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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY

December 30, 201910 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this high wind warning at Dec 30, 2019, 3:10 AM EST for 10 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 110 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 2019, 3:10 AM EST (08:10 UTC)
Expired
Dec 30, 2019, 5:00 AM EST
In force
110 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Bourbon County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Madison County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Scott County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 00:00Z on 2019-12-30Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2019-12-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

423 
WWUS73 KLMK 300810
NPWLMK

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Louisville KY
310 AM EST Mon Dec 30 2019

...Strong Gusty Winds in the Blue Grass...

KYZ036-037-040>043-048-049-056-057-301000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.HW.W.0002.191230T0810Z-191230T1000Z/
Scott-Harrison-Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Jessamine-Clark-
Garrard-Madison-
Including the cities of Georgetown, Cynthiana, Versailles, 
Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Nicholasville, Winchester, Lancaster,
and Richmond
310 AM EST Mon Dec 30 2019

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST EARLY THIS
MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a High Wind
Warning, which is in effect until 5 AM EST early this morning. 

* TIMING...now through 5 AM EST

* WINDS...a few gusts to 60 mph possible

* IMPACTS...trees may be felled by winds of this strength,
  especially those located in saturated soils from earlier rains.
  Power outages are likely.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 7:22 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAllen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe and 4 more3 hr
Dec 29, 8:55 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell3 hr
Dec 29, 10:27 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard and 8 more3 hr
Dec 30, 1:39 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKBourbon28 hr
Dec 30, 7:26 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Warren3 days
Dec 30, 7:43 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKNicholas, Robertson50 hr
Dec 30, 8:12 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKWarren72 min
Dec 30, 9:22 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren10 hr

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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.