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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Dec 24, 2014, 3:11 AM EST for 19 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 24, 2014, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2014, 3:11 AM EST (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2014, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2014, 7:44 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
009 WWUS73 KLMK 240811 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 311 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... KYZ033>037-039>043-046>049-055>057-066-067-242100- /O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0008.141224T1800Z-141225T0200Z/ HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY- WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY- CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT... GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON... PARIS...CARLISLE...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...LIBERTY...STANFORD 311 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PULLS NORTH OF THE REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS SHOULD PICK UP STEADILY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PEAK VALUES LIKELY WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM EST. 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. && $$ RJS
2 follow-up statements
469 WWUS73 KLMK 242038 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 338 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... KYZ033-034-046-242145- /O.CAN.KLMK.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-141225T0200Z/ HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-WASHINGTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...SPRINGFIELD 338 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. $$ KYZ035>037-039>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-250200- /O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-141225T0200Z/ FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON 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...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...LIBERTY...STANFORD 338 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA PULLS NORTH OF THE REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX BY 9 PM EST. 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. && $$ 13
468 WWUS73 KLMK 250044 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 744 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 KYZ035>037-039>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-250145- /O.CAN.KLMK.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-141225T0200Z/ FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY- BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...LIBERTY...STANFORD 744 PM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WESTERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 25 MPH...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN STRENGTH OVERNIGHT. $$ AMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 3:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Henry, Nicholas, Scott | 29 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.