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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Louisville, KY

December 21, 20138 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 2013, 7:40 PM CST for 8 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 30 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: Dec 21, 2013, 7:40 PM CST (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Dec 21, 2013, 8:10 PM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Meade County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Trimble County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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
Dec 21, 4:49 PM CST	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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 21, 6:24 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
624 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

INZ089-KYZ023-024-026-220105-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-HANCOCK KY-OHIO KY-PERRY IN-
624 PM CST SAT DEC 21 2013

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND 50 MPH
WINDS APPROACHING CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 618 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM 19 MILES WEST OF OWENSBORO TO
12 MILES WEST OF LIVERMORE TO 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT...
  HAWESVILLE...
  HARTFORD...
  TELL CITY...
  SMALLHOUS AND KIRTLEY...
  HAYNESVILLE AND WYSOX...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST. THUNDERSTORMS CAN SPIN
UP TORNADOES WITH LITTLE IF ANY WARNING...SO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE ON
WHAT TO DO IF A TORNADO THREATENS YOUR LOCATION!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS WITH THESE STORMS CAN TOPPLE WEAKLY ROOTED TREES...AND
DOWN POWER LINES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN
FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION.

&&

LAT...LON 3738 8710 3749 8713 3764 8695 3767 8683
      3771 8687 3780 8683 3784 8692 3790 8692
      3790 8699 3801 8678 3818 8681 3827 8659
      3793 8643 3760 8654 3755 8658 3755 8667
      3740 8661 3723 8694 3736 8703 3733 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 239DEG 61KT 3785 8739 3755 8728
          3702 8743

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Special weather statement, Dec 21, 6:28 PM CST, 1 hour 12 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
Dec 21, 6:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	41 min
Dec 21, 6:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	29 min
Dec 21, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	30 min
Dec 21, 7:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	35 min
Dec 21, 8:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	4 hr
Dec 21, 8:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble	30 min
Dec 21, 8:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	43 min
Dec 21, 8:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	32 min
Dec 21, 8:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren	39 min
Dec 21, 8:46 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	4 hr
Dec 21, 8:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade	44 min
Dec 21, 9:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Logan	3 hr
Dec 21, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hart and 3 more	29 min
Dec 21, 9:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Oldham	43 min
Dec 21, 9:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Henry, Jefferson and 7 more	31 min
Dec 21, 9:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more	29 min
Dec 21, 9:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Larue and 9 more	31 min
Dec 21, 9:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Taylor	22 min
Dec 21, 9:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	5 hr
Dec 21, 10:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green and 4 more	42 min
Dec 21, 10:04 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue	3 hr
Dec 21, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Fayette, Franklin and 10 more	30 min
Dec 21, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Russell	31 min
Dec 21, 10:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 5 more	41 min
Dec 21, 10:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	19 min
Dec 21, 10:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Grayson	3 hr
Dec 21, 10:57 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	4 hr
Dec 21, 10:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Russell	21 min
Dec 21, 11:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Madison	20 min
Dec 21, 11:18 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 28 more	3 hr
Dec 21, 11:52 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	56 hr
Dec 22, 12:03 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	9 hr
Dec 22, 12:45 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	9 hr
Dec 22, 1:39 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Grayson	7 hr
Dec 22, 2:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Bullitt, Cumberland, Edmonson and 12 more	4 hr
Dec 22, 2:27 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Clinton and 12 more	5 hr
Dec 22, 2:55 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Hardin, Larue	4 hr
Dec 22, 2:57 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	6 hr
Dec 22, 8:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	14 hr
Dec 22, 9:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	4 hr
Dec 22, 9:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	4 days
Dec 22, 9:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	47 hr
Dec 22, 10:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	50 hr
Dec 21, 6:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois, Orange	42 min
Dec 21, 7:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington	30 min
Dec 21, 7:30 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	5 hr
Dec 21, 7:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Scott, Washington	28 min
Dec 21, 10:02 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott, Washington	5 hr
Dec 22, 12:28 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	9 hr
Dec 22, 2:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington	6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2013 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2013 Every 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.