Alert archive / Kentucky / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 1:09 PM EST for 10 counties in Indiana; 39 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 1:09 PM EST (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
All 49 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, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin 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, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742 WWUS73 KLMK 071809 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 109 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR EAST AND AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>048-053>055-061>065- 070>074-076-072300- /O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0005.120307T1809Z-120307T2300Z/ 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-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-BUTLER KY- EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY- SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-METCALFE 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...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG... CAMPBELLSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...EDMONTON 109 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 /1209 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: DEBRIS FROM AREAS DAMAGED BY THE RECENT TORNADOES MAY BE BLOWN BY THE WIND. ALSO...WEAKENED STRUCTURES MAY COLLAPSE. 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. && $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
026 WWUS73 KLMK 072256 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 556 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>048-053>055-061>065- 070>074-076-080000- /O.EXP.KLMK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120307T2300Z/ ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-BUTLER KY- EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY- SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-METCALFE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG... CAMPBELLSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...EDMONTON 556 PM EST WED MAR 7 2012 /456 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS FROM THIS AFTERNOON HAVE ABATED. HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS TO 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ RJS
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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.