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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 223, NWS Louisville, KY

April 30, 20125 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2012, 6:05 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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: Apr 30, 2012, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Hart County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 30, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 Apr 30, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
603 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-012215-
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-
603 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012 /503 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING
MOISTURE INCREASING AND RELATIVELY WARM TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EVENING. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS THUS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE REGION.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RE-DEVELOP LATE IN
THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...BUT THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NUMEROUS STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM IN A MOIST AIRMASS DURING
THE DAY TUESDAY. THE MAIN THREATS HERE WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS A SERIES OF IMPULSES MOVE
ALONG A POSSIBLE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. GUSTY
WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL
ACCOMPANY ANY STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY STRONGER WIND GUSTS AS WELL AS HAIL TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 5:19 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 5:33 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
633 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012

INZ083-302300-
DUBOIS-
633 PM EDT MON APR 30 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...PEA
SIZE HAIL...AND 50 MPH WINDS...

AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF DALE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA SIZE HAIL
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  JASPER...
  SAINT ANTHONY AND SAINT MARKS...
  SCHNELLVILLE AND MENTOR...
  BIRDSEYE AND ELLSWORTH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.

&&

LAT...LON 3833 8707 3852 8669 3825 8668 3824 8672
      3825 8679 3822 8679 3820 8691 3821 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 249DEG 42KT 3828 8692

AL

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 5:44 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 5:50 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 5:50 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 5:52 PM CDT, 13 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
Apr 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren	47 min
Apr 30, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Metcalfe	48 min
Apr 30, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	27 min
Apr 30, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	34 min
Apr 30, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	46 min
Apr 30, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	23 min
Apr 30, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren	29 min
Apr 30, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	26 min
Apr 30, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	46 min
Apr 30, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby and 1 more	25 min
Apr 30, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Shelby	29 min
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	30 min
Apr 30, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	30 min
Apr 30, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	46 min
Apr 30, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	23 min
Apr 30, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	27 min
Apr 30, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Orange	23 min
Apr 30, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	36 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.