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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Louisville, KY

June 30, 2019Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky; Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2019, 7:01 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky; Dubois County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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 30, 2019, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dubois County, IN, Perry County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 30, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 906 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 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 30, 6:55 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 6:55 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 6:45 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
745 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

INZ077>079-091-092-KYZ026>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-
082-012345-
Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Floyd-Clark-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt-
Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Harrison-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 Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, New Albany,
Jeffersonville, 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
745 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 /645 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms this evening will produce locally strong
wind gusts, small hail, brief heavy rainfall, and lightning. A few
storms may become severe with damaging winds the main threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

An active weather pattern will continue this week with chances for
storms each day. Some storms could be strong with gusty winds and
dangerous lightning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are asked to report strong or damaging winds and any hail
this week.

INZ076-083-084-089-090-KYZ023>025-012345-
Orange-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-
Including the cities of Paoli, Jasper, English, Tell City, Corydon,
Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, and Brandenburg
745 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019 /645 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019/

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 472 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM
CDT/ THIS EVENING...

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms this evening will produce damaging wind
gusts, small hail, heavy rainfall, and lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

An active weather pattern will continue this week with chances for
storms each day. Some storms could be strong with gusty winds and
dangerous lightning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are asked to report strong or damaging winds and any hail
this week.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:17 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:37 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:45 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:51 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	27 min
Jun 30, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	33 min
Jun 30, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Ohio	34 min
Jun 30, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio	23 min
Jun 30, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren	29 min
Jul 1, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	25 min
Jul 1, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	22 min
Jul 1, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson, Spencer	37 min
Jul 1, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	37 min
Jul 1, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	43 min
Jul 1, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer	36 min
Jul 1, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2019 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2019 Every 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.