Alert archive / Kentucky / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this high wind warning at Feb 10, 2009, 2:25 PM EST for 10 counties in Indiana; 49 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 11, 2009, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. 60 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 10, 2009, 2:25 PM EST (19:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2009, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2009, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
All 59 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 11, 12:07 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Burkesville, KY | TREES WERE DOWNED. |
| Feb 11, 12:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | St. Marks, IN | A CAR WAS BLOWN OFF STATE ROAD 145 IN SOUTHEAST DUBOIS COUNTY. |
| Feb 11, 1:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Caneyville, KY | TREES DOWNED. |
| Feb 11, 1:03 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Russell Springs, KY | ABOUT 15 TO 20 FEET OF SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF A CHURCH BUILDING. |
| Feb 11, 1:09 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 66 | Bowling Green, KY | |
| Feb 11, 1:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Brownsville, KY | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 11, 1:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Bowling Green, KY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE CITY. |
| Feb 11, 1:20 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 68 | Bowling Green, KY | WIND GUST MEASURED AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. |
| Feb 11, 1:25 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Scottsville, KY | |
| Feb 11, 1:27 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Tell City, IN | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 11, 1:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lexington, KY | TREE DOWN IN LEMONSVILLE. |
| Feb 11, 1:36 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Cave City, KY | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 11, 1:37 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Munfordville, KY | TREES DOWN ACROSS 31W NORTH OF MUNFORDVILLE. ROAD IS STILL PASSABLE. |
| Feb 11, 1:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Glasgow, KY | GUTTERS WERE BLOWN OFF A HOME. |
| Feb 11, 1:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Ne Elizabethtown, KY | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 11, 1:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Ne Elizabethtown, KY | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 11, 1:53 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Gamaliel, KY | TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED. |
| Feb 11, 1:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Hodgenville, KY | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 11, 1:58 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Nw Greensburg, KY | FEW TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 11, 2:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Horse Cave, KY | TEN INCH LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. ESTIMATED 60 TO 65 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Feb 11, 2:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Campbellsville, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN THE CITY. THERE WERE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES THROUGH TAYLOR COUNTY. |
| Feb 11, 2:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Harrodsburg, KY | TREES DOWNED. |
| Feb 11, 2:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Crab Orchard, KY | BARN DEMOLISHED IN THE MAYWOOD AREA. |
| Feb 11, 2:45 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Columbia, KY | |
| Feb 11, 2:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Jamestown, KY | ROOF DAMAGE TO TWO BUILDINGS. |
| Feb 11, 3:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lexington, KY | PHOTOGRAPHER STAND BLOWN OVER IN COMMONWEALTH STADIUM. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...PARTICULARLLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE. ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ON WINCHESTER ROAD. |
| Feb 11, 3:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Versailles, KY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG THE LINE WITH FAYETTE COUNTY. |
| Feb 11, 3:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Lexington, KY | UNSPECIFIED ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Feb 11, 3:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Frankfort, KY | VERY STRONG WINDS ARE DOWNING TREE LIMBS. LOOSE ROCKS ARE ALSO FALLING ALONG LOUISVILLE HILL AND INTERSTATE 64 BETWEEN THE FRANKFORT EXITS. |
| Feb 11, 3:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Liberty, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TRAMPOLINE IN ROAD. |
| Feb 11, 3:10 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Mckinney, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Feb 11, 3:14 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Moreland, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 78. |
| Feb 11, 3:16 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lexington, KY | POWER LINES AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 11, 3:18 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lancaster, KY | CARPORT DESTROYED AND ROOF DAMAG TO A HOME. MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 11, 3:23 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lancaster, KY | ROOF AND UTILITY POLE DAMAGE ALONG HERRING DRIVE. |
| Feb 11, 3:32 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Cynthiana, KY | SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF |
| Feb 11, 3:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Winchester, KY | ROOF DAMAGE TO A BARN ON CROW RIDGE ROAD. |
| Feb 11, 3:35 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Richmond, KY | TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS BLOWN OVER...ONE ON THE 77 MILE MARKER SOUTHBOUND AND THE SECOND AT THE 91 MILE MARKER NORTHBOUND OF INTERSTATE 75 |
| Feb 11, 3:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Carefree, IN | TREE TOPS BROKEN AND SIX INCH LIMBS BROKEN OFF. |
