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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 2013, 10:14 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Oct 31, 2013, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2013, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Meade County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 31, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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 Oct 31, 9:50 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 9:50 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Oct 31, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Edmonson, Hardin | 43 min |
| Oct 31, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Boyle, Franklin, Harrison, Larue, Marion and 6 more | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Hart, Larue | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine and 6 more | 26 min |
| Oct 31, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 44 min |
| Oct 31, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Shelby | 31 min |
| Oct 31, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Trimble | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison and 6 more | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott, Woodford | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 5 more | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Spencer | 44 min |
| Oct 31, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 4 more | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Taylor | 47 min |
| Oct 31, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Garrard, Madison | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Hart | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 27 min |
| Nov 1, 12:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln and 3 more | 29 min |
| Nov 1, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 16 min |
| Nov 1, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange, Washington | 26 min |
| Oct 31, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Orange, Washington | 29 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013
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.