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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Louisville, KY

June 26, 20194 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2019, 7:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2019, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KY, Logan County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2019-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1806 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2019-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 6:53 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 2:34 AM CDT, 17 hours 18 minutes before
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

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:55 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:58 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:24 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock36 min
Jun 26, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan37 min
Jun 26, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio35 min
Jun 26, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler28 min
Jun 26, 7:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKButler3 hr
Jun 26, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWarren35 min
Jun 26, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWarren34 min
Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKOhio3 hr
Jun 26, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson26 min
Jun 26, 8:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKLogan, Warren3 hr
Jun 26, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge31 min
Jun 26, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio23 min
Jun 26, 9:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKLogan3 hr
Jun 26, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson28 min
Jun 26, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKOhio4 hr
Jun 26, 10:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKButler, Logan3 hr
Jun 26, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAllen, Simpson46 min
Jun 26, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan53 min
Jun 26, 10:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAllen, Logan, Simpson, Warren3 hr
Jun 27, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCumberland29 min
Jun 27, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton37 min
Jun 27, 5:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClinton118 min
Jun 27, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMetcalfe31 min
Jun 27, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Metcalfe29 min
Jun 27, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair37 min
Jun 27, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAllen32 min
Jun 27, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair30 min
Jun 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair34 min
Jun 27, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Logan, Simpson, Warren35 min
Jun 26, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison34 min
Jun 26, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.