| Feb 11, 3:58 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | New Salisbury, IN | TWELVE INCH EVERGREEN TREE UPROOTED. |
| Feb 11, 4:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Corydon, IN | ROOF BLOWN OFF A BUSINESS AND A POWER POLE SNAPPED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY. ESTIMATED 70 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Feb 11, 4:00 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Floyds Knobs, IN | POLES DOWN ALONG SCOTTSVILLE ROAD. |
| Feb 11, 4:13 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | Bowling Green, KY | MEASURED AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. |
| Feb 11, 4:35 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Corydon, IN | ESTIMATED 55 MPH WIND GUST...TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| Feb 11, 4:36 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Hanover, IN | ROOF DAMAGE TO SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Feb 11, 4:45 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Clarkson, KY | TREE LIMBS DOWN...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Feb 11, 4:58 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Bedford, KY | MOBILE HOME BLOWN OVER ON NEW HOPE ROAD WITH ONE PERSON TRAPPED...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY |
| Feb 11, 5:13 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Louisville, KY | ROOF DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES IN THE CAMP TAYLOR AREA. |
| Feb 11, 5:19 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Jasper, IN | REPORTED AT JASPER MIDDLE SCHOOL. |
| Feb 11, 5:19 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Roundhill, KY | DOWNED TREE BLOCKING HWY 185 |
| Feb 11, 5:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Jeffersontown, KY | TREE DOWN ON A CAR ON TAYLORSVILLE ROAD. |
| Feb 11, 5:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lexington, KY | SHINGLES BLOWN OFF A BUSINESS ON NEWTOWN PIKE. |
| Feb 11, 5:34 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | English, IN | PORCH ROOF TORN OFF. |
| Feb 11, 5:35 PM EST | HIGH SUST WINDS 58 | Leavenworth, IN | WINDS ALSO DAMAGED SHINGLES ON A ROOF. |
| Feb 11, 6:07 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Louisville, KY | A NUMBER OF POWER LINES DOWN IN THE 4TH AND OAK AREA |
| Feb 11, 6:30 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Charlestown, IN | THE METAL ROOFING OF THE CHARLESTOWN FIRE HOUSE ON PARK STREET IS BEING BLOWN INTO THE STREET |
| Feb 11, 6:38 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Scottsburg, IN | WINDOW BLOWN OUT OF A RESIDENCE IN SCOTTSBURG |
| Feb 11, 6:48 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Shepherdsville, KY | |
| Feb 11, 6:54 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Frankfort, KY | |
| Feb 11, 6:57 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Louisville, KY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 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 101925 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 225 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH ILLINOIS AND INDIANA DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES TO CREATE VERY STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-111200- /O.UPG.KLMK.HW.A.0001.090211T1500Z-090212T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.HW.W.0001.090211T1200Z-090212T0300Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 225 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /125 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTH LATE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY...WINDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL INCREASE TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH. BY LATE MORNING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE DAY BRINGING A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. WIND GUSTS WITHIN THIS LINE OF STORMS COULD EXCEED 60 MPH. WINDS BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN QUITE GUSTY AS WELL WITH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BEING POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT...DUE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS. THE RECENT ICE STORM HAS LEFT MANY TREES IN A WEAKENED STATE WITH MANY LARGE...LOOSE HANGING BRANCHES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN NEW POWER OUTAGES FOR SOME AREAS AND MAY RESULT IN MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. GIVEN THE RAINS AND SOFT GROUND CONDITIONS...THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN WHOLE TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. $$ MJ
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KLMK 101931 CCA NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY...COR TO TYPO 225 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH ILLINOIS AND INDIANA DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES TO CREATE VERY STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-111200- /O.UPG.KLMK.HW.A.0001.090211T1500Z-090212T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.HW.W.0001.090211T1200Z-090212T0300Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 225 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 /125 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN LATE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY...WINDS ACROSS THE AREA WILL INCREASE TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH. BY LATE MORNING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE DAY BRINGING A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. WIND GUSTS WITHIN THIS LINE OF STORMS COULD EXCEED 60 MPH. WINDS BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN QUITE GUSTY AS WELL WITH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BEING POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT DUE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE EXPECTED STRONG WINDS. THE RECENT ICE STORM HAS LEFT MANY TREES IN A WEAKENED STATE WITH MANY LARGE...LOOSE HANGING BRANCHES. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN NEW POWER OUTAGES FOR SOME AREAS AND MAY RESULT IN MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. GIVEN THE RAINS AND SOFT GROUND CONDITIONS...THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW DOWN WHOLE TREES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. $$ MJ
