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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Louisville, KY

July 6, 2021Anderson County, Mercer County, Woodford County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2021, 3:25 PM EDT for Anderson County, Mercer County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. 6 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: Jul 6, 2021, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Anderson County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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
Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lawrenceburg, KY	POWER LINE DOWN ON WOODFORD STREET NEAR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LAWRENCEBURG. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 55	1 Ne Lawrenceburg, KY	55MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT PRIVATE WEATHER STATION IN LAWRENCEBURG.
Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Lawrenceburg, KY	PEA - QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN LAWRENCEBURG.
Jul 6, 3:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ssw Lawrenceburg, KY	POWER LINE DOWN ON VAIL DRIVE IN LAWRENCEBURG.
Jul 6, 3:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Lawrenceburg, KY	TREE DOWN BLOCKING ONE LANE OF CARLTON DRIVE AT DJEDDAH BLOCKING.
Jul 6, 3:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ssw Lawrenceburg, KY	POWER LINE DOWN ON ASPEN DRIVE IN LAWRENCEBURG.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 1401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

193 
WUUS53 KLMK 061925
SVRLMK
KYC005-167-239-062000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0072.210706T1925Z-210706T2000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Mercer County in central Kentucky...
  Central Woodford County in central Kentucky...
  Eastern Anderson County in central Kentucky...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 325 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lawrenceburg,
  moving north at 15 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Versailles and Lawrenceburg.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to 
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3791 8474 3790 8490 3806 8501 3813 8469
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 165DEG 11KT 3798 8482 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RJS

2 follow-up statements

516 
WWUS53 KLMK 061942
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
342 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

KYC167-061952-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-210706T2000Z/
Mercer KY-
342 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3796 8477 3796 8480 3797 8480 3794 8488
      3795 8489 3794 8490 3795 8491 3795 8493
      3806 8501 3811 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 165DEG 11KT 3803 8484 

$$

KYC005-239-062000-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-210706T2000Z/
Woodford KY-Anderson KY-
342 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL WOODFORD AND NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES...

At 342 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lawrenceburg,
moving north 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...
Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Milner, Mcbrayer, Ninevah, Tyrone and
Nevin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Louisville.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3796 8477 3796 8480 3797 8480 3794 8488
      3795 8489 3794 8490 3795 8491 3795 8493
      3806 8501 3811 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 165DEG 11KT 3803 8484 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RJS

766 
WWUS53 KLMK 061959
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
359 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

KYC005-239-062009-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-210706T2000Z/
Woodford KY-Anderson KY-
359 PM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WOODFORD AND
NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 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 small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain 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 3796 8477 3796 8480 3797 8480 3794 8488
      3795 8489 3794 8490 3795 8491 3795 8493
      3806 8501 3811 8473
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 165DEG 11KT 3807 8485 

$$

RJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 12:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette	3 hr
Jul 6, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	20 min
Jul 6, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	25 min
Jul 6, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	28 min
Jul 6, 2:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	25 min
Jul 6, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	31 min
Jul 6, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	30 min
Jul 6, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer	24 min
Jul 6, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Woodford	26 min
Jul 6, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	34 min
Jul 6, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Woodford	34 min
Jul 6, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	24 min
Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	20 min
Jul 6, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	19 min
Jul 6, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott	26 min
Jul 6, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	18 min
Jul 6, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	14 min
Jul 6, 4:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Scott	116 min
Jul 6, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	22 min
Jul 6, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	18 min
Jul 6, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	30 min
Jul 6, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	27 min
Jul 6, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	14 min
Jul 6, 5:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	90 min
Jul 6, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	20 min
Jul 6, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	16 min
Jul 6, 5:44 PM EDT	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.