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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Louisville, KY

May 3, 2022Larue County, Marion County, Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2022, 4:28 PM EDT for Larue County, Marion County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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: May 3, 2022, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Larue County, KY, Marion County, KY, Nelson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 247 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: 1276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 470 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 May 3, 3:48 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 3:48 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 3:55 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 3:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 3:34 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 3:34 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 3:35 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 3:46 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 4:14 PM EDT, 14 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
May 3, 3:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	22 min
May 3, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	40 min
May 3, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	34 min
May 3, 2:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	35 min
May 3, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	18 min
May 3, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	26 min
May 3, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin	40 min
May 3, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	34 min
May 3, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	29 min
May 3, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Hart, Larue	25 min
May 3, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	31 min
May 3, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer	28 min
May 3, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	34 min
May 3, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	37 min
May 3, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	34 min
May 3, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Woodford	34 min
May 3, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	31 min
May 3, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Fayette, Jessamine, Marion, Mercer, Woodford	36 min
May 3, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	33 min
May 3, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	37 min
May 3, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	32 min
May 3, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	28 min
May 3, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	37 min
May 3, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green	33 min
May 3, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Taylor	13 min
May 3, 7:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	31 min
May 3, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	23 min
May 3, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	28 min
May 3, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard	32 min
May 3, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	31 min
May 3, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	30 min
May 3, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	26 min
May 3, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	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.