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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Louisville, KY

July 6, 20225 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2022, 4:52 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 6, 2022, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2022, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 38 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, Jessamine County, KY, Madison County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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
Jul 6, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 487 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jul 6, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:29 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:15 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:22 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:24 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:36 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:44 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:46 PM EDT, 6 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
Jul 6, 3:53 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	LMK	Allen, Anderson, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 19 more	16 hr
Jul 6, 3:53 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	LMK	Adair, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Clinton and 18 more	16 hr
Jul 6, 3:53 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 31 more	38 hr
Jul 6, 11:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	31 min
Jul 6, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	31 min
Jul 6, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton	30 min
Jul 6, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	36 min
Jul 6, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	31 min
Jul 6, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	23 min
Jul 6, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	28 min
Jul 6, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	22 min
Jul 6, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	34 min
Jul 6, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	23 min
Jul 6, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	36 min
Jul 6, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	30 min
Jul 6, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	27 min
Jul 6, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	33 min
Jul 6, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	15 min
Jul 6, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	36 min
Jul 6, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Woodford	32 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	30 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	30 min
Jul 6, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	23 min
Jul 6, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott, Woodford	29 min
Jul 6, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	14 min
Jul 6, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	24 min
Jul 6, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nicholas	21 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Woodford	31 min
Jul 6, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	29 min
Jul 6, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	36 min
Jul 6, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	35 min
Jul 6, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Ohio	29 min
Jul 6, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	39 min
Jul 6, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Hardin	32 min
Jul 6, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor	30 min
Jul 6, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson	23 min
Jul 6, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Garrard	28 min
Jul 6, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	21 min
Jul 6, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	32 min
Jul 6, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	30 min
Jul 6, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	42 min
Jul 6, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland	24 min
Jul 6, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	37 min
Jul 6, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	28 min
Jul 6, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	33 min
Jul 6, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	15 min
Jul 6, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	30 min
Jul 6, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd	31 min
Jul 6, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	27 min
Jul 6, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	35 min
Jul 6, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	36 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.