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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2022, 1:50 AM CDT for Clinton County, Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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 21, 2022, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2022, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 3262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 21, 12:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 12:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 910 PM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-220115- 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 910 PM EDT Wed Jul 20 2022 /810 PM CDT Wed Jul 20 2022/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This Evening and Overnight. Scattered thunderstorms will be possible across the outlook area this evening and should diminish later tonight. Some of the storms could be strong to severe with locally damaging winds to most likely severe weather hazard. Heavy rainfall and some small hail will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Heat could approach dangerous levels Saturday and Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required this evening. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms this evening will move from west to east at 20-25 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. MJ/KDW
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 22 min |
| Jul 20, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 9:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Larue, Lincoln, Marion and 3 more | 112 min |
| Jul 20, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe | 57 min |
| Jul 20, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 10:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more | 81 min |
| Jul 20, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 21 min |
| Jul 20, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 12:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Hart | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 21 min |
| Jul 21, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 1:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 4:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 4 hr |
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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.