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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Louisville, KY

June 16, 2019Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Meade County, Kentucky; Crawford County, Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2019, 7:48 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Meade County, Kentucky; Crawford County, Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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 16, 2019, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crawford County, IN, Perry County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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 16, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 284 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: 959 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.6

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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 16, 7:31 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 7:31 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 2:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
329 PM EDT Sun Jun 16 2019

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070-
071-171930-
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-
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, and Bowling Green
329 PM EDT Sun Jun 16 2019 /229 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2019/

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 388 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 storms will continue through mid-evening. The strongest
will be capable of locally torrential downpours and strong gusty
winds. Some hail is possible but should be isolated.

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

Rounds of thunderstorms are forecast Monday into Tuesday along and
south of a frontal boundary over the Ohio Valley. Locally heavy rain,
lightning, and isolated strong wind gusts are expected.

Additional thunderstorms are expected Wednesday and Thursday as the
next weather system approaches our area. A few strong storms are
possible with that system with heavy rain, locally strong wind gusts,
and lightning.

Still more storms are in the forecast from late Friday through the
weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are asked to report any stronger wind gusts this evening as
well as any hail and flooding.

KYZ072>078-081-082-171930-
Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-Russell-Cumberland-
Clinton-
Including the cities of Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow,
Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown, Burkesville,
and Albany
229 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered storms are possible this evening. Locally heavy rain and
gusty winds will be the main threats.

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

Rounds of thunderstorms are forecast Monday into Tuesday along and
south of a frontal boundary over the Ohio Valley. Locally heavy rain,
lightning, and isolated strong wind gusts are expected.

Additional thunderstorms are expected Wednesday and Thursday as the
next weather system approaches our area. A few strong storms are
possible with that system with heavy rain, locally strong wind gusts,
and lightning.

Still more storms are in the forecast from late Friday through the
weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are asked to report any stronger wind gusts this evening as
well as any hail and flooding.

13/EBW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
747 PM EDT SUN JUN 16 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW MOOREFIELD        38.30N 83.95W
06/16/2019                   NICHOLAS           KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AND BARN DAMAGE NEAR CANE RUN
            ROAD AND MOOREFIELD ROAD.

&&

MRC

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
742 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2019

INZ089-170115-
Perry-
742 PM CDT Sun Jun 16 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PERRY COUNTY...

At 740 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Holiday World,
moving east at 45 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm. Winds of this magnitude can bring down weak tree branches.

Heavy rainfall is also likely with this storm, and could result in
near zero visibility for a brief period of time.

Locations impacted include...
Tell City, Mount Pleasant, Leopold, Troy, Ranger, Bristow, Derby,
Lilly Dale, Terry and Gerald.

LAT...LON 3802 8680 3800 8677 3803 8678 3803 8677
      3804 8679 3806 8677 3808 8678 3810 8677
      3812 8681 3812 8680 3815 8681 3816 8680
      3816 8648 3805 8650 3803 8652 3792 8653
      3792 8659 3795 8678 3799 8679 3800 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 276DEG 43KT 3806 8688

DM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	3 hr
Jun 16, 7:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Meade	3 hr
Jun 16, 7:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison	117 min
Jun 16, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	37 min
Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 16, 11:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison	3 hr
Jun 17, 2:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette and 16 more	69 hr
Jun 17, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	29 min
Jun 17, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	37 min
Jun 17, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	23 min
Jun 17, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson	25 min
Jun 17, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Washington, Woodford	29 min
Jun 17, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette	51 min
Jun 17, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	43 min
Jun 17, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	29 min
Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	25 min
Jun 17, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan, Simpson	42 min
Jun 17, 6:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Trimble	3 hr
Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	33 min
Jun 16, 7:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry, Washington	6 hr
Jun 17, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	32 min
Jun 17, 2:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Dubois	3 hr
Jun 17, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	34 min
Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	35 min
Jun 17, 6:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Dubois	94 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.