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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Louisville, KY

June 13, 2021Fayette County, Scott County, Woodford County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 2:52 PM EDT for Fayette County, Scott County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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: Jun 13, 2021, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, KY, Scott County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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
Jun 13, 3:00 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Victoria Estates, KY	NICKEL-SIZED HAIL IN THE VICTORIA ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD IN SCOTT COUNTY, KY AT 3:00PM.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

618 
WUUS53 KLMK 131852
SVRLMK
KYC067-209-239-131915-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0046.210613T1852Z-210613T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
252 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Woodford County in central Kentucky...
  Southwestern Scott County in central Kentucky...
  Northwestern Fayette County in central Kentucky...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 251 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Georgetown,
  moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Lexington.

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 3812 8450 3807 8466 3820 8473 3822 8473
      3824 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 327DEG 10KT 3817 8467 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RAS

1 follow-up statement

355 
WWUS53 KLMK 131914
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
314 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

KYC067-209-239-131924-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-210613T1915Z/
Woodford KY-Scott KY-Fayette KY-
314 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD...
SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
315 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty 
winds around 40 mph and heavy rain are still possible with this 
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3812 8450 3807 8466 3820 8473 3822 8473
      3824 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 327DEG 10KT 3813 8463 

$$

RAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	25 min
Jun 12, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	32 min
Jun 12, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	32 min
Jun 13, 3:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	25 min
Jun 13, 5:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	37 min
Jun 13, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	37 min
Jun 13, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	32 min
Jun 13, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	32 min
Jun 13, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	27 min
Jun 13, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin	28 min
Jun 13, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Spencer	25 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Scott	36 min
Jun 13, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	31 min
Jun 13, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	38 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Scott, Woodford	29 min
Jun 13, 4:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Scott	4 hr
Jun 13, 4:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette, Scott, Woodford	41 min
Jun 13, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Metcalfe	23 min
Jun 13, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	35 min
Jun 13, 5:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Woodford	2 hr
Jun 13, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	26 min
Jun 13, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	25 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.