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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY

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

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 25, 2021, 7:17 PM CST for Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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, 7:17 PM CST (01:17 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2021, 7:47 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 654 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 735 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

941 
WUUS53 KLMK 260117
SVRLMK
KYC003-009-171-260200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0004.210126T0117Z-210126T0200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Monroe County in south central Kentucky...
  Allen County in south central Kentucky...
  Southern Barren County in south central Kentucky...

* Until 800 PM CST.

* At 717 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Westmoreland, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Scottsville, Fountain Run, Oak Forest, Gum Tree, Maynard, Austin,
  Lamb, Alonzo, Flippin and Emberton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3665 8634 3665 8641 3667 8641 3668 8642
      3669 8641 3696 8587 3674 8570 3663 8612
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 244DEG 49KT 3666 8633 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DM

2 follow-up statements

964 
WWUS53 KLMK 260133
SVSLMK

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

KYC003-009-171-260200-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210126T0200Z/
Monroe KY-Allen KY-Barren KY-
733 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN BARREN
COUNTIES...

At 733 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles east of
Scottsville, moving northeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Fountain Run, Dry Fork, Maynard, Austin, Tracy, Lamb, Flippin, Mud
Lick, Etoile and Peter Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3668 8603 3682 8612 3693 8585 3676 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 246DEG 58KT 3677 8599 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

DM

579 
WWUS53 KLMK 260147
SVSLMK

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

KYC003-009-171-260157-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210126T0200Z/
Monroe KY-Allen KY-Barren KY-
747 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE...
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN BARREN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3668 8603 3682 8612 3693 8585 3676 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 244DEG 49KT 3686 8577 

$$

DM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 6:10 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Edmonson, Hart	5 hr
Jan 25, 6:46 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon	112 min
Jan 25, 7:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Casey, Green, Taylor	4 hr
Jan 25, 7:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	19 min
Jan 25, 7:39 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe and 1 more	4 hr
Jan 25, 7:39 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	4 days
Jan 25, 7:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	28 min
Jan 25, 7:50 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	4 hr
Jan 25, 8:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	28 min
Jan 25, 8:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton	40 min
Jan 25, 8:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	25 hr
Jan 25, 8:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer	34 min
Jan 25, 8:56 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	44 hr
Jan 25, 9:03 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hart	15 hr
Jan 25, 9:12 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	18 hr
Jan 25, 9:21 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	25 hr
Jan 25, 9:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	4 days
Jan 26, 2:41 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Fayette, Franklin and 20 more	3 hr
Jan 26, 10:55 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	9 hr
Jan 26, 12:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hart	31 hr
Jan 26, 1:59 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	33 hr

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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.