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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Louisville, KY

May 17, 2010Butler County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2010, 2:01 PM CDT for Butler County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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: May 17, 2010, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2010, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Butler 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 May 17, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 10:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 1:24 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
224 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2010

KYZ026-061-171850-
BUTLER-OHIO-
124 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...MODERATE
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS...ACROSS PARTS OF OHIO AND
MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MORGANTOWN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...MODERATE RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND
ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF
AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
   MORGANTOWN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS...AND AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3749 8667 3731 8658 3707 8689 3711 8691
      3712 8691 3715 8694 3718 8691 3722 8691
      3727 8699 3732 8700 3736 8704 3736 8707
      3740 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 266DEG 41KT 3728 8682

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Special weather statement, May 17, 1:31 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
231 PM EDT MON MAY 17 2010

KYZ026-061-171850-
BUTLER-OHIO-
131 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...MODERATE
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS...ACROSS PARTS OF OHIO AND
BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MORGANTOWN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...MODERATE RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND
ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR...PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF
AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
   MORGANTOWN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS...AND AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3749 8667 3731 8658 3707 8689 3711 8691
      3712 8691 3715 8694 3718 8691 3722 8691
      3727 8699 3732 8700 3736 8704 3736 8707
      3740 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 266DEG 41KT 3728 8682

JDG

Special weather statement, May 17, 1:51 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 1:57 PM CDT, 4 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
May 17, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	20 min
May 17, 12:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	39 min
May 17, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	26 min
May 17, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	19 min
May 17, 1:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	24 min
May 17, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	33 min
May 17, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	24 min
May 17, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	33 min
May 17, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	29 min
May 17, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	11 min
May 17, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin	32 min
May 17, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	27 min
May 17, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	29 min
May 17, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	34 min
May 17, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	33 min
May 17, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	34 min
May 17, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	30 min
May 17, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green	30 min
May 17, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	23 min
May 17, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	35 min
May 17, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair	30 min
May 17, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	25 min
May 17, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson, Washington	37 min
May 17, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	31 min
May 17, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	29 min
May 17, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer, Washington	35 min
May 17, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	31 min
May 17, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer	31 min
May 17, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	36 min
May 17, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	24 min
May 17, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	33 min

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.