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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY

March 14, 2019Henry County, Oldham County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2019, 6:29 PM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 18 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: Mar 14, 2019, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2019, 6:47 PM EDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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
Mar 14, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 280 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 554 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 695 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 Mar 14, 6:04 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 6:04 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 5:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:34 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:38 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:39 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:40 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 5:53 PM EDT, 36 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
Mar 14, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	23 min
Mar 14, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	32 min
Mar 14, 3:15 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 42 more	3 hr
Mar 14, 3:15 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 42 more	8 hr
Mar 14, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	20 min
Mar 14, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham	24 min
Mar 14, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	32 min
Mar 14, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	27 min
Mar 14, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	23 min
Mar 14, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	40 min
Mar 14, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	16 min
Mar 14, 12:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	34 min
Mar 14, 1:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois	22 min
Mar 14, 1:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	27 min
Mar 14, 1:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Orange	25 min
Mar 14, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	32 min
Mar 14, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	24 min
Mar 14, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	34 min
Mar 14, 2:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	16 min
Mar 14, 2:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford, Orange	25 min
Mar 14, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	35 min
Mar 14, 2:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	17 min
Mar 14, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott, Washington	20 min
Mar 14, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison	24 min
Mar 14, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	37 min
Mar 14, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	12 min
Mar 14, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Floyd	3 hr
Mar 14, 4:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott	16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.