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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

January 6, 201031 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this winter storm warning at Jan 6, 2010, 4:10 PM EST for 31 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jan 7, 2010, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 6, 2010, 4:10 PM EST (21:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 7, 2010, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 7, 2010, 11:04 AM EST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

All 41 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, Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 6, 3:34 PM EST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 3:34 PM EST, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 4:07 PM EST, 3 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
Jan 6, 4:10 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	27 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Kentucky, 2010 Winter Storm Warnings in Indiana, 2010 Every winter storm warning in 2010

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.