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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Louisville, KY

December 11, 2021Clark County, Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 11, 2021, 4:38 AM EST for Clark County, Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 11, 2021, 4:38 AM EST (09:38 UTC)
Expired
Dec 11, 2021, 5:15 AM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, KY, Madison County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 11, 4:40 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Trapp, KYA COUPLE OF TREES HAD TO BE REMOVED BY THE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT AROUND TRAPP.
Dec 11, 5:17 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Richmond, KYTREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 11, 2:27 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2021-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2021-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
431 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

725 
WUUS53 KLMK 110938
SVRLMK
KYC049-151-111015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0106.211211T0938Z-211211T1015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
438 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Clark County in central Kentucky...
  Eastern Madison County in central Kentucky...

* Until 515 AM EST.

* At 438 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Winchester to 6 miles north of Rockford, moving
  northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Winchester around 445 AM EST.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Harris Ferry.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for central
Kentucky.

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for central
Kentucky.

&&

LAT...LON 3786 8401 3787 8403 3784 8400 3785 8406
      3782 8407 3785 8408 3782 8412 3781 8408
      3778 8411 3777 8408 3767 8409 3765 8413
      3758 8410 3752 8430 3754 8430 3754 8434
      3799 8426 3811 8408 3794 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 237DEG 21KT 3796 8420 3761 8427 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MCK
1 follow-up statement
109 
WWUS53 KLMK 111006
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
506 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

KYC049-151-111015-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0106.000000T0000Z-211211T1015Z/
Clark KY-Madison KY-
506 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EST
FOR CLARK AND EASTERN MADISON COUNTIES...

At 505 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Wades Mill to Winston, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
Clark and eastern Madison Counties, including the following
locations... Goffs Corner, Constant Station, Duluth, Bighill,
Lyndale, Redhouse, Jackson Ferry, Panola, Kingston and Mina.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM EST for central
Kentucky.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3786 8401 3787 8403 3784 8400 3785 8406
      3782 8407 3785 8408 3782 8412 3781 8408
      3778 8411 3777 8408 3767 8409 3765 8413
      3758 8410 3752 8430 3754 8430 3754 8434
      3799 8426 3811 8408 3794 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1005Z 237DEG 21KT 3804 8404 3769 8411 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

MCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 8:20 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio55 min
Dec 10, 8:48 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKOhio57 min
Dec 10, 9:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge56 min
Dec 10, 9:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock36 min
Dec 10, 9:32 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKOhio30 min
Dec 10, 10:21 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKOhio39 min
Dec 10, 10:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge31 min
Dec 10, 10:37 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin, Meade17 min
Dec 10, 11:42 PM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLMKOhio63 min
Dec 11, 12:07 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hancock53 min
Dec 11, 12:51 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLMKBreckinridge, Hardin, Meade39 min
Dec 11, 1:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSpencer16 min
Dec 11, 1:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt15 min
Dec 11, 1:33 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble27 min
Dec 11, 1:36 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedLMKLogan, Simpson39 min
Dec 11, 1:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson, Spencer34 min
Dec 11, 1:44 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer46 min
Dec 11, 1:58 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedLMKButler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren47 min
Dec 11, 2:27 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedLMKBarren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Warren48 min
Dec 11, 2:28 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKFranklin, Scott20 min
Dec 11, 2:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer30 min
Dec 11, 2:55 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Metcalfe and 1 more50 min
Dec 11, 3:08 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade115 min
Dec 11, 3:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Nelson, Scott and 3 more29 min
Dec 11, 3:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLMKButler, Logan, Simpson, Warren44 min
Dec 11, 3:22 AM ESTTornado Warning Tornado observedLMKBoyle, Casey, Larue, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer and 1 more38 min
Dec 11, 3:59 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more46 min
Dec 11, 4:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBarren, Butler, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Logan and 3 more6 hr
Dec 11, 4:10 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Harrison, Jefferson, Nelson and 3 more4 hr
Dec 11, 4:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan and 2 more32 min
Dec 11, 4:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Nicholas and 2 more25 min
Dec 11, 4:43 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Green, Lincoln and 3 more4 hr
Dec 11, 4:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hardin and 7 more28 min
Dec 11, 4:56 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Bullitt, Franklin, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin and 6 more3 hr
Dec 11, 5:01 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKGarrard, Madison18 min
Dec 11, 5:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green and 5 more42 min
Dec 11, 5:23 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison37 min
Dec 11, 5:27 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCumberland, Monroe33 min
Dec 11, 5:52 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell23 min
Dec 11, 5:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 6 more32 min
Dec 11, 5:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Boyle, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Marion and 2 more32 min
Dec 11, 6:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison32 min
Dec 11, 8:42 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison3 hr
Dec 11, 10:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Franklin, Henry, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more27 min
Dec 11, 11:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine and 6 more65 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.