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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Louisville, KY

June 18, 2009Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2009, 9:55 AM EDT for Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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: Jun 18, 2009, 9:55 AM EDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2009, 10:30 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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
Jun 18, 7:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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 Jun 18, 7:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 7:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 8:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:15 AM EDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
915 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009

INZ076-077-083-084-181415-
CRAWFORD-DUBOIS-ORANGE-WASHINGTON-
915 AM EDT THU JUN 18 2009

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH
AND SMALL HAIL OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA...

AT 909 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF ODUBOIS ORANGE AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES IN SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

THROUGH 10 AM EDT OR 9 AM CDT...THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO
30 MPH...AND PEA SIZE HAIL.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO MOVE INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA
FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRONG WIND GUSTS AROUND 50
MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

TF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 10:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	30 min
Jun 18, 10:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	35 min
Jun 18, 10:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Nelson, Shelby and 1 more	43 min
Jun 18, 10:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	39 min
Jun 18, 11:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Meade and 5 more	108 min
Jun 18, 11:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Casey, Green, Hart, Larue and 6 more	43 min
Jun 18, 11:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Casey, Franklin, Harrison, Henry and 10 more	3 hr
Jun 18, 11:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 5 more	41 min
Jun 18, 11:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	38 min
Jun 18, 12:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 6 more	3 hr
Jun 18, 12:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Madison	31 min
Jun 18, 12:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	3 hr
Jun 18, 9:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange	38 min
Jun 18, 10:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Scott, Washington	37 min
Jun 18, 1:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Floyd	113 min

Nearby

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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.