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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2012, 3:21 AM EST for 14 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 29, 2012, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2012, 3:21 AM EST (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2012, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Scott County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 109 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626 WWUS73 KLMK 290821 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 321 AM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS IN THE BLUEGRASS THIS AFTERNOON... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL CROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION THIS AFTERNOON DRAGGING A SURFACE FRONT THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST INTO THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE. KYZ036-037-040>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-291700- /O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.120129T1600Z-120129T2300Z/ SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY- NICHOLAS KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY- MADISON KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...LIBERTY...STANFORD 321 AM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS AS A SURFACE FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WIND GUSTS IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. * IMPACTS: 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AMS
2 follow-up statements
138 WWUS73 KLMK 291640 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1140 AM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS IN THE BLUEGRASS THIS AFTERNOON... .A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL CROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION THIS AFTERNOON DRAGGING A SURFACE FRONT THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST INTO THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE. KYZ036-037-040>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-292300- /O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120129T2300Z/ SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY- NICHOLAS KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY- MADISON KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...LIBERTY...STANFORD 1140 AM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS A SURFACE FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WIND GUSTS IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. * IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN TOPPLE WEAKLY ROOTED TREES AND KNOCK DOWN LIMBS. SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ EER
145 WWUS73 KLMK 292257 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 557 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 KYZ036-037-040>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-300000- /O.EXP.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120129T2300Z/ SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY- NICHOLAS KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY- MADISON KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...LIBERTY...STANFORD 557 PM EST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY ACROSS THE NORTHERN BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO...BUT GUSTS SHOULD REMAIN 35 MPH OR BELOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ AL
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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.