, 12:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	41 min
Mar 1, 12:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Warren	20 min
Mar 1, 1:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	43 min
Mar 1, 1:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Washington	28 min
Mar 1, 1:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	35 min
Mar 1, 1:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	49 min
Mar 1, 2:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	29 min
Mar 1, 2:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Henry, Nelson, Oldham and 2 more	35 min
Mar 1, 2:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford	34 min
Mar 1, 2:34 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	26 min
Mar 1, 2:35 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	115 min
Mar 1, 2:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford	34 min
Mar 1, 3:11 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas	34 min
Mar 1, 3:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Harrison, Scott	29 min
Mar 1, 4:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	22 min
Mar 1, 4:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	33 min
Mar 1, 5:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade	30 min
Mar 1, 5:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham and 2 more	23 min
Mar 1, 5:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Meade and 1 more	43 min
Mar 1, 5:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby	34 min
Mar 1, 5:46 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson and 4 more	3 hr
Mar 1, 5:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Meade, Nelson and 3 more	44 min
Mar 1, 6:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Spencer	15 min
Mar 1, 6:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Green and 7 more	37 min
Mar 1, 6:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Woodford	29 min
Mar 1, 6:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	43 min
Mar 1, 6:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	3 hr
Mar 1, 6:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Jessamine, Marion, Mercer, Nelson and 4 more	40 min
Mar 1, 6:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more	47 min
Mar 1, 6:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Metcalfe and 3 more	46 min
Mar 1, 6:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Marion and 4 more	25 min
Mar 1, 6:53 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Scott and 1 more	2 hr
Mar 1, 7:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison	41 min
Mar 1, 7:05 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Trimble	3 hr
Mar 1, 7:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Edmonson and 6 more	36 min
Mar 1, 7:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison	31 min
Mar 1, 7:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 5 more	51 min
Mar 1, 8:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	3 days
Mar 1, 8:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	24 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.