000 WWUS73 KLMK 110845 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 345 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009 .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH ILLINOIS AND INDIANA TODAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES TO CREATE VERY STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-0Y-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 345 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009 /245 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING EARLY TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE DAY BRINGING A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS WITHIN THIS LINE OF STORMS COULD EXCEED 60 MPH. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS THE REGION AND COULD CAUSE ALREADY LOOSENED BRANCHES AND TREES FROM THE RECENT ICE STORM TO FALL...POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR INTERESTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WINDS...AND TRAVELERS WILL FIND NAVIGATING THROUGH THE HIGH WINDS DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. $$
000 WWUS73 KLMK 111711 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1211 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH ILLINOIS AND INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES TO CREATE VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-120115- /O.CON.KLMK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0300Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1211 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 /1111 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 55 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 10 PM LATE THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BRINGING A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS WITHIN THIS LINE OF STORMS COULD EXCEED 60 MPH. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS THE REGION AND COULD CAUSE ALREADY LOOSENED BRANCHES AND TREES FROM THE RECENT ICE STORM TO FALL...POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR INTERESTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WINDS...AND TRAVELERS WILL FIND NAVIGATING THROUGH THE HIGH WINDS DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST INTERSTATES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. $$ DK
000 WWUS73 KLMK 112140 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 440 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH ILLINOIS TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN DAMAGING SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-120300- /O.CON.KLMK.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0300Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN... BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE... LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 440 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 /340 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 65 TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 10 PM. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS THE REGION AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE ALREADY LOOSENED BRANCHES AND TREES FROM THE RECENT ICE STORM TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR INTERESTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WINDS...AND TRAVELERS WILL FIND NAVIGATING THROUGH THE HIGH WINDS DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. $$ KIRKPATRICK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 10, 2:13 PM EST, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 2:13 PM EST, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 213 PM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... ...VERY STRONG GRADIENT WINDS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN SETTING UP FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY OVER THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS. POWERFUL MID-LEVEL WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SFC CYCLONE ARE FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AND LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE ARKLATEX REGION INTO NW INDIANA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA...LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED OFF THE SE COAST. AS THE LOW MOVE NW OF THE REGION...PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REALLY TIGHTEN OVER THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. FOR TONIGHT...CURRENT ONGOING BAND OF SHOWERS IS FCST TO LIFT NORTHWARD. SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS AS MID-LEVEL VORT EJECTS NORTHEAST. THE NAM REALLY DEPICTS THIS WELL SHOWING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ELEVATED THUNDER COMING INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GFS IS A LITTLE LESS BULLISH WITH THIS. HOWEVER GIVEN THE INCREASING LOW-LEVEL JET OVERSPREADING THE REGION...AM ANTICIPATING SOME MORE CONVECTION IN LINE WITH THE NAM SOLUTION. THUS WILL BE RAISING POPS TO CATEGORICAL TONIGHT. WINDS TONIGHT SHOULD BE SOUTHERLY AT 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE. TEMPS WILL NOT DROP OFF ALL THAT MUCH LOWS IN THE LOW 50S IN THE NORTH AND MID TO UPPER 50S IN THE SOUTH. TUESDAY WILL BE QUITE AN ADVENTURE ACROSS OUR REGION. AS PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS IMMENSELY IN THE MORNING WINDS WILL INCREASE IN STRENGTH. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE 20-30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...BUT BY LATE MORNING AND THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON GRADIENT WINDS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 30-40 MPH SUSTAINED RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 55 MPH OR GREATER. GIVEN THESE WINDS AND THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TREE DAMAGE FROM THE RECENT ICE STORM...WILL LIKELY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN. AFTER COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES WE WILL BE DROPPING THE HIGH WIND WATCH AND REPLACING IT WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING. THIS WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 12Z WED TO 03Z THURSDAY. AS IF THE GRADIENT WINDS WERE NOT ENOUGH...WE ALSO WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH SEVERE CONVECTION. OVERALL THE MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH SFC COLD FRONT STARTING OFF IN FAR WEST KY EARLY WED. STRONG DEEP SLAB FORCING ALONG THE FRONT...DESPITE RATHER MEAGER INSTABILITY WILL PROMOTE A FAST MOVING SQUALL LINE THAT SHOULD CRUISE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY. BASED ON THE LATEST DATA...THIS LINE SHOULD ENTER OUR WESTERN SECTIONS AROUND 15Z AND CROSS OVER THE I-65 CORRIDOR BY 18Z. THE LINE SHOULD BE CLEAR OF THE I-75 CORRIDOR BY 21-22Z. