Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2021, 5:39 PM EDT for Marion County, Washington County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 13, 2021, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Marion County, KY, Washington County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese Springfield, KY | THREE SMALL TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1072 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
732
WUUS53 KLMK 132139
SVRLMK
KYC155-229-132215-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0096.210813T2139Z-210813T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
539 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Marion County in central Kentucky...
Southern Washington County in central Kentucky...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 539 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Springfield,
moving northeast at 10 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Springfield.
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 3755 8526 3762 8537 3781 8527 3769 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 212DEG 10KT 3764 8528
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
EBW1 follow-up statement
340
WWUS53 KLMK 132207
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
607 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
KYC155-229-132217-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-210813T2215Z/
Marion KY-Washington KY-
607 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MARION AND SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3755 8526 3762 8537 3781 8527 3769 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 212DEG 10KT 3770 8523
$$
EBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 9:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 19 min |
| Aug 12, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 23 min |
| Aug 12, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 14 min |
| Aug 12, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 10:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Harrison, Scott, Woodford | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 11:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 22 min |
| Aug 12, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 23 min |
| Aug 13, 3:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Metcalfe, Monroe | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Metcalfe, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 15 min |
| Aug 13, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 19 min |
| Aug 13, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jessamine | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 6:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Scott, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 19 min |
| Aug 13, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 11 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.