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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Louisville, KY

July 6, 2021Breckinridge County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2021, 1:44 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 6, 2021, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Breckinridge County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

185 
WUUS53 KLMK 061844
SVRLMK
KYC027-061915-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0070.210706T1844Z-210706T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
144 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Breckinridge County in central Kentucky...

* Until 215 PM CDT.

* At 144 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hardinsburg,
  moving southwest at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Hardinsburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3792 8638 3782 8626 3766 8642 3781 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 044DEG 14KT 3783 8638 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JML

1 follow-up statement

406 
WWUS53 KLMK 061912
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
212 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

KYC027-061921-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-210706T1915Z/
Breckinridge KY-
212 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT...
                
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 gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Louisville.

LAT...LON 3792 8638 3782 8626 3766 8642 3781 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 044DEG 14KT 3776 8647 

$$

RJS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 11:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette	3 hr
Jul 6, 12:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	20 min
Jul 6, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	25 min
Jul 6, 1:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	28 min
Jul 6, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	25 min
Jul 6, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	30 min
Jul 6, 1:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer	24 min
Jul 6, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Woodford	26 min
Jul 6, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Woodford	35 min
Jul 6, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	34 min
Jul 6, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Woodford	34 min
Jul 6, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	24 min
Jul 6, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	20 min
Jul 6, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	19 min
Jul 6, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott	26 min
Jul 6, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	18 min
Jul 6, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	14 min
Jul 6, 3:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Scott	116 min
Jul 6, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	22 min
Jul 6, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	18 min
Jul 6, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	30 min
Jul 6, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	27 min
Jul 6, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	14 min
Jul 6, 4:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	90 min
Jul 6, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	20 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	16 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	31 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.