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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2019, 3:30 PM CDT for Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- May 26, 2019, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 301 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
- 906 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 May 26, 2:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Louisville KY 149 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-063>067-271800- 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-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln- 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, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, and Stanford 149 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019 /1249 PM CDT Sun May 26 2019/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 252 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms this afternoon and evening could produce locally damaging winds, large hail, and brief torrential downpours. The best chance for storms, and the strongest storms, will be across southern Indiana and into central Kentucky. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Along a warm front, isolated thunderstorms are possible through mid- afternoon Monday across parts of south-central Indiana and north- central and east-central Kentucky, with brief heavy rainfall and gusty winds possible. Another weather system could bring isolated thunderstorms Wednesday, with a better chance for thunderstorms, a few possible strong, on Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report instances of damaging wind and any size hail to the National Weather Service in Louisville. KYZ061-062-070>078-081-082-271800- Butler-Edmonson-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe- Adair-Russell-Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Morgantown, Brownsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown, Burkesville, and Albany 1249 PM CDT Sun May 26 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon and evening could produce locally damaging winds and brief torrential downpours. The best chance for storms, and the strongest storms, will be across southern Indiana and into north-central Kentucky. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Along a warm front, isolated thunderstorms are possible through mid- afternoon Monday across parts of south-central Indiana and north- central and east-central Kentucky, with brief heavy rainfall and gusty winds possible. Another weather system could bring isolated thunderstorms Wednesday, with a better chance for thunderstorms, a few possible strong, on Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening. BJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Louisville KY 140 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019 INZ090-091-261815- Floyd-Harrison- 140 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HARRISON AND WESTERN FLOYD COUNTIES... At 140 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Corydon, moving east at 30 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Corydon, Galena, Lanesville, Crandall, New Salisbury, Moberly, Byrneville and Breckenridge. LAT...LON 3823 8622 3827 8623 3837 8594 3821 8591 TIME...MOT...LOC 1740Z 262DEG 27KT 3827 8617 KDW
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Louisville KY 210 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019 INZ090-091-KYZ029-030-261845- Floyd-Harrison-Jefferson-Bullitt- 210 PM EDT Sun May 26 2019 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON...SOUTH CENTRAL FLOYD...SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTH CENTRAL BULLITT COUNTIES... At 210 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Pleasure Ridge Park, moving east at 30 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Louisville, Shively, Audubon Park, West Buechel, Watterson Park, Lynnview, Seneca Gardens, Parkway Village, Strathmoor Village and Hollyvilla. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. LAT...LON 3814 8598 3826 8590 3822 8564 3805 8575 TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 291DEG 27KT 3816 8590 KDW
Local storm report, May 26, 2:48 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 35 min |
| May 26, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jessamine | 31 min |
| May 26, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 26 min |
| May 26, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 34 min |
| May 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 27 min |
| May 26, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 35 min |
| May 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 34 min |
| May 26, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 18 min |
| May 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey | 27 min |
| May 26, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 41 min |
| May 26, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell and 1 more | 41 min |
| May 26, 12:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 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.