Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 11, 2021, 6:28 AM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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, 6:28 AM EST (11:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 6:32 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Crab Orchard, KY | TREES DOWN. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2:27 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
131
WUUS53 KLMK 111128
SVRLMK
KYC049-079-137-151-111200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0111.211211T1128Z-211211T1200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
628 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Lincoln County in central Kentucky...
Southeastern Garrard County in central Kentucky...
Southern Clark County in central Kentucky...
Madison County in central Kentucky...
* Until 700 AM EST.
* At 627 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Lancaster, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Richmond around 640 AM EST.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm 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 3782 8407
3785 8408 3782 8412 3781 8408 3778 8411
3767 8409 3765 8413 3757 8409 3752 8426
3754 8435 3747 8437 3748 8445 3733 8450
3739 8479 3790 8429 3799 8400 3794 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1127Z 238DEG 49KT 3765 8442
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
KDWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 8:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 55 min |
| Dec 10, 8:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 57 min |
| Dec 10, 9:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 56 min |
| Dec 10, 9:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 36 min |
| Dec 10, 9:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 30 min |
| Dec 10, 10:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 39 min |
| Dec 10, 10:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 31 min |
| Dec 10, 10:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 17 min |
| Dec 10, 11:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 63 min |
| Dec 11, 12:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock | 53 min |
| Dec 11, 12:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 39 min |
| Dec 11, 1:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 16 min |
| Dec 11, 1:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 15 min |
| Dec 11, 1:33 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 27 min |
| Dec 11, 1:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 39 min |
| Dec 11, 1:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer | 34 min |
| Dec 11, 1:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer | 46 min |
| Dec 11, 1:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 47 min |
| Dec 11, 2:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe, Warren | 48 min |
| Dec 11, 2:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 20 min |
| Dec 11, 2:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 30 min |
| Dec 11, 2:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Metcalfe and 1 more | 50 min |
| Dec 11, 3:08 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 115 min |
| Dec 11, 3:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Nelson, Scott and 3 more | 29 min |
| Dec 11, 3:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 44 min |
| Dec 11, 3:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Larue, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer and 1 more | 38 min |
| Dec 11, 3:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more | 46 min |
| Dec 11, 4:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Logan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:10 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Harrison, Jefferson, Nelson and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan and 2 more | 32 min |
| Dec 11, 4:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Nicholas and 2 more | 25 min |
| Dec 11, 4:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 37 min |
| Dec 11, 4:43 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Green, Lincoln and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 11, 4:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hardin and 7 more | 28 min |
| Dec 11, 4:56 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Franklin, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 5:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 18 min |
| Dec 11, 5:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green and 5 more | 42 min |
| Dec 11, 5:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 37 min |
| Dec 11, 5:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 33 min |
| Dec 11, 5:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 23 min |
| Dec 11, 5:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 6 more | 32 min |
| Dec 11, 5:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Boyle, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Marion and 2 more | 32 min |
| Dec 11, 8:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 3 hr |
| Dec 11, 10:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more | 27 min |
| Dec 11, 11:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine and 6 more | 65 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.