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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Louisville, KY

September 26, 2009Allen County, Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 2009, 4:35 PM CDT for Allen County, Simpson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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
Sep 26, 2009, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Allen County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 26, 2:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 2:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 2:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
324 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>034-038-045-053-061>063-070>074-
271930-
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-SPENCER KY-
NELSON KY-LARUE KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-LOGAN KY-
WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-
324 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009 /224 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.  SOME OF THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...
COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN
THREATS.  THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DECLINE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.

KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-064>067-075>078-081-082-271930-
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-
JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-
GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-
ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
324 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009 /224 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.  ANY
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY WELL SATURATED
GROUNDS FROM RAINFALL THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLOODING ON
ROADWAYS AND MAY CAUSE SMALLER CREEKS TO OVERFLOW.  PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO POTENTIAL FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES THIS
EVENING...ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.

RJS/AML

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 26, 10:49 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 26, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
411 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009

KYZ070-262100-
LOGAN-
311 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG
WINDS...

AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELLVILLE...OR 18 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ELKTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
HALF MILE...SMALL PEA OR DIME SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF
AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR AUBURN AROUND 350 PM CDT.
  NEAR AUBURN AROUND 355 PM CDT.
  NEAR SOUTH UNION AROUND 400 PM CDT.

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.

&&

DK
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 3:59 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 7:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKShelby, Spencer109 min
Sep 25, 9:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKFayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford116 min
Sep 25, 9:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Fayette, Jessamine3 hr
Sep 26, 4:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell3 hr
Sep 26, 4:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison3 hr
Sep 26, 5:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark, Fayette3 hr
Sep 26, 6:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKJessamine3 hr
Sep 26, 6:57 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBoyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer3 hr
Sep 26, 7:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKMadison2 hr
Sep 26, 7:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell112 min
Sep 26, 7:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBourbon3 hr
Sep 26, 8:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClark, Fayette51 min
Sep 26, 9:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKJessamine55 min
Sep 26, 10:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKJessamine119 min
Sep 26, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio38 min
Sep 26, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio44 min
Sep 26, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOhio25 min
Sep 26, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Ohio, Warren36 min
Sep 26, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson29 min

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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.