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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Louisville, KY

June 7, 2022Cumberland County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2022, 6:55 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 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 7, 2022, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2022, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cumberland County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2022-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1164 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2022-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
1164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.3

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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 7, 6:30 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 6:30 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 2:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
323 PM EDT Tue Jun 7 2022

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-081930-
Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison-
Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt-
Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford-
Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Mercer-Jessamine-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 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, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle,
Bardstown, 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
323 PM EDT Tue Jun 7 2022 /223 PM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A few storms this evening could be strong to marginally severe, with
gusty winds and small hail being the main threats in the strongest
storms. Storms will also be capable of torrential downpours, so
locations that got heavy rain last night will want to be mindful of
possible flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Additional storms will be possible on Wednesday ahead of a frontal
boundary. Some of those storms could be strong to severe, with gusty
winds and hail being the main threats, in the afternoon and early
evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this evening and Wednesday afternoon
and evening.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

Storms this evening will move from west to east around 25 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.

13/CJP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
448 PM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022

INZ089-KYZ023-072230-
Perry IN-Hancock KY-
448 PM CDT Tue Jun 7 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Perry and
Hancock Counties through 530 PM CDT...

At 447 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Santa Claus to Rockport. Movement was
southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 30 to 40 mph, arriving well ahead of any rain.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Tell City around 505 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Hawesville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3793 8697 3794 8692 3802 8680 3800 8677
      3808 8677 3794 8651 3792 8653 3792 8659
      3786 8660 3784 8667 3774 8665 3769 8670
      3774 8682 3779 8682 3784 8685 3784 8691
      3788 8689 3790 8692 3789 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 312DEG 25KT 3805 8691 3790 8705

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

RAS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:51 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan, Warren30 min
Jun 6, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren34 min
Jun 6, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen32 min
Jun 6, 9:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAllen, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren5 hr
Jun 6, 10:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson26 min
Jun 6, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson35 min
Jun 6, 10:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKWarren3 hr
Jun 6, 10:42 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMKLogan3 hr
Jun 6, 11:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBarren, Metcalfe, Monroe4 hr
Jun 7, 12:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson45 min
Jun 7, 1:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell3 hr
Jun 7, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock42 min
Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren9 hr
Jun 7, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCumberland24 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.