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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2022, 5:33 PM EDT for Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2022, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2022, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hardin County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 21, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 5:32 PM EDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 159 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022 KYZ040>043-046>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-221800- Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Washington-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark- Larue-Marion-Boyle-Garrard-Madison-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor- Casey-Lincoln-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe- Adair-Russell-Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester, Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Morgantown, Brownsville, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown, Burkesville, and Albany 159 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022 /1259 PM CDT Sat May 21 2022/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and continue into tonight. Locally gusty winds and hail will be the main threats in addition to lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. More rounds of strong to severe storms are in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be requested this afternoon and evening. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms this afternoon and evening are expected to move from west to east around 40 mph. Any users of this storm motion must be aware that thunderstorm activity can be erratic and constantly evolving. Please use this with caution and be prepared for changing conditions. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>039-045-221800- Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison- Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt- Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson-Nelson- Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper, English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, and Bardstown 159 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022 /1259 PM CDT Sat May 21 2022/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 254 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. Some storms may be strong to severe with damaging winds and possibly some large hail as the main threats in addition to frequent lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. More rounds of strong to severe storms are in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be requested this afternoon and evening. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms this afternoon and evening are expected to move from west to east around 40 mph. Any users of this storm motion must be aware that thunderstorm activity can be erratic and constantly evolving. Please use this with caution and be prepared for changing conditions. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. MJ
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Special weather statement, May 21, 5:05 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 21, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 26 min |
| May 21, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 31 min |
| May 21, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 35 min |
| May 21, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 26 min |
| May 21, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson | 37 min |
| May 21, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 31 min |
| May 21, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 31 min |
| May 21, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 36 min |
| May 21, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 26 min |
| May 21, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 23 min |
| May 21, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 22 min |
| May 21, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 50 min |
| May 21, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 29 min |
| May 21, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 51 min |
| May 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 27 min |
| May 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 27 min |
| May 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 25 min |
| May 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 25 min |
| May 21, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham | 34 min |
| May 21, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 28 min |
| May 21, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 36 min |
| May 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 45 min |
| May 21, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 32 min |
| May 21, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Washington | 24 min |
| May 21, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 35 min |
| May 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 33 min |
| May 21, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jessamine | 28 min |
| May 21, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 31 min |
| May 21, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Perry | 50 min |
| May 21, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange, Perry | 57 min |
| May 21, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd, Harrison, Washington | 44 min |
| May 21, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington | 47 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.