Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 3:42 AM CDT for Cumberland County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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
- May 4, 2021, 3:42 AM CDT (08:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, KY, Monroe County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 4:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Burkesville, KY | CORRECTS TIMING OF PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM BURKESVILLE. REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE BURKESVILLE CITY LIMITS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 2263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted.
589
WUUS53 KLMK 040842
SVRLMK
KYC057-171-040915-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0027.210504T0842Z-210504T0915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
342 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Monroe County in south central Kentucky...
Central Cumberland County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 415 AM CDT.
* At 342 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Tompkinsville, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Burkesville, Leslie, Waterview, Meshack, Modoc, Blythe, Green
Grove, Ellington, Bow and Grider.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3670 8562 3689 8544 3678 8524 3671 8526
3666 8556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 236DEG 19KT 3671 8554
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
132 follow-up statements
651
WWUS53 KLMK 040858
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
358 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
KYC057-171-040915-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-210504T0915Z/
Monroe KY-Cumberland KY-
358 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE AND CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
At 358 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were from 9 miles east of
Tompkinsville to near Burkesville, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Burkesville, Leslie, Waterview, Meshack, Modoc, Green Grove,
Ellington, Bow, Grider, and Stalcup.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3673 8558 3689 8544 3678 8524 3671 8526
3669 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 233DEG 18KT 3672 8552 3676 8544 3679 8529
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
13462
WWUS53 KLMK 040918
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
418 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
KYC057-171-040926-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-210504T0915Z/
Monroe KY-Cumberland KY-
418 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE AND
CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CUMBERLAND
COUNTY AND EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY UNTIL 715 AM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened. However small
hail and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.
Flooding is expected.
Never...ever...drive into flooded roadways! Find an alternate route.
LAT...LON 3673 8558 3689 8544 3678 8524 3671 8526
3669 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0916Z 236DEG 19KT 3677 8543 3681 8535 3684 8520
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 22 min |
| May 4, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 33 min |
| May 4, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Monroe | 34 min |
| May 4, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 15 min |
| May 4, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Warren | 43 min |
| May 4, 1:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 33 min |
| May 4, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 30 min |
| May 4, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 27 min |
| May 4, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 32 min |
| May 4, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 36 min |
| May 4, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Hart | 32 min |
| May 4, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 23 min |
| May 4, 3:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Green and 2 more | 28 min |
| May 4, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Clinton and 13 more | 22 hr |
| May 4, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 34 min |
| May 4, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler | 5 hr |
| May 4, 4:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 36 min |
| May 4, 4:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 27 min |
| May 4, 5:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 40 min |
| May 4, 5:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Metcalfe, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 47 min |
| May 4, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 20 min |
| May 4, 6:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Monroe | 19 min |
| May 4, 6:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 3 hr |
| May 4, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Cumberland, Monroe | 47 min |
| May 4, 6:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 8:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 4, 8:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Metcalfe, Warren | 4 hr |
| May 4, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 11 hr |
| May 4, 1:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 4 days |
| May 4, 1:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 5 days |
| May 4, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 50 min |
| May 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 27 min |
| May 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 47 min |
| May 4, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 49 min |
| May 4, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 34 min |
| May 4, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 34 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.