Alert archive / Kentucky / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Nov 21, 2015, 12:34 PM EST for 10 counties in Indiana; 49 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 21, 2015, 12:34 PM EST (17:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2015, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 7 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 17:33 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, 5.6 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
- 1500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
200 WWUS73 KLMK 211734 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1234 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-220200- /O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0003.151121T1734Z-151122T0200Z/ 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 1234 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 /1134 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS WILL GUST 35 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SLIDES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. * SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS MAY ALSO GET BLOWN AROUND. MOTORISTS OUT DRIVING 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. && $$ KJD
2 follow-up statements
036 WWUS73 KLMK 212045 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 345 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-220200- /O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151122T0200Z/ 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 345 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 /245 PM CST SAT NOV 21 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST /8 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING. * SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ANY LOOSE ITEMS MAY ALSO GET BLOWN AROUND. MOTORISTS OUT DRIVING 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. && $$ KD
108 WWUS73 KLMK 220045 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 745 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-220145- /O.CAN.KLMK.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151122T0200Z/ 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 745 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2015 /645 PM CST SAT NOV 21 2015/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...BUT THE THREAT FOR 40 MPH IS LOW ENOUGH TO CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ 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.