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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Louisville, KY

July 8, 2021Harrison County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT for Harrison County, Indiana; Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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 8, 2021, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harrison County, IN, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 239 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 187 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

444 
WUUS53 KLMK 082230
SVRLMK
INC061-KYC163-082300-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0079.210708T2230Z-210708T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
630 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Harrison County in south central Indiana...
  North central Meade County in central Kentucky...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 630 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles northwest of Corydon to 10 miles south of
  Carefree Town, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Corydon around 640 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3830 8601 3830 8600 3809 8610 3811 8634
      3832 8623 3832 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 264DEG 20KT 3826 8621 3811 8630 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JML
2 follow-up statements
378 
WWUS53 KLMK 082240
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
640 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

KYC163-082249-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210708T2300Z/
Meade KY-
640 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3830 8601 3830 8600 3811 8609 3813 8626
      3832 8618 3832 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 251DEG 25KT 3830 8613 3817 8620 

$$

INC061-082300-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210708T2300Z/
Harrison IN-
640 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY...

At 639 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 12 miles east of Carefree Town to near Corydon, moving
east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Harrison County, including the following locations... New
Salisbury and Crandall.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3830 8601 3830 8600 3811 8609 3813 8626
      3832 8618 3832 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 251DEG 25KT 3830 8613 3817 8620 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JML
235 
WWUS53 KLMK 082254
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
654 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

INC061-082303-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210708T2300Z/
Harrison IN-
654 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3830 8601 3830 8600 3811 8609 3813 8626
      3832 8618 3832 8601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 264DEG 20KT 3831 8604 3818 8611 

$$

JML

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson25 min
Jul 8, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Scott29 min
Jul 8, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange35 min
Jul 8, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Scott32 min
Jul 8, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois35 min
Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange36 min
Jul 8, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson17 min
Jul 8, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange30 min
Jul 8, 6:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange26 min
Jul 8, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford25 min
Jul 8, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFloyd17 min
Jul 8, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd27 min
Jul 8, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble35 min
Jul 8, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison, Scott35 min
Jul 8, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby32 min
Jul 8, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKShelby26 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.