Alert archive / Kentucky / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2018, 5:40 PM EST for 19 counties in Kentucky; Jefferson County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2018, 5:40 PM EST (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2018, 8:56 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Jefferson County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
285 WWUS73 KLMK 012240 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Louisville KY 540 PM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...Gusty Northwest Winds this Evening... .Northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph will continue to gust to around 40 to 50 mph through the evening hours. INZ079-KYZ032>037-039>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-020200- /O.NEW.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.180301T2240Z-180302T0200Z/ Jefferson-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Scott-Harrison-Anderson- Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark-Boyle- Garrard-Madison-Casey-Lincoln- Including the cities of Madison, Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Liberty, and Stanford 540 PM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 9 PM EST this evening. * TIMING...this evening. * WINDS...Northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph. * IMPACTS...Loose outdoor items that are not secured may blow around. Some weakly rooted trees may be knocked down by the gusty winds given the saturated soil conditions in the area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that wind gusts of over 40 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ AMS
1 follow-up statement
660 WWUS73 KLMK 020156 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Louisville KY 856 PM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...Wind Advisory Cancelled... INZ079-KYZ032>037-039>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-020300- /O.CAN.KLMK.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-180302T0200Z/ Jefferson-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Scott-Harrison-Anderson- Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark-Boyle- Garrard-Madison-Casey-Lincoln- Including the cities of Madison, Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Liberty, and Stanford 856 PM EST Thu Mar 1 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Louisville has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Wind gusts have diminished to less than 35 mph and will continue to decline overnight. Therefore the Wind Advisory has been cancelled. $$ AMS
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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.