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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Louisville, KY

July 22, 2008Barren County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2008, 11:44 AM CDT for Barren County, Green County, Metcalfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 22, 2008, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2008, 12:15 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Barren County, KY, Green County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY

The radar

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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 Jul 22, 10:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 10:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 10:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 11:16 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 2:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	39 min
Jul 22, 10:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	33 min
Jul 22, 11:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	34 min
Jul 22, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	41 min
Jul 22, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	43 min
Jul 22, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell	30 min
Jul 22, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	22 min
Jul 22, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell	44 min
Jul 22, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Taylor	45 min
Jul 22, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.