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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Louisville, KY

August 4, 2009Butler County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2009, 7:19 PM CDT for Butler County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 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: Aug 4, 2009, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KY, Ohio County, KY

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 Aug 4, 6:32 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 6:32 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 2:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
653 PM EDT TUE AUG 04 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BOWLING GREEN           36.97N  86.44W
08/04/2009                   WARREN             KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER POLE DOWN NEAR CREEK WOOD AVE AND RUSSELL RD

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK0900084

AML

Local storm report, Aug 4, 5:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
658 PM EDT TUE AUG 04 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0246 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STAMPING GROUND         38.27N  84.69W
08/04/2009                   SCOTT              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. DAMAGE TO TWO
            HOUSES.

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER LMK0900060

NF

Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
703 PM EDT TUE AUG 04 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0634 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VERSAILLES              38.05N  84.73W
08/04/2009                   WOODFORD           KY   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            TWO TREES DOWN ALONG OLD FRANKFORT PIKE BETWEEN MIDWAY
            AND VERSAILLES

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK0900085

AML

Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
718 PM EDT TUE AUG 04 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0546 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEWISBURG               36.99N  86.95W
08/04/2009                   LOGAN              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE LEWISBURG AREA

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK0900086

NF

Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:25 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
725 PM EDT TUE AUG 04 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0623 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 W FRANKLIN           36.73N  86.79W
08/04/2009                   LOGAN              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN MIDDLETON AREA

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK0900087

NF

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:33 PM CDT, 46 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
Aug 4, 7:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	16 hr
Aug 4, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	36 min
Aug 4, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren	47 min
Aug 4, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	3 hr
Aug 4, 8:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	21 hr
Aug 4, 9:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	112 min
Aug 4, 9:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	6 hr
Aug 4, 9:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott, Washington	6 hr

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Sources

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