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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2022, 3:17 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
- Oct 12, 2022, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2022, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Adair County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Russell County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Oct 12, 2:20 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 2:20 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 353 PM EDT Wed Oct 12 2022 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-132000- 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 353 PM EDT Wed Oct 12 2022 /253 PM CDT Wed Oct 12 2022/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through this evening, especially east of Interstate 65 in Kentucky. Locally damaging winds will be the main hazard, but a brief tornado cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Very low afternoon relative humidities and gusty west winds will result in increasing wildfire danger Thursday and Friday, especially in areas that miss out on rainfall today. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to relay any reports of wind damage or measured gusts. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms will move to the east-northeast around 40 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. RAS/JML
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 1:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 30 min |
| Oct 12, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 34 min |
| Oct 12, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 35 min |
| Oct 12, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren | 51 min |
| Oct 12, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 14 min |
| Oct 12, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 44 min |
| Oct 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Metcalfe | 26 min |
| Oct 12, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Green, Taylor | 35 min |
| Oct 12, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 33 min |
| Oct 12, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Russell | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 38 min |
| Oct 12, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 15 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.