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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Louisville, KY

June 25, 2023Clark County, Scott County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2023, 7:53 PM EDT for Clark County, Scott County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 25, 2023, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2023, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Clark County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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
Jun 25, 3:54 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 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 Jun 25, 7:42 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 7:42 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 3:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
345 PM EDT Sun Jun 25 2023

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-261945-
Orange-Washington IN-Scott IN-Jefferson IN-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-
Harrison IN-Floyd-Clark IN-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-
Hardin-Bullitt-Jefferson KY-Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-
Scott KY-Harrison KY-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-
Nicholas-Nelson-Washington KY-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark KY-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
345 PM EDT Sun Jun 25 2023 /245 PM CDT Sun Jun 25 2023/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Storms are expected to develop this evening and rapidly become
severe as they move from southern Indiana into central Kentucky over
the course of the evening. Tornadoes, possibly significant, very
large hail, and damaging wind gusts will all be possible, especially
early this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed throughout the region the rest of
the afternoon through this evening. Spotters are reminded to spot
safely and seek shelter as needed.

GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY:

Storms this evening will move from west to east around 40 to 50 mph
while spreading to the southeast.

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.

BTN/SRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:35 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:41 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:43 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:43 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 7:45 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 7:49 PM EDT, 4 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
Jun 25, 6:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	40 min
Jun 25, 7:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Jefferson and 2 more	35 min
Jun 25, 8:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Hart, Jefferson, Larue	38 min
Jun 25, 8:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	41 min
Jun 25, 8:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Bullitt, Green, Hardin, Hart, Jefferson and 7 more	47 min
Jun 25, 9:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	36 min
Jun 25, 9:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Meade	3 hr
Jun 25, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green and 4 more	29 min
Jun 25, 9:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Larue, Warren	26 min
Jun 25, 10:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Green, Taylor	45 min
Jun 25, 10:02 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin	3 hr
Jun 25, 10:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	48 min
Jun 25, 10:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Russell	29 min
Jun 25, 11:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Cumberland, Monroe	40 min
Jun 25, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Jefferson	27 min
Jun 25, 6:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	24 min
Jun 25, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Trimble	35 min
Jun 25, 6:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	14 min
Jun 25, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	31 min
Jun 25, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer	30 min
Jun 25, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	35 min
Jun 25, 6:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 25, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Nelson	19 min
Jun 25, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	27 min
Jun 25, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Marion and 4 more	47 min
Jun 25, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	32 min
Jun 25, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington and 1 more	46 min
Jun 25, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	30 min
Jun 25, 5:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	34 min
Jun 25, 6:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Perry	39 min
Jun 25, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	34 min
Jun 25, 4:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois, Orange	34 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington	34 min
Jun 25, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Perry	31 min
Jun 25, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	36 min
Jun 25, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Washington	35 min
Jun 25, 5:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	29 min
Jun 25, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Orange, Washington	37 min
Jun 25, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	18 min
Jun 25, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Floyd, Harrison	25 min
Jun 25, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	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.