Alert archive / Kentucky / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this high wind warning at Feb 6, 2008, 1:05 PM EST for 18 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2008, 1:05 PM EST (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 1:59 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nw Lexington, KY | SEVERAL MAIL BOXES PULLED UP AND TREE LIMB DEBRIS IN THE ROADS. THERE WAS A 48 MPH WIND GUST AT THE SAME TIME AT THE BLUEGRASS REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Feb 6, 2:10 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Stanford, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KLMK 061805 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 105 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...HIGH WINDS WITH COLD FRONT... KYZ035>037-039>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-078-082-062100- /O.NEW.KLMK.HW.W.0002.080206T1805Z-080206T2100Z/ 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-RUSSELL KY- CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...LIBERTY...STANFORD...JAMESTOWN...ALBANY 105 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008 /1205 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 60 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KY THIS AFTERNOON. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. $$ DK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KLMK 062115 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 415 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING EXPIRED... KYZ035>037-039>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-078-082-062215- /O.EXP.KLMK.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080206T2100Z/ FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY- BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-RUSSELL KY- CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...LIBERTY...STANFORD...JAMESTOWN...ALBANY 415 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008 /315 PM CST WED FEB 6 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL GUST FROM 30 TO 40 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 42 min |
| Feb 5, 9:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 9:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 11:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 32 min |
| Feb 5, 11:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Monroe | 39 min |
| Feb 5, 11:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 11:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 11:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 38 min |
| Feb 5, 11:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 21 min |
| Feb 6, 12:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 12:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 12:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 12:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 12:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 34 min |
| Feb 6, 12:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 12:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 12:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Oldham, Trimble | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 12:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren | 50 min |
| Feb 6, 12:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 12:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 12:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Garrard, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 12:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Marion, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 12:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 1:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington, Woodford | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 1:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 1:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine and 5 more | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 1:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 35 min |
| Feb 6, 1:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 1:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 1:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Madison | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 1:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Warren | 20 min |
| Feb 6, 1:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 1:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Simpson, Warren | 7 min |
| Feb 6, 2:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 3:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 3:31 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 3:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln, Russell | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 4:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 8:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 25 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Nicholas, Robertson | 22 hr |
| Feb 6, 11:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 30 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 57 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 3 days |
| Feb 6, 12:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 4 days |
| Feb 6, 12:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 57 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.