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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2019, 7:40 PM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 26, 2019, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2019, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ohio County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1806 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 334 AM EDT Wed Jun 26 2019 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-270745- Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison- Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt- Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford- Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Mercer-Jessamine-Larue-Marion-Boyle- Garrard-Madison-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln- Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-Russell- Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper, English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester, Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Morgantown, Brownsville, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown, Burkesville, and Albany 334 AM EDT Wed Jun 26 2019 /234 AM CDT Wed Jun 26 2019/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected for the remainder of the week. 13/DM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
510 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0904 PM TORNADO 4 SSW HOLLAND 36.65N 86.08W
06/21/2019 ALLEN KY NWS STORM SURVEY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A
STORM DAMAGE SURVEY ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALLEN
COUNTY TO ASSESS DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS ON
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 21. INTERSPERSED
AMONGST THE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS AN
EF-1 TORNADO WHICH FIRST TOUCHED DOWN A HALF
MILE EAST OF AMOS. A FAMILY FARM HAD
NUMEROUS TREES TWISTED, SNAPPED, AND
UPROOTED. SEVERAL BARNS SUSTAINED SEVERE
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE ROOFS. A DOZEN OR
SO PORTIONS OF TWO BY FOURS WERE IMPALED
INTO THE GROUND IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS.
FURTHER SOUTHEAST ON HIGHLAND CHURCH ROAD
NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED
WITH TREES FACING FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST
TO THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION. THERE WAS CLEAR
EVIDENCE THAT THE TORNADO WENT TO THE
TENNESSEE STATE LINE IN MACON COUNTY AS WE
COULD SEE TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ON THE
STATE LINE WHICH CORRELATES WELL THE NWS
NASHVILLE STORM SURVEY ACROSS MACON COUNTY.
AT 2592 HIGHLAND CHURCH ROAD (HIGHLAND
GENERAL BAPTIST CHURCH) THERE WAS
SIGNIFICANT BRICK DAMAGE ON THE WEST, SOUTH
AND EAST SIDES OF THE CHURCH DUE TO OPEN
VENTS. THE SURVEY CREW ZIG ZAGGED ACROSS
ROADS SOUTH OF SCOTTSVILLE TO HIGHWAY 31 BUT
ONLY FOUND SPORADIC STRAIGHT LINE TREE AND
BARN DAMAGE ALL FACING SOUTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION. THE VERY LAST CONCENTRATED AREA
OF DAMAGE THE TEAM FOUND WAS AT 444 OLD BUCK
CREEK ROAD WERE THERE WAS NUMEROUS SOFTWOOD
TREE DAMAGE AT THE RESIDENCE WITH POWER
POLES DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. THE TORNADO WAS
ON THE GROUND FOR 1.6 MILES IN KENTUCKY WITH
PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH AND MAX PATH
WIDTH AT 125 YARDS NEAR THE STATE LINE.
&&
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Ohio | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 8:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Logan, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 53 min |
| Jun 26, 10:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 5:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clinton | 118 min |
| Jun 27, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 32 min |
| Jun 27, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 36 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.