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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Louisville, KY

June 17, 20226 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2022, 11:59 AM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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 17, 2022, 11:59 AM EDT (15:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2022, 12:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bourbon County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Nicholas County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 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 17, 10:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 2184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 6.9

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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 17, 10:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 10:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:21 AM EDT, 8 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
321 AM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-180730-
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
321 AM EDT Fri Jun 17 2022 /221 AM CDT Fri Jun 17 2022/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Scattered storms are expected today, some of which could produce
strong gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are asked to report any wind damage or gusts over 40 mph
today.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

Storms today will move from west to east at 30 to 35 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

Local storm report, Jun 17, 11:10 AM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 11:37 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 11:56 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 11:57 AM EDT, 2 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 17, 8:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	45 min
Jun 17, 9:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	46 min
Jun 17, 9:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	40 min
Jun 17, 9:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	34 min
Jun 17, 9:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	26 min
Jun 17, 9:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	40 min
Jun 17, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	32 min
Jun 17, 10:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	35 min
Jun 17, 10:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	25 min
Jun 17, 10:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue	34 min
Jun 17, 10:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	31 min
Jun 17, 10:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	33 min
Jun 17, 10:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	31 min
Jun 17, 10:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart, Larue	34 min
Jun 17, 11:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	29 min
Jun 17, 11:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Woodford	33 min
Jun 17, 11:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	46 min
Jun 17, 11:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Green, Taylor	23 min
Jun 17, 11:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Washington	16 min
Jun 17, 11:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Jessamine and 2 more	38 min
Jun 17, 11:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Russell, Taylor	47 min
Jun 17, 12:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	25 min
Jun 17, 8:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	38 min
Jun 17, 9:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Washington	50 min
Jun 17, 10:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Scott	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.