Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 12:39 PM EDT for Fayette County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 21 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
- Aug 10, 2021, 12:39 PM EDT (16:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fayette County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
406
WUUS53 KLMK 101639
SVRLMK
KYC067-239-101715-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0094.210810T1639Z-210810T1715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1239 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Woodford County in central Kentucky...
Northwestern Fayette County in central Kentucky...
* Until 115 PM EDT.
* At 1238 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Versailles,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Cardinal Hill around 1255 PM EDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Lexington, Highlands and Meadowthorpe.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3801 8451 3806 8470 3812 8469 3813 8464
3812 8463 3812 8465 3811 8463 3813 8462
3815 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1638Z 276DEG 19KT 3810 8465
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
CG1 follow-up statement
680
WWUS53 KLMK 101700
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
100 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
KYC067-239-101710-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-210810T1715Z/
Woodford KY-Fayette KY-
100 PM EDT Tue Aug 10 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WOODFORD AND
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However heavy rain and
frequent lightning is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3801 8451 3806 8470 3812 8469 3813 8464
3812 8463 3812 8465 3811 8463 3813 8462
3815 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 276DEG 19KT 3809 8450
$$
JMLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 10:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 16 min |
| Aug 10, 11:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Woodford | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 22 min |
| Aug 10, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette | 21 min |
| Aug 10, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 2:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 3:32 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson and 11 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:32 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Allen, Anderson, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 25 more | 53 hr |
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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.