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT WE COULD SEE SOME CLEARING WED MORNING. SHOULD THIS BE THE CASE...MORE INSTABILITY COULD BE REALIZED AND WE COULD BE DEALING WITH MUCH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY. GRADIENT WINDS WILL NOT DIMINISH BEHIND THE FRONT. IN FACT...IF THE NAM SOLUTION IS CORRECT...WE COULD SEE SOME FAIRLY DECENT WIND GUSTS DUE TO MIXDOWN DURING THE AFTERNOON TOMORROW. THUS...WELL BE KEEPING THE HIGH WIND WARNING IN FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE EAST OF THE REGION BY LATE WEDNESDAY WITH SOME CLEARING BUILDING INTO THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. FROM A HYDROLOGIC STANDPOINT...WE SEEM TO BE OK ON OUR AREA RIVERS...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME FLOODING ON THE EAST FORK OF THE WHITE RIVER IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. RAINFALL TODAY HAS GENERALLY BEEN BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH. BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL RUNS AND THE SPEED OF THIS SYSTEM...WE COULD PICK UP AROUND ONE TO ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN FROM THIS SYSTEM. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IF WE GET SOME TRAINING OF STORMS OVER THE SAME LOCATION WE COULD HAVE SOME LOCAL FLOODING ISSUES. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE CURRENT DATA...WIDESPREAD FLOODING DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING QUIETER WEATHER TO THE REGION IN THE LONG TERM. WEAK UPPER WAVES WILL CRUISE OVERHEAD FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND ON SUNDAY...WITH A STRONGER ONE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. AT THE START OF THE PERIOD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM ARKANSAS TO OHIO AND WILL KEEP OUR WEATHER DRY INTO FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL INTRODUCE PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF A LIGHT COLD RAIN...THOUGH SOME SNOWFLAKES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THE NORTHERN BLUEGRASS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WITH THAT WEAK UPPER WAVE A FEW SMALL LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. ONCE AGAIN PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SHOULD BE VERY LIGHT. BY DAY SEVEN THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE MODELS BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT SOME SORT OF STORM SYSTEM WILL BE EXITING THE PLAINS INTO THE OHIO OR TENNESSEE VALLEYS...SUGGESTING A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR US LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THOUGH SOME SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WHEN THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS LATE MONDAY NIGHT...THE BULK OF THE EVENT ON TUESDAY WILL BE RAIN. && .AVIATION (18Z TAFS)... WIND IS OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN STORY IN THE TAFS. AS WE WAIT FOR LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY SPINNING UP NEAR THE PALMER DIVIDE...SOUTHERLY FLOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BRING WINDS GENERALLY IN THE 10 TO 15 KNOT RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS ALOFT WILL NOT MEET LLWS CRITERIA. A BAND OF SHOWERS ACROSS KENTUCKY WILL PERSIST AND WILL LIKELY DRIFT NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. MVFR CEILINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS...AS HAVE BEEN REPORTED UPSTREAM OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THE PLAINS LOW WILL ENTER THE OZARKS AND OUR WINDS WILL REALLY BEGIN TO CRANK UP. THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS SURFACE WINDS WILL STREAM OUT OF THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...ESPECIALLY BY MID TO LATE MORNING. WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED LLWS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF 50 KNOT WINDS OFF THE SURFACE. IT APPEARS A LOW-TOPPED SQUALL LINE WILL FORM AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LOW AND WILL STRETCH FROM SDF TO BWG DURING THE 17Z-19Z TIME PERIOD. HAVE INSERTED TSRA AND THE STRONGEST WINDS OF THE EVENT FOR THIS TIME PERIOD AT SDF. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT SDF CLOUDS...WHICH SHOULD BE BORDERLINE MVFR/VFR...MAY SCATTER OUT BEHIND THE DEPARTING SQUALL LINE. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT ABRUPTLY TO THE SW OR WSW AND CONTINUE JUST AS STRONG AS THEY WERE IN THE MORNING. ACTUALLY...IF THE CLOUDS DO SCATTER OUT AND WE CAN GET SOME MIXING WE COULD SEE EVEN STRONGER GUSTS. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY 12Z WEDNESDAY TO 03Z THURSDAY. IN...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA 12Z WEDNESDAY TO 03Z THURSDAY. && SHORT TERM...MJ LONG TERM....13 AVIATION.....13
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 11:22 AM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1122 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-110900- 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- 1122 AM EST (1022 AM CST) TUE FEB 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GUSTY LATER TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. LATE TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA. CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WITH THIS LINE WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUESTED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR WIND GUST AND WIND DAMAGE REPORTS IN AND OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS. AML/MACZKO/MJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:34 AM EST | High Wind Watch | LMK | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson and 4 more | 11 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.