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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
- 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
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 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
RASSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 6:51 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan, Warren | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 9:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 10:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Logan | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 1:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 9 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 24 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.