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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Louisville, KY

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

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2021, 4:16 PM EDT for Fayette County, Scott County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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: Jun 13, 2021, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.

880 
WUUS53 KLMK 132016
SVRLMK
KYC067-209-239-132045-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0050.210613T2016Z-210613T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
416 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...
  South central Scott County in central Kentucky...
  Central Fayette County in central Kentucky...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 416 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Versailles,
  moving southeast at 10 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...
  Lexington, Meadowthorpe, Cardinal Hill, Highlands, Dunbar High 
  School, Northland, U K Arboretum, Chevy Chase, Thoroughbred Acres 
  and Fayette Mall.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3812 8438 3795 8450 3812 8473 3819 8465
      3813 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 300DEG 10KT 3812 8465 

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

RAS

1 follow-up statement

864 
WWUS53 KLMK 132038
SVSLMK

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

KYC067-209-239-132048-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210613T2045Z/
Woodford KY-Scott KY-Fayette KY-
438 PM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD...SOUTH
CENTRAL SCOTT AND CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 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 heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3812 8438 3795 8450 3812 8473 3819 8465
      3813 8437
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 300DEG 10KT 3810 8460 

$$

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, 3:03 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, 4:21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.