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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2024, 9:18 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 57 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 26, 2024, 9:18 AM CDT (14:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2024, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Butler County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Logan County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:59 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1896 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
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 May 26, 7:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:13 AM CDT, 6 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 413 AM EDT Sun May 26 2024 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-270815- Orange-Washington IN-Scott IN-Jefferson IN-Dubois-Crawford-Perry- Harrison IN-Floyd-Clark IN-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson- Hardin-Bullitt-Jefferson-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- 413 AM EDT Sun May 26 2024 /313 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Indiana and central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/louisville on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. Multiple waves of strong to severe storms are possible today and tonight. Storms during the day will be capable of producing gusty winds and localized flooding. Storms later tonight could produce widespread damaging winds and flash flooding, and tornadoes and large hail cannot be ruled out either. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Isolated thunderstorms are possible Monday, and will produce lightning along with locally gusty winds. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed at times today and tonight. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms today will move to the east-northeast at 30 to 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/EBW
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 9:10 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
910 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024
KYZ026-061-070>073-261515-
Warren KY-Logan KY-Simpson KY-Allen KY-Butler KY-Ohio KY-
910 AM CDT Sun May 26 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT LOGAN...SIMPSON...SOUTHWESTERN
ALLEN...BUTLER...WARREN AND OHIO COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 AM CDT...
At 909 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Nortonville, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Bowling Green, Russellville, Hartford, Morgantown, Plum Springs,
Memphis Junction, Mount Victor, Crestmoor, Anderson, and Casey.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CDT for south central
and central Kentucky.
&&
LAT...LON 3738 8709 3748 8713 3753 8707 3753 8666
3739 8661 3734 8648 3701 8634 3665 8638
3664 8706 3706 8705 3707 8694 3711 8689
3714 8693 3718 8689 3724 8691 3727 8698
3735 8701 3737 8707 3733 8710 3734 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 1409Z 270DEG 37KT 3715 8749
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
JDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 7 days |
| May 26, 1:50 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 24 hr |
| May 26, 9:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio, Simpson, Warren | 65 min |
| May 26, 9:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 35 min |
| May 26, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson, Warren | 31 min |
| May 26, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 33 min |
| May 26, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 36 min |
| May 26, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Edmonson, Hardin, Hart, Larue | 31 min |
| May 26, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe, Warren | 35 min |
| May 26, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart and 5 more | 36 min |
| May 26, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 27 min |
| May 26, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more | 47 min |
| May 26, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Hart, Taylor | 28 min |
| May 26, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Franklin, Green and 9 more | 32 min |
| May 26, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 30 min |
| May 26, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Franklin and 9 more | 53 min |
| May 26, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 65 min |
| May 26, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 17 min |
| May 26, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine and 4 more | 49 min |
| May 26, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hardin, Hart and 9 more | 59 min |
| May 26, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Monroe and 1 more | 44 min |
| May 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe | 28 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.