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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

April 10, 201228 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this freeze warning at Apr 10, 2012, 2:02 PM CDT for 28 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 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
Apr 10, 2012, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 11, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 11, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
All 32 counties

Clark County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-04-10Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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.

178 
WWUS73 KLMK 101902
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
302 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
WILL BRING A COLD AIR MASS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR
FREEZING TONIGHT...MAINLY IN THE BLUEGRASS REGION AND IN VALLEYS.
MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST ARE EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

INZ077>079-092-KYZ031>043-045>049-054>057-065>067-077-078-110315-
/O.UPG.KLMK.FZ.A.0002.120411T0700Z-120411T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0002.120411T0700Z-120411T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.A.0003.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-CLARK IN-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-MARION KY-
BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-
ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JEFFERSONVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...
FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...
WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN
302 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 /202 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EDT /2 AM CDT/ TO 7 AM EDT
/6 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EDT /2 AM CDT/ TO 7 AM EDT
/6 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 32 DEGREES TONIGHT...AND COLDER IN VALLEYS
  AND SHELTERED LOCATIONS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE A
  COUPLE DEGREES COLDER...WITH A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF FROST.

* IMPACTS...WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GROWING SEASON SOME 
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY AS WELL 
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF THEY 
  ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KYZ064-110315-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0002.120411T0700Z-120411T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.A.0003.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
GREEN KY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GREENSBURG
202 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A
FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 32 DEGREES TONIGHT...AND COLDER IN VALLEYS
  AND SHELTERED LOCATIONS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE A
  COUPLE DEGREES COLDER...WITH A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF FROST.

* IMPACTS...WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GROWING SEASON SOME 
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY AS WELL 
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF THEY 
  ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

INZ076-083-084-089>091-KYZ023>030-053-061>063-070>076-081-082-
110315-
/O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.A.0003.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-
BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-LARUE KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-
LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-
METCALFE KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...HODGENVILLE...
MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
302 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 /202 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012/

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURES...30 TO 32 AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY...BUT DROPPING
  INTO THE 20S IN VALLEYS AND SHELTERED LOCATIONS.

* IMPACTS...WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GROWING SEASON SOME 
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY AS WELL 
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF THEY 
  ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

RAS
3 follow-up statements
315 
WWUS73 KLMK 110305 AAA
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1105 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
WILL BRING A COLD AIR MASS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND
FREEZING TONIGHT...MAINLY IN THE BLUEGRASS REGION AND IN
VALLEYS. MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST ARE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

INZ077>079-092-KYZ031>043-045>049-054>057-064>067-077-078-110900-
/O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0002.120411T0700Z-120411T1100Z/
/O.CON.KLMK.FZ.A.0003.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-CLARK IN-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-MARION KY-
BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-
LINCOLN KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JEFFERSONVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...
FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...
WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN
1105 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 /1005 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EDT /2 AM CDT/ TO
7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 32 DEGREES TONIGHT...AND COLDER IN 
  VALLEYS AND SHELTERED LOCATIONS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES 
  WILL BE A COUPLE DEGREES COLDER...WITH A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF 
  FROST. 

* IMPACTS...WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GROWING SEASON SOME 
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY AS WELL 
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF THEY 
  ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

INZ076-083-084-089>091-KYZ023>030-053-061>063-070>076-081-082-
110900-
/O.CON.KLMK.FZ.A.0003.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-
BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-LARUE KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-
LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-
METCALFE KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...HODGENVILLE...
MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
1105 PM EDT TUE APR 10 2012 /1005 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012/

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* TEMPERATURES...30 TO 32 AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY...BUT 
  DROPPING INTO THE 20S IN VALLEYS AND SHELTERED LOCATIONS. 

* IMPACTS...WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GROWING SEASON SOME 
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY AS WELL 
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF THEY 
  ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

BJS
793 
WWUS73 KLMK 110807
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
407 AM EDT WED APR 11 2012

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT...

.CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
WILL BRING A COLD AIR MASS INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO
AROUND FREEZING THIS MORNING IN THE BLUE GRASS REGION...AND THEN AGAIN
TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AREA. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT MAY BE
COLDER WITH SOME LOCATIONS FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S.

INZ077>079-092-KYZ031>043-045>049-054>057-064>067-077-078-111130-
/O.UPG.KLMK.FZ.A.0003.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0003.120412T0600Z-120412T1300Z/
/O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120411T1100Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-CLARK IN-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-MARION KY-
BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-
LINCOLN KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JEFFERSONVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...
FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...
WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN
407 AM EDT WED APR 11 2012 /307 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/
THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TO 9 AM EDT
/8 AM CDT/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TO 9 AM EDT
/8 AM CDT/ THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 32 DEGREES THIS MORNING...COLDER IN
  VALLEYS AND SHELTERED LOCATIONS. TONIGHT TEMPERATURES
  WILL BE A COUPLE DEGREES COLDER...WITH A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF
  FROST AS WELL.

* IMPACTS...WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GROWING SEASON SOME
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY AS WELL
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF THEY ARE
  LEFT UNPROTECTED.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

INZ076-083-084-089>091-KYZ023>030-053-061>063-070>076-081-082-
111130-
/O.UPG.KLMK.FZ.A.0003.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0003.120412T0600Z-120412T1300Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-
BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-LARUE KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-
LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-
METCALFE KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...HODGENVILLE...
MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
407 AM EDT WED APR 11 2012 /307 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TO 9 AM EDT
/8 AM CDT/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TO 9 AM EDT
/8 AM CDT/ THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER
  30S WITH THE COLDEST READINGS IN LOW LYING RURAL LOCATIONS.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR AROUND DAWN THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GROWING SEASON SOME
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY AS WELL
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF THEY ARE
  LEFT UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

13
675 
WWUS73 KLMK 111105
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
705 AM EDT WED APR 11 2012

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...

.CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY
WILL BRING A COLD AIR MASS INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT
WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL
LOCATIONS.

INZ077>079-092-KYZ031>043-045>049-054>057-064>067-077-078-112000-
/O.EXP.KLMK.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120411T1100Z/
/O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0003.120412T0600Z-120412T1300Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-CLARK IN-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-MARION KY-
BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-
LINCOLN KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JEFFERSONVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...
FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...
WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN
705 AM EDT WED APR 11 2012 /605 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TO
9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EARLY THIS MORNING...

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 
  30S WITH THE COLDEST READINGS IN LOW LYING RURAL LOCATIONS. 

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR AROUND DAWN 
  THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GROWING SEASON SOME 
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY AS WELL 
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF THEY 
  ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

INZ076-083-084-089>091-KYZ023>030-053-061>063-070>076-081-082-
112000-
/O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0003.120412T0600Z-120412T1300Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-
BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-LARUE KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-
LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-
METCALFE KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...HODGENVILLE...
MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
705 AM EDT WED APR 11 2012 /605 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TO
9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 
  30S WITH THE COLDEST READINGS IN LOW LYING RURAL LOCATIONS. 

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR AROUND DAWN 
  THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GROWING SEASON SOME 
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED. AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY AS WELL 
  WHICH COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF THEY 
  ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 8:32 AM CDTRed Flag WarningLMKAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more9 hr
Apr 10, 2:02 PM CDTFreeze WatchLMKAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more13 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Freeze Warnings in Indiana, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012

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.