Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2021, 7:07 PM CST for Allen County, Barren County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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
- Feb 28, 2021, 7:07 PM CST (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2021, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted.
806
WUUS53 KLMK 010107
SVRLMK
KYC003-009-171-010145-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0006.210301T0107Z-210301T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
707 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Monroe County in south central Kentucky...
Allen County in south central Kentucky...
Southeastern Barren County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 745 PM CST.
* At 707 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
of Scottsville, moving east at 50 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...
Scottsville, Gamaliel, Fountain Run, Oak Forest, Gum Tree, West
Fork, Maynard, Clare, Austin and Nobob.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for south central
Kentucky.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Report severe weather to local law enforcement, post your report to
the National Weather Service Louisville Facebook page, or tweet your
report using hashtag L, M, K, spotter.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8639 3677 8640 3691 8580 3676 8571
3662 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 262DEG 44KT 3669 8630
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RJS2 follow-up statements
155
WWUS53 KLMK 010139
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
739 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
KYC003-009-171-010145-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210301T0145Z/
Monroe KY-Allen KY-Barren KY-
739 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST
FOR WESTERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN BARREN
COUNTIES...
At 738 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located from 10 miles south
of Glasgow to 6 miles west of Tompkinsville to 8 miles north of Red
Boiling Springs, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Gamaliel, Fountain Run, Dry Fork, Bugtussle, Forkton, Gum Tree,
Freetown, Sulphur Lick, Nobob and Tracy.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of
a building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3664 8612 3688 8592 3691 8580 3676 8571
3662 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 260DEG 50KT 3684 8587 3673 8581 3665 8586
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
13584
WWUS53 KLMK 010147
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
747 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
KYC003-009-171-010157-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210301T0145Z/
Monroe KY-Allen KY-Barren KY-
747 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN
ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN BARREN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for south central
Kentucky.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for
south central Kentucky.
LAT...LON 3664 8612 3688 8592 3691 8580 3676 8571
3662 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 262DEG 44KT 3685 8581 3674 8575 3666 8580
$$
RJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:01 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 7:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Russell | 16 min |
| Feb 28, 8:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 13 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:46 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:01 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 9 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:52 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 44 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 9 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:55 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Butler, Casey and 17 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 10:31 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hancock | 21 days |
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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.