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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2023, 6:12 PM EDT for 13 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 5, 2023, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2023, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Scott County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
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 Apr 5, 6:07 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:07 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 334 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 KYZ026-027-035>037-039>043-045>049-053-061>063-061945- Ohio-Grayson-Franklin-Scott-Harrison-Anderson-Woodford-Fayette- Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Washington-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark-Larue- Butler-Edmonson-Hart- Including the cities of Hartford, Leitchfield, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester, Hodgenville, Morgantown, Brownsville, and Horse Cave 334 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 /234 PM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 129 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Severe storms are possible this afternoon and evening. The main threat will be damaging straight line winds, but a brief tornado or two can't be ruled out. Heavy rain is expected overnight into early Thursday morning and may result in local flooding problems. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is needed now through this evening. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms will move northeast around 60 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. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-028>034-038-061945- Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison- Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Hardin-Bullitt-Oldham-Trimble- Henry-Shelby-Spencer- Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper, English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, and Taylorsville 334 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 /234 PM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH 127 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Severe storms are possible this afternoon and evening. The main threat will be damaging straight line winds, but a brief tornado or two can't be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is needed now through this evening. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms will move northeast around 60 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. KYZ054>057-064>067-070>078-081-082-061945- Marion-Boyle-Garrard-Madison-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln-Logan-Warren- Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-Russell-Cumberland- Clinton- Including the cities of Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown, Burkesville, and Albany 334 PM EDT Wed Apr 5 2023 /234 PM CDT Wed Apr 5 2023/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 129 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Severe storms are possible this afternoon and evening. The main threat will be damaging straight line winds, but a brief tornado or two can't be ruled out. Heavy rain is expected overnight into early Thursday morning and may result in local flooding problems. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is needed now through this evening. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms will move northeast around 60 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. BTN/13
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 5, 2:37 PM EDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Casey, Clinton and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Logan, Ohio, Warren | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson and 6 more | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 14 min |
| Apr 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart and 4 more | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 5:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 15 min |
| Apr 5, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby, Trimble | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Casey and 13 more | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Nicholas, Woodford | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe, Russell | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 11:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 13 min |
| Apr 5, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Perry | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 30 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.