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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Louisville, KY

March 1, 201622 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2016, 4:28 PM CST for 22 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2016, 4:28 PM CST (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2016, 7:52 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
All 22 counties

Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-03-01Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

498 
WWUS73 KLMK 012228
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
528 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016


KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-064>067-077-078-020200-
/O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0004.160301T2228Z-160302T0200Z/
FRANKLIN-SCOTT-HARRISON-ANDERSON-WOODFORD-FAYETTE-BOURBON-
NICHOLAS-WASHINGTON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-CLARK-MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-
MADISON-GREEN-TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN-ADAIR-RUSSELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WILMORE...
WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...BEREA...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...COLUMBIA...
RUSSELL SPRINGS...JAMESTOWN...SALEM
528 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 /428 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016/

...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...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. A BRIEF
  PERIOD OF SUSTAINED 30 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IS LIKELY
  JUST AFTER RAIN COMES TO AN END. 

* IMPACTS...SMALL LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS
  MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

RAS
1 follow-up statement
290 
WWUS73 KLMK 020152
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
852 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016



KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-064>067-077-078-020300-
/O.CAN.KLMK.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160302T0200Z/
FRANKLIN-SCOTT-HARRISON-ANDERSON-WOODFORD-FAYETTE-BOURBON-
NICHOLAS-WASHINGTON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-CLARK-MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-
MADISON-GREEN-TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN-ADAIR-RUSSELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WILMORE...
WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...BEREA...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...COLUMBIA...
RUSSELL SPRINGS...JAMESTOWN...SALEM
852 PM EST TUE MAR 1 2016 /752 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 9 PM EST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE WILL ALLOW THE WIND
ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. WIND GUSTS HAVE DIMINISHED...BUT BREEZY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

$$

RAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 7:17 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson28 min
Mar 1, 7:49 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOldham26 min
Mar 1, 8:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio27 min
Mar 1, 8:35 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock25 min
Mar 1, 8:58 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock32 min
Mar 1, 9:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge48 min
Mar 1, 9:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson42 min
Mar 1, 9:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock35 min
Mar 1, 10:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge24 min
Mar 1, 10:31 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge29 min
Mar 1, 10:43 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt32 min
Mar 1, 11:01 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLarue29 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.