Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2023, 8:38 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 37 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2023, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2023, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Bullitt County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Highview, KY | Delayed report. A large 150 year old oak tree was uprooted on the 6700 block of Briscoe Lane. Phelps Tree Service, in the same area, also had tree damage. |
| Aug 25, 8:53 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Highview, KY | Delayed report, two trees down on Cooper Chapel Rd at Beulah Church Rd. Time estimated from radar. |
| Aug 25, 9:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Hillview, KY | Delayed report of power lines down near North Preston Highway. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 848 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
067
WUUS53 KLMK 260038
SVRLMK
KYC029-111-179-211-215-260115-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0310.230826T0038Z-230826T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Louisville KY
838 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023
The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Spencer County in central Kentucky...
Southwestern Shelby County in central Kentucky...
North central Nelson County in central Kentucky...
Southeastern Jefferson County in central Kentucky...
Northeastern Bullitt County in central Kentucky...
* Until 915 PM EDT.
* At 838 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Highview,
moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Jeffersontown, Bardstown, Middletown, Douglass Hills, Pioneer
Village, Hollow Creek, Taylorsville, Hollyvilla, Spring Mill and
Highview.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3809 8575 3825 8550 3803 8517 3780 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 317DEG 19KT 3812 8563
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
EBW2 follow-up statements
255
WWUS53 KLMK 260050
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
850 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023
KYC211-260059-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-230826T0115Z/
Shelby KY-
850 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3809 8575 3821 8556 3806 8536 3797 8525
3780 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 317DEG 19KT 3809 8560
$$
KYC029-111-179-215-260115-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-230826T0115Z/
Spencer KY-Nelson KY-Jefferson KY-Bullitt KY-
850 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN SPENCER...NORTH CENTRAL NELSON...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON
AND NORTHEASTERN BULLITT COUNTIES...
At 849 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Highview,
moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Jeffersontown, Bardstown, Pioneer Village, Hollow Creek,
Taylorsville, Hollyvilla, Spring Mill, Highview, Fern Creek and
Okolona.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3809 8575 3821 8556 3806 8536 3797 8525
3780 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 317DEG 19KT 3809 8560
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
CSG956
WWUS53 KLMK 260113
SVSLMK
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
913 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023
KYC029-111-179-215-260123-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-230826T0115Z/
Spencer KY-Nelson KY-Jefferson KY-Bullitt KY-
913 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 2023
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SPENCER...NORTH
CENTRAL NELSON...SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN BULLITT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Louisville.
LAT...LON 3809 8575 3821 8556 3806 8536 3797 8525
3780 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 317DEG 19KT 3800 8550
$$
EBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Spencer | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 19 min |
| Aug 25, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 32 min |
| Aug 25, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 18 min |
| Aug 25, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin, Hart, Larue, Taylor | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 10:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 1:47 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Cumberland, Edmonson, Grayson and 6 more | 15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.