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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Louisville, KY

June 13, 2021Bourbon County, Nicholas County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 3:03 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Nicholas County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bourbon County, KY, Nicholas County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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, 3:09 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nnw Paris, KY	DELAYED REPORT: TREE DOWN ACROSS CYNTHIANA RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

094 
WUUS53 KLMK 131903
SVRLMK
KYC017-181-131930-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0047.210613T1903Z-210613T1930Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Bourbon County in central Kentucky...
  Southern Nicholas County in central Kentucky...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 303 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Paris, moving
  east at 30 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  Bourbon and southern Nicholas Counties, including the following
  locations... Currentsville, Ewalt Crossroads, Brentsville,
  Jackstown, Blacks Crossroads, Plum, North Middletown, Kiserton,
  Bunker Hill and East Union.

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 3817 8400 3813 8406 3811 8408 3811 8412
      3820 8437 3821 8438 3821 8440 3830 8436
      3829 8435 3829 8434 3830 8434 3830 8432
      3828 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 286DEG 27KT 3825 8427 

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

RAS

1 follow-up statement

906 
WWUS53 KLMK 131919
SVSLMK

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

KYC017-181-131930-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210613T1930Z/
Bourbon KY-Nicholas KY-
319 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN BOURBON AND SOUTHERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES...

At 319 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carlisle,
moving east at 30 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...
Jackstown, Blacks Crossroads, Plum, Bunker Hill, East Union, Little
Rock and Moorefield.

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 3822 8424 3829 8420 3828 8387 3817 8400
      3814 8405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 280DEG 27KT 3824 8411 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Scott, Woodford	23 min
Jun 13, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	32 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.