A severe squall line moved east along the Ohio River west of Louisville during the early morning hours on June 19th. Along with widespread damaging winds, several tornadoes developed along the leading edge of the gust front across southern Indiana and Central Kentucky.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A severe squall line moved east along the Ohio River west of Louisville during the early morning hours on June 19th. Along with widespread damaging winds, several tornadoes developed along the leading edge of the gust front across southern Indiana and Central Kentucky.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 19, 5:02 AM CST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 702 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... ...FORECAST UPDATE... UPDATED THE FORECAST TO INCLUDE A TORNADO WATCH. THIS WATCH COVERS A PORTION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND MOST OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH 11 AM THIS MORNING. A SEVERE SQUALL LINE NOW ENTERING WESTERN KENTUCKY IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY RACE ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY SHORTLY AFTER DAWN. THIS LINE MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. AHEAD OF THIS LINE...SCATTERED ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... A WIDESPREAD MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DEVELOPED OVER MISSOURI DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AS FORECAST BY VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A WARM FRONT THAT AT 2 AM STRETCHED SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY TO PADUCAH. A STRONG SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL JET IS CURRENTLY AIMED AT MISSOURI AND WILL HELP SUSTAIN THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AFTER 5 AM. PRECIPITABLE WATER APPROACHING 2 INCHES AND ELEVATED CAPE OVER 2500 JOULES ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD STORM COVERAGE DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS TO OUR WEST WILL BECOME QUITE VIGOROUS WITH LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. INDEED...STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION HAS ALREADY LED TO SOME SCATTERED ELEVATED STORMS OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. SHORT RANGE MESO-SCALE MODELS SUCH AS THE HRRR AND THE 00Z SPC WRF BRING WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS. BASED ON CURRENT RADAR ACROSS MISSOURI...EXPECT THAT THIS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY IN THE 8 TO 11 AM TIME FRAME. HOWEVER...SCATTERED WARM ADVECTION RELATED POP UP STORMS WILL LIKELY BRING LIGHTER AMOUNTS BEFORE THIS. EARLIER YESTERDAY MORNING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AND ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. DESPITE THE RELATIVELY FAST EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THIS MORNING'S EXPECTED CONVECTION...EXPECT THAT SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY MAY SEE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN ONCE AGAIN. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCAL RUN-OFF PROBLEMS. SIMILAR TO EARLY SATURDAY...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEAST OUT OF OUR REGION BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. LEFT OVER CONVECTIVE CLOUDINESS MAY ONCE AGAIN SUPPRESS TEMPERATURES AND INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL REDUCE POPS TO JUST CHANCE BY MID AFTERNOON. HIGHS TODAY WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON ANY CLOUD COVER OR LEFT OVER PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD GENERALLY REACH THE LOWER 80S. A DEVELOPING STORM ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL LEAD TO INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING AND RISING 500MB HEIGHTS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS WILL MOVE THE STORM TRACK A BIT NORTH. ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT WILL BE CONSIDERABLY FARTHER NORTH...AFFECTING PERHAPS JUST SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THE BLUEGRASS REGION. WARMISH OVERNIGHT LOWS AND HIGH DEWPOINTS WILL MAKE TONIGHT QUITE MUGGY. .LONG TERM (MONDAY - SATURDAY)... APPEARS WE WILL RETURN TO HEAT AND RELATIVELY HIGH HUMIDITY FOR MON AND TUE WITH WARM FRONT WELL TO OUR NORTH. LOWER TO MID 90 TEMPS SHUD RETURN. WILL KEEP AND INCREASE A BIT LOW CHC POPS PRIMARILY FOR OUR NERN FORECAST AREA FOR MON WITH A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX POSSIBLY BRUSHING THAT AREA EARLY IN THE DAY...WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AROUND FOR NEW STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVE. THIS FITS WITH OUR NEIGHBORING NRN/ERN OFFICES AND WITH SPC SLIGHT RISK. MONDAY NIGHT SHUD BE DRY WITH UPR LEVEL RIDGE MOVING ACRS THE REGION. AFTERWARD...WILL INCREASE POPS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT FOR OUR NWRN QUADRANT WITH LOWER POPS TO THE SOUTHEAST AS MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW WOBBLES ACROSS THE UPPER MS VLY WITH IMPULSES ON THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE LOW...GRADUALLY MAKING HEADWAY TOWARD OUR FORECAST AREA IN SOUTHWEST FLOW. THEN WED AND WED NIGHT...SHOWERS/TSTMS SHUD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS STACKED LOWS REACH WISCONSIN AND GULF MOISTURE INCREASES IN STRENGTHENING S/SW FLOW. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES REACHING NEAR 2 INCHES WITH MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY AND SIGNIFICANT SHEAR FOR LATE JUNE. SCT SHOWERS/STORMS WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO THU AS WELL WITH COLD FRONT STILL LAGGING UPSTREAM. WILL LEAVE THE REST OF THE FCST UNCHANGED. PREV DISC FOR THAT PERIOD FOLLOWS: THURSDAY - SATURDAY... THURSDAY...STORMS WILL STILL BE AROUND AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAKES SLOW PROGRESS EAST. BY THURS NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY...WE SHOULD SEE AN END TO RAINS AS THE BOUNDARY FINALLY CLEARS THE AREA. EXPECT DRY WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WORK THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE REGION. && .AVIATION (12Z TAF ISSUANCE)... A SQUALL LINE WILL IMPACT AVIATION AT SDF AND BWG AND PROBABLY LEX THIS MORNING. AT THIS TIME THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY BRING GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND BRIEF VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE MILE TO SDF AROUND THE 12 TO 13Z PERIOD...WITH MFR CIGS AND VISIBILITIES IN SHOWERS FOR A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL LINE MOVE THROUGH. