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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2016, 11:29 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2016, 11:29 AM CDT (16:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Russell County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:34 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
515 WWUS73 KLMK 071629 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1229 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY... .PLAN ON STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. COLD AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN SETTLE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND THE BLUEGRASS OF KENTUCKY. KYZ066-067-073>078-081-082-080000- /O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0009.160407T1629Z-160408T0000Z/ CASEY-LINCOLN-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL- CUMBERLAND-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...STANFORD...SCOTTSVILLE... GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN... BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1229 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 /1129 AM CDT THU APR 7 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...THROUGH EARLY EVENING * WINDS...40 MPH WIND GUSTS * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DIFFICULT DRIVING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. 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. && $$ INZ079-KYZ036-037-042-043-049-080000- /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.160408T0700Z-160408T1200Z/ JEFFERSON-SCOTT-HARRISON-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA... PARIS...CARLISLE...WINCHESTER 1229 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS RANGING FROM 30 TO 32 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ZT
2 follow-up statements
158 WWUS73 KLMK 071857 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 257 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY... ...FREEZE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN BLUEGRASS... ...FREEZE WATCH FOR ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT... .PLAN ON STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. COLD AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN SETTLE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND THE BLUEGRASS OF KENTUCKY. THERE IS ABOVE AVERAGE CONFIDENCE THAT THE ENTIRE AREA WILL SEE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY. INZ079-KYZ036-037-042-043-049-080200- /O.UPG.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.160408T0700Z-160408T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0003.160408T0700Z-160408T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.A.0005.160409T0600Z-160409T1400Z/ JEFFERSON-SCOTT-HARRISON-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA... PARIS...CARLISLE...WINCHESTER 257 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS RANGING FROM 30 TO 32 DEGREES TONIGHT...AND 26 TO 30 DEGREES FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KYZ032-033-035-040-041-048-057-080200- /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0003.160408T0700Z-160408T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.A.0005.160409T0600Z-160409T1400Z/ TRIMBLE-HENRY-FRANKLIN-WOODFORD-FAYETTE-JESSAMINE-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEDFORD...MILTON...NEW CASTLE... FRANKFORT...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...NICHOLASVILLE...RICHMOND 257 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS RANGING FROM 30 TO 32 DEGREES TONIGHT...AND 28 TO 30 DEGREES FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KYZ066-067-073>078-081-082-080200- /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.A.0005.160409T0600Z-160409T1400Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ CASEY-LINCOLN-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL- CUMBERLAND-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...STANFORD...SCOTTSVILLE... GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN... BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 257 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 /157 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING * WINDS...40 MPH WIND GUSTS * TEMPERATURES...LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT 28 TO 30 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DIFFICULT DRIVING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. 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. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ INZ076>078-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>031-034-038-039-045>047-053>056- 061>065-070>072-080200- /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.A.0005.160409T0600Z-160409T1400Z/ ORANGE-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-HARRISON-FLOYD- CLARK-HANCOCK-BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-OHIO-GRAYSON-HARDIN-BULLITT- JEFFERSON-OLDHAM-SHELBY-SPENCER-ANDERSON-NELSON-MERCER-LARUE- MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-BUTLER-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR-LOGAN- WARREN-SIMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...JASPER... ENGLISH...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE... LEWISPORT...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...HARTFORD... LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE... LA GRANGE...SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG... BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON... DANVILLE...LANCASTER...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE... GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN... FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE 257 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 /157 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016/ ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT 28 TO 30 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ZT
823 WWUS73 KLMK 080027 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 827 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN BLUEGRASS... ...FREEZE WATCH FOR ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT... .COLD AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN SETTLE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND THE BLUEGRASS OF KENTUCKY. THERE IS ABOVE AVERAGE CONFIDENCE THAT THE ENTIRE AREA WILL SEE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY. KYZ066-067-073>078-081-082-080900- /O.EXP.KLMK.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.A.0005.160409T0600Z-160409T1400Z/ CASEY-LINCOLN-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL- CUMBERLAND-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...STANFORD...SCOTTSVILLE... GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN... BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 827 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 /727 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016/ ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TEMPERATURES...LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT 28 TO 30 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. DIFFICULT DRIVING ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ INZ079-KYZ032-033-035>037-040>043-048-049-057-080900- /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0003.160408T0700Z-160408T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.A.0005.160409T0600Z-160409T1400Z/ JEFFERSON-TRIMBLE-HENRY-FRANKLIN-SCOTT-HARRISON-WOODFORD-FAYETTE- BOURBON-NICHOLAS-JESSAMINE-CLARK-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...BEDFORD...MILTON... NEW CASTLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER... RICHMOND 827 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS RANGING FROM 30 TO 32 DEGREES TONIGHT...AND 26 TO 30 DEGREES FRIDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ INZ076>078-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>031-034-038-039-045>047-053>056- 061>065-070>072-080900- /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.A.0005.160409T0600Z-160409T1400Z/ ORANGE-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-HARRISON-FLOYD- CLARK-HANCOCK-BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-OHIO-GRAYSON-HARDIN-BULLITT- JEFFERSON-OLDHAM-SHELBY-SPENCER-ANDERSON-NELSON-MERCER-LARUE- MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-BUTLER-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR-LOGAN- WARREN-SIMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...JASPER... ENGLISH...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE... LEWISPORT...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...HARTFORD... LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE... LA GRANGE...SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG... BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON... DANVILLE...LANCASTER...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE... GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN... FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE 827 PM EDT THU APR 7 2016 /727 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016/ ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT 28 TO 30 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ AMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:39 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 11 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:57 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 7, 1:57 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Henry and 6 more | 18 hr |
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.