Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2018, 6:24 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 11, 2018, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Scott County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 6:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene Midway, KY | AT LEAST 5 LARGE TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY. SOME POWER OUTAGES ALSO. |
| Aug 11, 6:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Midway, KY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS IN MIDWAY. |
| Aug 11, 6:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ese Midway, KY | 1 SMALL TREE DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 433 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
177
WUUS53 KLMK 112224
SVRLMK
KYC017-067-209-239-112300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0310.180811T2224Z-180811T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
624 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2018
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Woodford County in central Kentucky...
Southern Scott County in central Kentucky...
Southwestern Bourbon County in central Kentucky...
Fayette County in central Kentucky...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 624 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Georgetown,
moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Lexington, Georgetown, Versailles, Meadowthorpe, Dunbar High
School, Thoroughbred Acres, Cardinal Hill, Cadentown, Bryan Station
and Northland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8430 3801 8484 3817 8478 3819 8472
3821 8473 3824 8438 3806 8428 3803 8429
3802 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 334DEG 13KT 3814 8459
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AMS1 follow-up statement
946
WWUS53 KLMK 112249
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
649 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2018
KYC017-112258-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-180811T2300Z/
Bourbon KY-
649 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3801 8440 3801 8484 3817 8478 3819 8472
3820 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 334DEG 13KT 3806 8454
$$
KYC067-209-239-112300-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-180811T2300Z/
Woodford KY-Scott KY-Fayette KY-
649 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN WOODFORD...SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE
COUNTIES...
At 648 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Meadowthorpe,
moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported trees down near Georgetown.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Lexington, Georgetown, Versailles, Meadowthorpe, Dunbar High School,
Thoroughbred Acres, Cardinal Hill, Cadentown, Northland and
Highlands.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8440 3801 8484 3817 8478 3819 8472
3820 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 334DEG 13KT 3806 8454
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 3:53 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 17 min |
| Aug 11, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Woodford | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 7:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.