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR BWG...WHERE THE LINE IS ESTIMATED TO MOVE THROUGH AROUND 13Z...WITH 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS LIKELY. AT BWG...SCATTERED CONVECTION AND MVFR CEILINGS ARE LIKELY PRIOR TO THE LINE'S PASSAGE. SHOULD THIS LINE HOLD TOGETHER...THIS STRONG LINE WILL AFFECT LEX AROUND 13 TO 15Z. AGAIN...MVFR CIGS AND SEVERAL HOURS OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FOLLOW THE INITIAL LINE OF STORMS. PARTIAL CLEARING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH VFR FLYING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SCATTERED STORMS MAY RE-DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. HOWEVER...LOCATION AND TIMING ARE PROBLEMATIC AND WILL ACCOUNT FOR THIS POSSIBILITY BY PLACING CB IN THE TAFS. SKIES WILL TEND TO CLEAR WITH VFR CONDITIONS AFTER 00Z MONDAY. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && UPDATE.........JSD SHORT TERM.....JSD LONG TERM......DK/11 AVIATION.......JSD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 420 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 INZ083-084-089>091-KYZ023>030-034-038-045-046-053-054-061>065- 070>078-081-082-200830- DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- LARUE KY-MARION KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY- MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY- CLINTON KY- 420 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 /320 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO. IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE RUN OFF PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS EARLIER SATURDAY MORNING. AFTER A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THE BLUEGRASS AREA. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS MAY ACCOMPANY ANY STORMS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS THE REGION AND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. STORMS SHOULD BE MOST WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES...OR HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. INZ076>079-092-KYZ031>033-035>037-039>043-047>049-055>057-066-067- 200830- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-CLARK IN-OLDHAM KY- TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY- WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-MERCER KY- JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-CASEY KY- LINCOLN KY- 420 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THE BLUEGRASS REGION. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID DAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAIN MAY CREATE RUNOFF PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED PRIOR HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS THE REGION AND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. STORMS SHOULD BE MOST WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT DAMAGING WINDS OR HEAVY RAIN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 516 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 INZ083-084-089>091-KYZ023>030-034-038-045-046-053-054-061>065- 070>078-081-082-191145- DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- LARUE KY-MARION KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY- MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY- CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY... CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... TAYLORSVILLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON... MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG... CAMPBELLSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 516 AM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011 /416 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011/ ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT THIS MORNING UNTIL 11 AM EDT... AN INTENSIFYING LONG LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AFTER SUNRISE AND REACH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY MID MORNING. THIS LINE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY IMPACT THAT PART OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM JASPER AND TELL CITY INDIANA SOUTHWARD TO HAWESVILLE... HARTFORD AND MORGANTOWN KENTUCKY FROM 7 TO 8 AM EDT. THE AREA FROM HAWESVILLE TO HARTFORD TO MORGANTOWN LOOKS ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WIND GUSTS FROM 60 TO 80 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS WITH THESE STORMS WILL DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES AND TRANSPORTATION DISRUPTIONS. IN ADDITION...THESE WINDS MAY DAMAGE BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES. LISTEN TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR REFER TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE FOR LATER WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. DK
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:20 UTC.
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported downed across State Highway 144 E in Patesville. A second tree was toppled along State Road 2181 Between Pellsville and Hawesville.
A COOP observer noted several trees downed near Aberdeen.
The tornado first touched down at the west end of H Wilson Road as an EF-0, where around one dozen trees were snapped and uprooted. A barn collapsed when an oak tree fell on it. At the intersection of State Highway 79 and H Wilson Road, EF-2 damage occurred when a roof was torn from a home and thrown 60 yards. A 30 by 50 foot barn was thrown 200 yards and metal sheeting was thrown 300 yards. Several power poles were found leaning over State Highway 79. This tornado dissipated after snapping and uprooting several trees between State Highway 79 and Harned Locust Hill Road.
Several trees were downed along Big Bend Road near Battletown.
This weak EF-0 Tornado was only briefly on the ground. Along Route 1401, winds estimated at 80 mph tore roof panels off of a large well constructed barn and threw them 200 yards.
Several trees were downed on Coleman Road in eastern Meade County.
The public reported a tree down on a house near the Valley Station subdivision.
A NWS employee reported a large tree downed.
Two trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along Old Mumfordville Road north of Glasgow.
Several trees were downed along Depot Street and 150 Valley Hill Road in the town of Springfield.
Three trees were downed in the Stone Creek Subdivision in the south side of Lexington.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kentucky, 2011Warnings in Kentucky, June 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 308557, 308559, 308544, 308561, 308545, 308562, 308563, 338215, 308564, 308565, 308566.