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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Louisville, KY

June 22, 20224 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2022, 6:34 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 41 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 22, 2022, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2022, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adair County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Russell County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 307 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2022-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 412 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2022-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 22, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
400 PM EDT Wed Jun 22 2022

INZ077-078-084-089-KYZ023>028-046>049-053>057-061>065-070>072-232000-
Washington-Scott-Crawford-Perry-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-
Grayson-Hardin-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark-Larue-Marion-Boyle-Garrard-
Madison-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor-Logan-Warren-Simpson-
Including the cities of Salem, Scottsburg, English, Tell City,
Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford,
Leitchfield, Elizabethtown, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville,
Winchester, Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond,
Morgantown, Brownsville, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville,
Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, and Providence
400 PM EDT Wed Jun 22 2022 /300 PM CDT Wed Jun 22 2022/

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Heat indices will remain above 105 degrees through the early evening.

Isolated strong to severe storms may persist through the early
evening hours, but will gradually wane after sunset. The main threat
in the strongest storms will be damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

Storms will move from northwest to southeast around 15 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.

INZ079-090>092-KYZ029>043-045-232000-
Jefferson-Harrison-Floyd-Clark-Bullitt-Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-
Franklin-Scott-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-
Nelson-
Including the cities of Madison, Corydon, New Albany,
Jeffersonville, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford,
Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana,
Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle,
and Bardstown
400 PM EDT Wed Jun 22 2022

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 403 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Heat indices will remain above 105 degrees through the early evening.

Scattered strong to severe storms may persist through the early
evening hours, but will gradually wane after sunset. The main threat
in the strongest storms will be damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

Storms will move from northwest to southeast around 15 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.

INZ076-083-KYZ066-067-073>078-081-082-232000-
Orange-Dubois-Casey-Lincoln-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-
Russell-Cumberland-Clinton-
Including the cities of Paoli, Jasper, Liberty, Stanford,
Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown,
Burkesville, and Albany
400 PM EDT Wed Jun 22 2022 /300 PM CDT Wed Jun 22 2022/

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Isolated strong to severe storms may persist through the early
evening hours, but will gradually wane after sunset. The main threat
in the strongest storms will be damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

Storms will move from northwest to southeast around 15 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.

DM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:35 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 12:00 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 33 more7 hr
Jun 22, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble28 min
Jun 22, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble25 min
Jun 22, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Meade32 min
Jun 22, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble26 min
Jun 22, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson29 min
Jun 22, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble29 min
Jun 22, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin25 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer20 min
Jun 22, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt28 min
Jun 22, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison26 min
Jun 22, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Fayette, Franklin, Mercer, Nelson, Scott and 2 more29 min
Jun 22, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer, Washington26 min
Jun 22, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Nicholas34 min
Jun 22, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison18 min
Jun 22, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Casey, Lincoln25 min
Jun 22, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland37 min
Jun 22, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Scott36 min
Jun 22, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Scott27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2022Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.