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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Louisville, KY

February 1, 201649 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Feb 1, 2016, 2:27 PM CST for 49 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 1, 2016, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 3, 2016, 1:59 AM CST
In force
14 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 20:25 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, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-02-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-02-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

295 
WWUS73 KLMK 012027
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
327 PM EST MON FEB 1 2016

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CROSSING THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING GUSTS
OF 40 TO 45 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-021000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0001.160202T1800Z-160203T1200Z/
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
327 PM EST MON FEB 1 2016 /227 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY TO
7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY TO
7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45
  MPH. SOME GUSTS MAY BE HIGHER IN THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CROSS
  THE REGION TUESDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TREE BRANCHES AND SMALL LIMBS MAY BE BROUGHT DOWN. OUTDOOR
  OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY
  DAMAGED. TRAVEL ON EAST-WEST ROADS MAY BECOME
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

KJD
3 follow-up statements
971 
WWUS73 KLMK 020950
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
450 AM EST TUE FEB 2 2016

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CROSSING THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING GUSTS
OF 40 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-022100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0001.160202T1800Z-160203T1200Z/
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
450 AM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 /350 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45
  MPH. SOME GUSTS MAY BE HIGHER IN THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CROSS
  THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TREE BRANCHES AND SMALL LIMBS MAY BE BROUGHT DOWN.
  RECENTLY SATURATED GROUNDS COULD LEAD TO INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF
  WEAKLY ROOTED TREES FALLING...CAUSING POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND
  POSSIBLY DAMAGED. TRAVEL ON EAST-WEST ROADS MAY BECOME
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

BJS
732 
WWUS73 KLMK 022033
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
333 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CROSSING THE OHIO VALLEY WILL BRING GUSTS
OF 35 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-031000-
/O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/
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
333 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2016 /233 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45
  MPH. SOME GUSTS MAY BE HIGHER IN THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CROSS
  THE REGION TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TREE BRANCHES AND SMALL LIMBS MAY BE BROUGHT DOWN. 
  RECENTLY SATURATED GROUNDS COULD LEAD TO INCREASED LIKELIHOOD 
  OF WEAKLY ROOTED TREES FALLING...CAUSING POSSIBLE POWER 
  OUTAGES. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS MAY BE BLOWN 
  AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED. TRAVEL ON EAST-WEST ROADS MAY 
  BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

KJD
167 
WWUS73 KLMK 030759
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
259 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-030900-
/O.CAN.KLMK.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T1200Z/
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
259 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016 /159 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF STRONG WIND GUSTS HAS ENDED.

$$

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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.