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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Louisville, KY

April 6, 201610 counties in Indiana; 49 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2016, 8:49 AM EDT for 10 counties in Indiana; 49 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 6, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2016, 8:49 AM EDT (12:49 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
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 12:53 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, 0.8 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 2016-04-06Temperature 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 2016-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 372 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
2589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
431 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

417 
WWUS73 KLMK 061249
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
849 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016

...ANOTHER WINDY DAY...

.SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
STORM SYSTEM. STRONG GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONGER WIND GUSTS.

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-070000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0008.160406T1500Z-160407T0000Z/
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...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...ENGLISH...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...LEWISPORT...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...
BRANDENBURG...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...
SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...MILTON...
NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...
CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...
NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY
849 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016 /749 AM CDT WED APR 6 2016/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS MORNING, BE AT THEIR
  STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, AND DECREASE LATER THIS
  EVENING.

* WINDS...GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY HIGHER
  GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS THAT WILL DEVELOP THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND WITH THESE WIND
  GUSTS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES,
  ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 64 AND THE
  PARKWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

13
3 follow-up statements
592 
WWUS73 KLMK 062104
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
504 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016

...A WINDY EVENING...

.STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. STRONG GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN SHOWERS AND STORMS.


INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-070000-
/O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/
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...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...ENGLISH...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...LEWISPORT...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...
BRANDENBURG...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...
SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...MILTON...
NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...
CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...
NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY
504 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016 /404 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016/

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

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY HIGHER
  GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND STORMS.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND WITH THESE WIND
  GUSTS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY
  ON EAST-WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 64 AND THE PARKWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

AMS
242 
WWUS73 KLMK 062359
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
759 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016

...A WINDY EVENING...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING INSIDE
AND OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. STRONG GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN SHOWERS AND STORMS.

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-070400-
/O.EXT.KLMK.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160407T0400Z/
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...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...ENGLISH...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...LEWISPORT...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...
BRANDENBURG...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...
SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...MILTON...
NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...
CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...
NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY
759 PM EDT WED APR 6 2016 /659 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/
TONIGHT...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING.

* WINDS...GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SLIGHTLY HIGHER
  GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS AND STORMS.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND WITH THESE WIND 
  GUSTS. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS SUCH AS INTERSTATE 
  64 AND THE PARKWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

AMS
731 
WWUS73 KLMK 070402
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1202 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016


INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-070515-
/O.EXP.KLMK.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160407T0400Z/
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...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...ENGLISH...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...LEWISPORT...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...
BRANDENBURG...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...
SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...MILTON...
NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...
CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...
NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY
1202 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016 /1102 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT
OVERNIGHT.

$$

EER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Monroe35 min
Apr 6, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe34 min
Apr 6, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell34 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.