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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Louisville, KY

February 17, 20225 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 2022, 5:21 PM CST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2022, 5:21 PM CST (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2022, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adair County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Russell County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 499 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 576 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

675 
WUUS53 KLMK 172321
SVRLMK
KYC001-057-169-171-207-172345-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0021.220217T2321Z-220217T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
521 PM CST Thu Feb 17 2022

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Russell County in south central Kentucky...
  Northeastern Monroe County in south central Kentucky...
  Northern Cumberland County in south central Kentucky...
  Southeastern Metcalfe County in south central Kentucky...
  Southeastern Adair County in south central Kentucky...

* Until 545 PM CST.

* At 521 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Burkesville, moving northeast at 75 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Burkesville around 525 PM CST.
  Jamestown around 540 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3682 8564 3717 8507 3699 8487 3688 8520
      3689 8523 3687 8522 3668 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 238DEG 67KT 3685 8550 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

RJS

1 follow-up statement

285 
WWUS53 KLMK 172337
SVSLMK

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
537 PM CST Thu Feb 17 2022

KYC001-057-169-171-207-172347-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220217T2345Z/
Russell KY-Monroe KY-Cumberland KY-Metcalfe KY-Adair KY-
537 PM CST Thu Feb 17 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSSELL...NORTHEASTERN
MONROE...NORTHERN CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN METCALFE AND SOUTHEASTERN
ADAIR COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CST...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Louisville.

LAT...LON 3682 8564 3717 8507 3699 8487 3688 8520
      3689 8523 3687 8522 3668 8562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 238DEG 67KT 3699 8521 

$$

RJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 12:51 AM CST	Flood Watch	LMK	Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Franklin, Grayson, Hancock and 14 more	19 hr
Feb 17, 2:04 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Franklin, Grayson and 16 more	6 hr
Feb 17, 2:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell	3 hr
Feb 17, 3:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Mercer and 3 more	6 hr
Feb 17, 4:11 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Franklin, Grayson and 17 more	4 hr
Feb 17, 4:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion and 3 more	29 min
Feb 17, 4:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Nelson	18 min
Feb 17, 4:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Taylor	33 min
Feb 17, 4:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Marion, Taylor	32 min
Feb 17, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer	17 min
Feb 17, 5:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	32 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.