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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Louisville, KY

April 7, 2006Larue County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2006, 9:06 PM EDT for Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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 7, 2006, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2006, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Larue County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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 7, 8:48 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 7, 5:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 5:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 5:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-080830-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
600 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 /500 PM EDT FRI APR 7 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE
TWO STATE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT WHILE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE COLD FRONT
OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. BOTH THE LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT AND THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE. THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY MORNING AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE LOWER OHIO
VALLEY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEXT
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE DEVELOPING STORMS
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR BROADCAST MEDIA. INFORMATION MAY
ALSO BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

--21

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
710 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0702 PM     HAIL             RAMSEY                  38.32N 86.15W
04/07/2006  M1.75 INCH       HARRISON           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

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CS

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
713 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0712 PM     HAIL             WHITE CLOUD             38.23N 86.23W
04/07/2006  E1.25 INCH       HARRISON           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
736 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     TORNADO          PLEASURE RIDGE PARK     38.15N 85.85W
04/07/2006                   JEFFERSON          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
742 PM EDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     HAIL             PLEASURE RIDGE PARK     38.15N 85.85W
04/07/2006  E0.75 INCH       JEFFERSON          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 8:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Ohio	36 min
Apr 7, 8:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Spencer	25 min
Apr 7, 8:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Anderson	29 min
Apr 7, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Ohio	45 min
Apr 7, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Woodford	24 min
Apr 7, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine	28 min
Apr 7, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson	34 min
Apr 7, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson	34 min
Apr 7, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson	23 min
Apr 7, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	38 min
Apr 7, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	29 min
Apr 7, 9:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hart	26 min
Apr 7, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey	33 min
Apr 7, 11:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	6 hr
Apr 8, 11:51 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.