Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2021, 7:38 PM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Shelby 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Ene Simpsonville, KY | PHOTO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR SIMPSONVILLE. |
| Mar 25, 7:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Sse Simpsonville, KY | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT 750 PM EDT AT CULVERS NEAR THE OUTLET SHOPPES OF THE BLUEGRASS ALONG I-64. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
576
WUUS53 KLMK 252338
SVRLMK
KYC103-185-211-260015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0013.210325T2338Z-210326T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
738 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Oldham County in central Kentucky...
Western Shelby County in central Kentucky...
Southwestern Henry County in central Kentucky...
* Until 815 PM EDT.
* At 737 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Taylorsville,
moving northeast at 75 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Shelbyville, New Castle, Pendleton, Eminence, Simpsonville,
Pleasureville, Campbellsburg, Smithfield, L S Park and Chestnut
Grove.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for central
Kentucky.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3844 8503 3811 8529 3814 8542 3850 8530
3850 8528 3854 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 209DEG 64KT 3812 8539
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CG3 follow-up statements
413
WWUS53 KLMK 252350
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
750 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
KYC185-260000-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210326T0015Z/
Oldham KY-
750 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3826 8518 3827 8531 3836 8528 3846 8526
3852 8525 3854 8522 3844 8503 3835 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 209DEG 64KT 3833 8524
$$
KYC103-211-260015-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210326T0015Z/
Shelby KY-Henry KY-
750 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL SHELBY AND SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTIES...
At 750 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Shelbyville, moving northeast at 75 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
New Castle, Eminence, Pleasureville, Campbellsburg, Smithfield,
Chestnut Grove, North Pleasureville, Bethlehem, Franklinton and
Bellview.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 8518 3827 8531 3836 8528 3846 8526
3852 8525 3854 8522 3844 8503 3835 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 209DEG 64KT 3833 8524
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CG212
WWUS53 KLMK 252357
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
757 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
KYC211-260007-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210326T0015Z/
Shelby KY-
757 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3846 8507 3835 8516 3836 8526 3853 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 209DEG 64KT 3844 8516
$$
KYC103-260015-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210326T0015Z/
Henry KY-
757 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY...
At 757 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over New Castle,
moving northeast at 75 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
New Castle, Eminence and Campbellsburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3846 8507 3835 8516 3836 8526 3853 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 209DEG 64KT 3844 8516
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CG501
WWUS53 KLMK 260008
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
808 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
KYC103-260018-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210326T0015Z/
Henry KY-
808 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3846 8507 3835 8516 3836 8526 3853 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 209DEG 64KT 3857 8507
$$
CGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 3:55 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 35 min |
| Mar 25, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 33 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.