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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Louisville, KY

April 2, 201110 counties in Indiana; 49 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2011, 3:37 PM EDT for 10 counties in Indiana; 49 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 3, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2011, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2011, 7:54 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
All 59 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, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

745 
WWUS73 KLMK 021937
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
337 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT SUNDAY...

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-030830-
/O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.110403T1600Z-110404T0000Z/
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-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-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
337 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2011 /237 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT
/7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM
EDT /7 PM CDT/ SUNDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY
  AREA. STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND
  CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

* SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY
  AREA...WITH WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. HIGHEST WIND GUSTS
  WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. GUSTS WILL
  BE EVEN STRONGER OUT ON THE OPEN WATER.

* ANYONE PLANNING TO BE OUT ON AREA WATERWAYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON 
  SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING 
  SMALL WATER CRAFT. IN ADDITION...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WEAK TREES MAY BE BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL
BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
KIRKPATRICK
3 follow-up statements
171 
WWUS73 KLMK 030656
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
256 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TODAY...

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-031600-
/O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.110403T1600Z-110404T0000Z/
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-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-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
256 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2011 /156 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/
TODAY TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY
TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY 
  AREA. STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND 
  CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. 

* SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY
  AREA...WITH WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. HIGHEST WIND GUSTS
  WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA. GUSTS WILL BE EVEN STRONGER
  OUT ON THE OPEN WATER.

* ANYONE PLANNING TO BE OUT ON AREA WATERWAYS THIS AFTERNOON 
  SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING 
  SMALL WATER CRAFT. IN ADDITION...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WEAK TREES MAY BE BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL
BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

AML
689 
WWUS73 KLMK 031543
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1143 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM EDT TODAY...

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-040000-
/O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.110403T1600Z-110404T0000Z/
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-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-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
1143 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2011 /1043 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
  THE ADVISORY AREA. STRONG WINDS WILL LAST INTO THE EARLY
  EVENING BEFORE GUSTS BEGIN TO SLACKEN AROUND SUNSET.

* SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY 
  AREA...WITH WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. HIGHEST WIND GUSTS 
  WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA. GUSTS WILL BE EVEN STRONGER 
  OUT ON THE OPEN WATER. 

* ANYONE PLANNING TO BE OUT ON AREA WATERWAYS THIS AFTERNOON 
  SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING 
  SMALL WATER CRAFT. IN ADDITION...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES WILL NEED TO USE CAUTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WEAK TREES MAY BE BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL
BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

AML/BJS
662 
WWUS73 KLMK 032354
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
754 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2011

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-040100-
/O.CAN.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110404T0000Z/
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-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-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
754 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2011 /654 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

SURFACE WINDS SPEEDS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE DECREASED INTO THE 15
TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. SURFACE WINDS
SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH A BIT MORE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WEATHER UPDATES.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKPerry32 min
Apr 1, 11:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott, Washington25 min
Apr 1, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 5 more60 min
Apr 1, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Madison29 min
Apr 1, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge, Hardin34 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.