Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2021, 7:37 PM CST for Cumberland County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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
- Feb 28, 2021, 7:37 PM CST (01:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2021, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, KY, Monroe County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:44 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Tompkinsville, KY | ONE TREE DOWN. |
| Feb 28, 7:52 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ene Marrowbone, KY | HWY 90 W HAD A ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO A DOWNED UTILITY POLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 7:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
118
WUUS53 KLMK 010137
SVRLMK
KYC057-171-010215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0007.210301T0137Z-210301T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
737 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Monroe County in south central Kentucky...
Cumberland County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 815 PM CST.
* At 737 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles north of
Red Boiling Springs, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Tompkinsville, Burkesville, Leslie, Gamaliel, Littrell, Meshack,
Modoc, Blythe, Harlan Crossroads and Ellington.
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 3662 8584 3682 8578 3684 8567 3683 8560
3682 8560 3683 8558 3685 8559 3686 8557
3685 8556 3686 8554 3689 8537 3677 8528
3662 8533 3661 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 271DEG 37KT 3669 8589
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RJS2 follow-up statements
320
WWUS53 KLMK 010157
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
757 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
KYC057-171-010215-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210301T0215Z/
Monroe KY-Cumberland KY-
757 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST
FOR EASTERN MONROE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
At 756 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were from 6 miles northwest of
Burkesville to 8 miles north of Celina to near Red Boiling Springs,
moving east at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Tompkinsville, Burkesville, Leslie, Gamaliel, Littrell, Meshack,
Modoc, Blythe, Harlan Crossroads, and Ellington.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3663 8579 3675 8568 3678 8563 3683 8560
3682 8560 3683 8558 3685 8559 3686 8557
3685 8556 3686 8554 3689 8537 3677 8528
3662 8533 3661 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 252DEG 62KT 3685 8546 3666 8555 3656 8578
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
13616
WWUS53 KLMK 010222
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
822 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
KYC057-171-010232-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210301T0215Z/
Monroe KY-Cumberland KY-
822 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MONROE AND CUMBERLAND
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 are still possible.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for
south central Kentucky.
LAT...LON 3663 8579 3675 8568 3678 8563 3683 8560
3682 8560 3683 8558 3685 8559 3686 8557
3685 8556 3686 8554 3689 8537 3677 8528
3662 8533 3661 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 271DEG 37KT 3685 8546 3666 8555 3656 8578
$$
13The 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, 7:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 7:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.