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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

October 21, 201118 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this freeze warning at Oct 21, 2011, 2:42 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Oct 22, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. 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: Oct 21, 2011, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 22, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 22, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Logan County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 21, 2:01 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 2:01 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 21, 2:35 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
335 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2011

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-028>043-045>049-053>057-
065>067-221945-
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-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-
OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-
HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-
BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-
JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-
MADISON KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-
335 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2011 /235 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FROST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES
DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S TOWARDS DAWN. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA EARLY SATURDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ANY STORM
THAT DEVELOPS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ026-027-061>064-070>078-081-082-221945-
OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-
METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
235 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE MERCURY DROPS
INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TOWARDS DAWN. A FREEZE WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN KENTUCKY EARLY SATURDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. ANY STORM
THAT DEVELOPS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

13/AMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 21, 2:36 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	29 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Kentucky, 2011 Every freeze warning in 2011

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.