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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2015, 1:58 PM CST for 49 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Nov 18, 2015, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2015, 1:58 PM CST (19:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2015, 2:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2015, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
All 59 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, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard 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, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
522 WWUS73 KLMK 171958 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 258 PM EST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA LATE TONIGHT AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM PUSHES TOWARD KENTUCKY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST BETWEEN 5 AM AND 5 PM EST. THE STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES IN SPOTS ALONG WITH SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-180500- /O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.151118T0900Z-151118T2100Z/ ORANGE-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-JEFFERSON-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-HARRISON- FLOYD-CLARK-HANCOCK-BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-OHIO-GRAYSON-HARDIN- BULLITT-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-SHELBY-FRANKLIN-SPENCER-ANDERSON- WOODFORD-FAYETTE-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-LARUE- MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-BUTLER-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR- CASEY-LINCOLN-LOGAN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE- ADAIR-RUSSELL-CUMBERLAND-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...ORLEANS...FRENCH LICK...SALEM... SCOTTSBURG...AUSTIN...MADISON...JASPER...HUNTINGBURG... BROWNSTOWN...MILLTOWN...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON... NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...LEWISPORT... HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...IRVINGTON...CLOVERPORT...BRANDENBURG... MULDRAUGH...BEAVER DAM...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN... RADCLIFF...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... HILLVIEW...BROOKS...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BUCKNER... CRESTWOOD...PEWEE VALLEY...BEDFORD...MILTON...EMINENCE... NEW CASTLE...PLEASUREVILLE...CAMPBELLSBURG...SHELBYVILLE... FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WILMORE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...BEREA...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE... MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... RUSSELL SPRINGS...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 258 PM EST TUE NOV 17 2015 /158 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY. * WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS MAY ALSO GET BLOWN AROUND. MOTORISTS DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTLY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE POSSIBLY LEADING TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ MJ
3 follow-up statements
455 WWUS73 KLMK 180455 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1155 PM EST TUE NOV 17 2015 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH TODAY... .STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM PUSHES IN. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONGEST BETWEEN 5 AM AND 5 PM EST. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES IN SPOTS ALONG WITH SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-181100- /O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.151118T0900Z-151118T2100Z/ ORANGE-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-JEFFERSON-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-HARRISON- FLOYD-CLARK-HANCOCK-BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-OHIO-GRAYSON-HARDIN- BULLITT-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-SHELBY-FRANKLIN-SPENCER-ANDERSON- WOODFORD-FAYETTE-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-LARUE- MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-BUTLER-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR- CASEY-LINCOLN-LOGAN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE- ADAIR-RUSSELL-CUMBERLAND-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...ORLEANS...FRENCH LICK...SALEM... SCOTTSBURG...AUSTIN...MADISON...JASPER...HUNTINGBURG... BROWNSTOWN...MILLTOWN...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON... NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...LEWISPORT... HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...IRVINGTON...CLOVERPORT...BRANDENBURG... MULDRAUGH...BEAVER DAM...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN... RADCLIFF...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... HILLVIEW...BROOKS...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BUCKNER... CRESTWOOD...PEWEE VALLEY...BEDFORD...MILTON...EMINENCE... NEW CASTLE...PLEASUREVILLE...CAMPBELLSBURG...SHELBYVILLE... FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WILMORE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...BEREA...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE... MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... RUSSELL SPRINGS...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1155 PM EST TUE NOV 17 2015 /1055 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... * WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS MAY ALSO GET BLOWN AROUND. MOTORISTS DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTLY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE POSSIBLY LEADING TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$
790 WWUS73 KLMK 180757 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 257 AM EST WED NOV 18 2015 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM PUSHES IN. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES ALONG WITH SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-182100- /O.EXT.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.151118T0800Z-151118T2100Z/ ORANGE-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-JEFFERSON-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-HARRISON- FLOYD-CLARK-HANCOCK-BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-OHIO-GRAYSON-HARDIN- BULLITT-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-SHELBY-FRANKLIN-SPENCER-ANDERSON- WOODFORD-FAYETTE-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-LARUE- MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-BUTLER-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR- CASEY-LINCOLN-LOGAN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE- ADAIR-RUSSELL-CUMBERLAND-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...ORLEANS...FRENCH LICK...SALEM... SCOTTSBURG...AUSTIN...MADISON...JASPER...HUNTINGBURG... BROWNSTOWN...MILLTOWN...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON... NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...LEWISPORT... HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...IRVINGTON...CLOVERPORT...BRANDENBURG... MULDRAUGH...BEAVER DAM...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN... RADCLIFF...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... HILLVIEW...BROOKS...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BUCKNER... CRESTWOOD...PEWEE VALLEY...BEDFORD...MILTON...EMINENCE... NEW CASTLE...PLEASUREVILLE...CAMPBELLSBURG...SHELBYVILLE... FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WILMORE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...BEREA...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE... MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... RUSSELL SPRINGS...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 257 AM EST WED NOV 18 2015 /157 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF A BAND OF RAIN MOVING INTO THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING. * SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS MAY ALSO GET BLOWN AROUND. MOTORISTS DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTLY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE POSSIBLY LEADING TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ RJS
563 WWUS73 KLMK 181650 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1150 AM EST WED NOV 18 2015 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM PUSHES THROUGH. STRONG WINDS MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES ALONG WITH SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-182100- /O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-151118T2100Z/ ORANGE-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-JEFFERSON-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-HARRISON- FLOYD-CLARK-HANCOCK-BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-OHIO-GRAYSON-HARDIN- BULLITT-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-SHELBY-FRANKLIN-SPENCER-ANDERSON- WOODFORD-FAYETTE-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-LARUE- MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-BUTLER-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR- CASEY-LINCOLN-LOGAN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE- ADAIR-RUSSELL-CUMBERLAND-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...ORLEANS...FRENCH LICK...SALEM... SCOTTSBURG...AUSTIN...MADISON...JASPER...HUNTINGBURG... BROWNSTOWN...MILLTOWN...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON... NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...LEWISPORT... HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...IRVINGTON...CLOVERPORT...BRANDENBURG... MULDRAUGH...BEAVER DAM...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN... RADCLIFF...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... HILLVIEW...BROOKS...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BUCKNER... CRESTWOOD...PEWEE VALLEY...BEDFORD...MILTON...EMINENCE... NEW CASTLE...PLEASUREVILLE...CAMPBELLSBURG...SHELBYVILLE... FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WILMORE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...BEREA...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE... MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... RUSSELL SPRINGS...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1150 AM EST WED NOV 18 2015 /1050 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AFTER STEADY RAINS END. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. * SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS MAY ALSO GET BLOWN AROUND. MOTORISTS DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTY...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE POSSIBLY LEADING TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ AMS
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.