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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Louisville, KY

June 6, 2022Allen County, Barren County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2022, 4:56 PM CDT for Allen County, Barren County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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: Jun 6, 2022, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2022, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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
Jun 6, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 Jun 6, 2:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:12 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:15 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:38 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:45 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 12:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	47 min
Jun 6, 1:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham, Trimble	39 min
Jun 6, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	44 min
Jun 6, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	24 min
Jun 6, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	19 min
Jun 6, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Shelby	34 min
Jun 6, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby	27 min
Jun 6, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	32 min
Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	35 min
Jun 6, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	25 min
Jun 6, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	38 min
Jun 6, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	33 min
Jun 6, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Logan, Ohio, Simpson	33 min
Jun 6, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	23 min
Jun 6, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	33 min
Jun 6, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Simpson, Warren	30 min
Jun 6, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe, Monroe	37 min
Jun 6, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Edmonson, Hart, Simpson, Warren	30 min
Jun 6, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	31 min
Jun 6, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	23 min
Jun 6, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Marion, Nelson, Taylor, Washington	24 min
Jun 6, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	26 min
Jun 6, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Anderson, Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Metcalfe and 4 more	22 min
Jun 6, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Boyle, Casey, Franklin, Jessamine, Mercer and 3 more	28 min
Jun 6, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison and 5 more	47 min
Jun 6, 11:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	33 min
Jun 6, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	35 min
Jun 6, 12:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Floyd	24 min
Jun 6, 12:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Orange	29 min
Jun 6, 12:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Scott	44 min
Jun 6, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	47 min
Jun 6, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	32 min
Jun 6, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.