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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Jan 23, 2012, 4:42 AM CST for 49 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jan 23, 2012, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2012, 4:42 AM CST (10:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 23, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
- 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 10:44 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 00:00Z, 10.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
203 WWUS73 KLMK 231042 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 542 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS AHEAD OF THIS AND BEHIND IT WILL BE QUITE GUSTY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-232100- /O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0001.120123T1400Z-120123T2200Z/ 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 542 AM EST MON JAN 23 2012 /442 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION BEFORE MIDDAY WEST OF I-65...AND DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS EAST OF I-65. * WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND BEHIND IT WILL BE VERY GUSTY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH OR SO WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE THE RULE. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE WEAKLY ROOTED TREES AND KNOCK DOWN LIMBS. SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH-TO-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WEAKENED TREES MAY ALSO BE BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AL
1 follow-up statement
603 WWUS73 KLMK 232001 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 301 PM EST MON JAN 23 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WITH THIS FEATURE WILL BE QUITE GUSTY. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-232200- /O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120123T2200Z/ 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 301 PM EST MON JAN 23 2012 /201 PM CST MON JAN 23 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH OR SO WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE WEAKLY ROOTED TREES AND KNOCK DOWN LIMBS. SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH-TO- SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. && $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 11:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock, Ohio | 33 min |
| Jan 23, 12:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio | 24 min |
| Jan 23, 12:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Ohio | 24 min |
| Jan 23, 12:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 34 min |
| Jan 23, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 12:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 39 min |
| Jan 23, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren | 28 min |
| Jan 23, 1:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Nelson | 33 min |
| Jan 23, 1:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson, Warren | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 1:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble | 30 min |
| Jan 23, 1:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue, Nelson | 60 min |
| Jan 23, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Hart | 26 min |
| Jan 23, 1:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jan 23, 1:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Shelby, Spencer | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 1:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 28 min |
| Jan 23, 1:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 24 min |
| Jan 23, 2:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 29 min |
| Jan 23, 2:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 36 min |
| Jan 23, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion | 30 min |
| Jan 23, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 30 min |
| Jan 23, 2:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Woodford | 24 min |
| Jan 23, 2:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 32 min |
| Jan 23, 2:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott, Woodford | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 2:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jan 23, 3:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 21 min |
| Jan 23, 3:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison, Nicholas | 35 min |
| Jan 23, 3:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 13 min |
| Jan 23, 10:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 24 min |
| Jan 22, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 38 min |
| Jan 23, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 35 min |
| Jan 23, 12:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 32 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.