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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

February 6, 200818 counties in Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 6, 1:59 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMG7 Nw Lexington, KYSEVERAL 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 ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGStanford, KYTREES 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 8:48 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKButler, Ohio42 min
Feb 5, 9:25 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Ohio35 min
Feb 5, 9:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade25 min
Feb 5, 10:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble29 min
Feb 5, 11:13 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKMeade32 min
Feb 5, 11:21 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Monroe39 min
Feb 5, 11:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio31 min
Feb 5, 11:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Grayson, Ohio27 min
Feb 5, 11:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKJefferson6 hr
Feb 5, 11:52 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell38 min
Feb 5, 11:54 PM ESTTornado WarningLMKMeade21 min
Feb 6, 12:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin, Meade29 min
Feb 6, 12:07 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKJefferson23 min
Feb 6, 12:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson32 min
Feb 6, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin30 min
Feb 6, 12:26 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Russell34 min
Feb 6, 12:27 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson, Spencer33 min
Feb 6, 12:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Trimble45 min
Feb 6, 12:31 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKOldham, Trimble6 hr
Feb 6, 12:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer27 min
Feb 6, 12:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren50 min
Feb 6, 12:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor35 min
Feb 6, 12:45 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Hart, Larue, Marion, Taylor30 min
Feb 6, 12:46 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Garrard, Lincoln29 min
Feb 6, 12:51 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Marion, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington39 min
Feb 6, 12:59 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Scott, Woodford31 min
Feb 6, 1:08 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAnderson, Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington, Woodford37 min
Feb 6, 1:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor26 min
Feb 6, 1:21 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine and 5 more24 min
Feb 6, 1:25 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKLogan, Simpson35 min
Feb 6, 1:30 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln30 min
Feb 6, 1:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas27 min
Feb 6, 1:36 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKClark, Fayette, Madison24 min
Feb 6, 1:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan, Warren20 min
Feb 6, 1:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Madison28 min
Feb 6, 1:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson, Warren7 min
Feb 6, 2:37 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Monroe23 min
Feb 6, 3:00 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKBarren, Metcalfe, Monroe45 min
Feb 6, 3:31 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair, Russell29 min
Feb 6, 3:57 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln, Russell33 min
Feb 6, 4:11 AM ESTTornado WarningLMKAdair23 min
Feb 6, 8:26 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKBourbon25 hr
Feb 6, 11:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKNicholas, Robertson22 hr
Feb 6, 11:36 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKOhio30 hr
Feb 6, 12:15 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKEdmonson57 hr
Feb 6, 12:15 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Warren3 days
Feb 6, 12:15 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Muhlenberg, Ohio4 days
Feb 6, 12:37 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKHardin, Nelson57 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.