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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Louisville, KY

May 29, 20197 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2019, 1:10 PM EDT for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 20 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 29, 2019, 1:10 PM EDT (17:10 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2019, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Washington County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 May 29, 11:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 11:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 8:04 AM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 12:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 12:18 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 12:34 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 12:45 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 12:48 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 12:51 PM EDT, 19 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
May 29, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	30 min
May 29, 10:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Scott, Shelby	38 min
May 29, 10:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Meade	52 min
May 29, 10:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Woodford	35 min
May 29, 11:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	38 min
May 29, 11:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	46 min
May 29, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	47 min
May 29, 12:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	36 min
May 29, 12:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	42 min
May 29, 12:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue, Marion	41 min
May 29, 12:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Grayson	45 min
May 29, 12:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	27 min
May 29, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer, Washington	39 min
May 29, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	41 min
May 29, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	42 min
May 29, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Green	51 min
May 29, 2:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	37 min
May 29, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	40 min
May 29, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	49 min
May 29, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	43 min
May 29, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	35 min
May 29, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	29 min
May 29, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	43 min
May 29, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	28 min
May 29, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	33 min
May 29, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Warren	24 min
May 29, 5:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	3 hr
May 29, 7:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange, Washington	60 min
May 29, 8:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	61 min
May 29, 8:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	52 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.