Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2021, 6:40 PM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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 29, 2021, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ohio County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
160
WUUS53 KLMK 292340
SVRLMK
KYC183-300015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0064.210629T2340Z-210630T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
640 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Ohio County in central Kentucky...
* Until 715 PM CDT.
* At 640 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Livermore,
moving northwest at 10 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
west central Ohio County, including the following locations... No
Creek, Heflin, Centertown, Coffman, Equality, Matanzas, Buford and
Pleasant Ridge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is
occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3736 8712 3738 8709 3746 8710 3748 8713
3749 8712 3748 8711 3755 8705 3761 8697
3743 8695 3734 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 154DEG 8KT 3744 8704
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SCHOETTMER2 follow-up statements
488
WWUS53 KLMK 292356
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
656 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
KYC183-300015-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210630T0015Z/
Ohio KY-
656 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTY...
At 656 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Livermore,
moving northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Centertown, No Creek, Heflin, Coffman, Equality, Matanzas, Buford and
Pleasant Ridge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3738 8709 3746 8710 3748 8713 3749 8712
3748 8711 3755 8705 3761 8697 3743 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 154DEG 8KT 3747 8706
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SCHOETTMER862
WWUS53 KLMK 300015
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
715 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
KYC183-300025-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210630T0015Z/
Ohio KY-
715 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire. However gusty winds and heavy rain are still
possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3738 8709 3746 8710 3748 8713 3749 8712
3748 8711 3755 8705 3761 8697 3743 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 154DEG 8KT 3751 8708
$$
SCHOETTMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 30 min |
Nearby
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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.