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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

January 25, 2021Barren County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 25, 2021, 1:22 PM CST for Barren County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2021, 1:22 PM CST (19:22 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2021, 1:45 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barren County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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: 438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

302 
WUUS53 KLMK 251922
SVRLMK
KYC009-169-171-251945-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0001.210125T1922Z-210125T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
122 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Monroe County in south central Kentucky... 
  Southeastern Barren County in south central Kentucky... 
  Southern Metcalfe County in south central Kentucky...

* Until 145 PM CST.

* At 121 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Glasgow, moving east at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Eighty Eight, Bristletown, Persimmon, Cyclone, Sulphur Lick,
  Goodluck, Nobob, Beaumont, Etoile and Rockbridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3685 8599 3694 8596 3695 8560 3675 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 281DEG 49KT 3687 8591 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RAS

1 follow-up statement

387 
WWUS53 KLMK 251937
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
137 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

KYC009-169-171-251946-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210125T1945Z/
Monroe KY-Barren KY-Metcalfe KY-
137 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE...
SOUTHEASTERN BARREN AND SOUTHWESTERN METCALFE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
145 PM CST...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. Gusty winds near 
40 mph remain possible across south central Kentucky. 

Report severe weather to local law enforcement, post your report to
the National Weather Service Louisville  Facebook page, or tweet your
report using hashtag L, M, K, spotter.

LAT...LON 3685 8599 3694 8596 3695 8560 3675 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 278DEG 48KT 3688 8573 

$$

RAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 1:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Green, Marion, Metcalfe and 3 more	45 min
Jan 25, 1:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	25 min
Jan 25, 2:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe	37 min
Jan 25, 4:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	26 min
Jan 25, 4:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	24 min
Jan 25, 4:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Monroe	28 min
Jan 25, 5:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	30 min
Jan 25, 5:13 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	3 hr
Jan 25, 5:14 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Logan, Monroe, Simpson, Warren	6 hr
Jan 25, 5:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Warren	3 hr
Jan 25, 5:56 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	3 hr

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.