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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Louisville, KY

March 24, 201642 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2016, 2:37 AM CDT for 42 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Mar 24, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2016, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 24, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 24, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
All 46 counties

Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bullitt 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, Green 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, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-24Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

271 
WWUS73 KLMK 240737
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
337 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2016

...GUSTY WINDS TODAY IN AND OUT OF STORMS...

.STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT RESULTING FROM DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER
MISSOURI AND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL ALLOW
STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH SPORADIC GUSTS UP TO 35
TO 45 MPH DURING THE DAY. 

INZ078-079-091-092-KYZ028>043-045>049-053>057-062>067-071>078-081-
082-241545-
/O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0005.160324T1200Z-160324T2300Z/
SCOTT-JEFFERSON-FLOYD-CLARK-HARDIN-BULLITT-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-
SHELBY-FRANKLIN-HARRISON-SPENCER-ANDERSON-WOODFORD-FAYETTE-
BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-WASHINGTON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-LARUE-MARION-
BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN-
WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL-
CUMBERLAND-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBURG...AUSTIN...MADISON...
NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...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...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...MUNFORDVILLE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...RUSSELL SPRINGS...
JAMESTOWN...SALEM...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
337 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 /237 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
  THROUGHOUT THE DAY...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY CLOUD BREAKS. 

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO
  35 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE, GARBAGE CANS AND LOSE
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
JDG
4 follow-up statements
920 
WWUS73 KLMK 241345
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
945 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2016

...GUSTY WINDS TODAY IN AND OUT OF STORMS...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT RESULTING FROM DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER
MISSOURI AND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL ALLOW
STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY.

INZ078-079-091-092-KYZ028>043-045>049-053>057-062>067-071>078-081-
082-242300-
/O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T2300Z/
SCOTT-JEFFERSON-FLOYD-CLARK-HARDIN-BULLITT-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-
SHELBY-FRANKLIN-HARRISON-SPENCER-ANDERSON-WOODFORD-FAYETTE-
BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-WASHINGTON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-LARUE-MARION-
BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN-
WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL-
CUMBERLAND-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBURG...AUSTIN...MADISON...
NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...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...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...MUNFORDVILLE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...RUSSELL SPRINGS...
JAMESTOWN...SALEM...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
945 AM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 /845 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE FROM MID DAY THROUGH
  THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY CLOUD BREAKS.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO 
  35 TO 45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS AND LOSE OUTDOOR
  OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST HIGHWAYS. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

JDG/EER
615 
WWUS73 KLMK 241927
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
327 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016

...GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN AND OUT OF STORMS...

INZ078-079-091-092-KYZ028>043-045>049-053>057-062>067-071>078-081-
082-242300-
/O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T2300Z/
SCOTT-JEFFERSON-FLOYD-CLARK-HARDIN-BULLITT-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-
SHELBY-FRANKLIN-HARRISON-SPENCER-ANDERSON-WOODFORD-FAYETTE-
BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-WASHINGTON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-LARUE-MARION-
BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN-
WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL-
CUMBERLAND-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBURG...AUSTIN...MADISON...
NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...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...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...MUNFORDVILLE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...RUSSELL SPRINGS...
JAMESTOWN...SALEM...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
327 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 /227 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
  EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO 35
  TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS AND LOSE OUTDOOR 
  OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED 
  ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

EER
417 
WWUS73 KLMK 242253
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
653 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016

...GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING IN AND OUT OF STORMS...

INZ078-079-091-092-KYZ030>032-250000-
/O.CAN.KLMK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160324T2300Z/
SCOTT-JEFFERSON-FLOYD-CLARK-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSBURG...AUSTIN...MADISON...
NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...CLARKSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...
LA GRANGE...BUCKNER...CRESTWOOD...PEWEE VALLEY...BEDFORD...MILTON
653 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION...THUS ENDING THE
THREAT FOR HIGHER WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER...GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

$$

KYZ028-029-033>043-045>049-053>057-062>067-071>078-081-082-250000-
/O.EXT.KLMK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160325T0000Z/
HARDIN-BULLITT-HENRY-SHELBY-FRANKLIN-SCOTT-HARRISON-SPENCER-
ANDERSON-WOODFORD-FAYETTE-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-WASHINGTON-
MERCER-JESSAMINE-CLARK-LARUE-MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-
EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-
BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL-CUMBERLAND-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...RADCLIFF...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...HILLVIEW...BROOKS...
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...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...MUNFORDVILLE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...RUSSELL SPRINGS...
JAMESTOWN...SALEM...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
653 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 /553 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST TO 35
  TO 40 MPH BOTH IN AND OUT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...OUTDOOR FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS AND LOOSE OUTDOOR
  OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

KJD
007 
WWUS73 KLMK 250001
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
801 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

.WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED.

KYZ028-029-033>043-045>049-053>057-062>067-071>078-081-082-250115-
/O.EXP.KLMK.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160325T0000Z/
HARDIN-BULLITT-HENRY-SHELBY-FRANKLIN-SCOTT-HARRISON-SPENCER-
ANDERSON-WOODFORD-FAYETTE-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-WASHINGTON-
MERCER-JESSAMINE-CLARK-LARUE-MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-
EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-
BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL-CUMBERLAND-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...RADCLIFF...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...HILLVIEW...BROOKS...
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...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...MUNFORDVILLE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...RUSSELL SPRINGS...
JAMESTOWN...SALEM...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
801 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016 /701 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE DIED DOWN BOTH WITHIN THE LINE OF CONVECTION AND AHEAD
OF IT. HOWEVER...A FEW ISOLATED GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65.

$$

KJD

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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.