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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Louisville, KY

June 5, 2019Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2019, 9:28 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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 5, 2019, 9:28 PM EDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Bullitt County, KY, Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 5, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 325 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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -362 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 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 5, 8:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 8:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:31 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
331 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-061945-
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
331 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019 /231 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019/

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Chance of isolated severe thunderstorms are still possible this
afternoon through this evening. These storms will be capable of
damaging winds, large hail, heavy rainfall, and lightning. A line of
storms will move through the area this evening into the early
morning hours. The main hazard associated with this line is potential
damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Storm chances will likely continue into early next week as a slow
moving low pressure system over the central United States approaches
our area. Localized heavy rainfall and a few strong to severe storms
will be possible during this timeframe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed on Wednesday.

CG/BJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 8:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:33 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:03 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:03 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:09 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:26 PM EDT, 2 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 5, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott	35 min
Jun 5, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	47 min
Jun 5, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	27 min
Jun 5, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	12 min
Jun 5, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	36 min
Jun 5, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	43 min
Jun 5, 9:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	39 min
Jun 5, 9:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	16 min
Jun 5, 10:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	36 min
Jun 5, 10:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	45 min
Jun 5, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	46 min
Jun 5, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Hart, Taylor	33 min
Jun 5, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	17 min
Jun 5, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio	55 min
Jun 6, 2:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge	3 hr
Jun 6, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	23 min
Jun 6, 4:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Meade	3 hr
Jun 6, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	35 min
Jun 6, 5:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clinton	3 hr
Jun 6, 6:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Larue	3 hr
Jun 6, 7:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler	3 hr
Jun 6, 7:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Barren, Metcalfe	3 hr
Jun 5, 8:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison	37 min
Jun 5, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	45 min
Jun 5, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington	23 min
Jun 5, 8:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Washington	3 hr

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.