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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Louisville, KY

August 3, 20206 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2020, 6:38 PM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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
Aug 3, 2020, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2020, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Boyle County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Washington County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 2, 7:36 PM EDT, 23 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 7:36 PM EDT, 23 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge33 min
Aug 3, 2:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Hancock, Ohio3 hr
Aug 3, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio32 min
Aug 3, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio24 min
Aug 3, 5:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKLarue, Nelson2 hr
Aug 3, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington24 min
Aug 3, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio52 min
Aug 3, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle25 min
Aug 3, 7:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBoyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer3 hr
Aug 3, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Madison34 min
Aug 3, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon25 min
Aug 3, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison32 min
Aug 3, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.