Alert archive / Kentucky / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this freeze warning at Nov 2, 2021, 2:35 AM CDT for 38 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Nov 2, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2021, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
All 48 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, Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark 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, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
592 WWUS73 KLMK 020735 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Louisville KY 335 AM EDT Tue Nov 2 2021 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-063>067-077- 078-022100- /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0007.211103T0400Z-211103T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.211104T0600Z-211104T1300Z/ 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-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln- Adair-Russell- 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, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Columbia, and Jamestown 335 AM EDT Tue Nov 2 2021 /235 AM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Morning lows near 30 degrees. * WHERE...Southern Indiana and most of central Kentucky * WHEN...Early Wednesday morning and again early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. 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. && $$ KYZ061-062-070>076-081-082-022100- /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.211104T0600Z-211104T1300Z/ Butler-Edmonson-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe- Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Morgantown, Brownsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Burkesville, and Albany 235 AM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Morning lows near 30 degrees. * WHERE...South central Kentucky * WHEN...Early Thursday morning * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Watch means sub-freezing temperatures are possible. These conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ BTN
3 follow-up statements
330 WWUS73 KLMK 021912 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Louisville KY 312 PM EDT Tue Nov 2 2021 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-063>067-077- 078-030900- /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0007.211103T0400Z-211103T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.211104T0600Z-211104T1300Z/ 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-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln- Adair-Russell- 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, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Columbia, and Jamestown 312 PM EDT Tue Nov 2 2021 /212 PM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Morning lows near 30 degrees. * WHERE...Southern Indiana and most of central Kentucky * WHEN...Early Wednesday morning and again early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. 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. && $$ KYZ061-062-070>076-081-082-030900- /O.NEW.KLMK.FR.Y.0009.211103T0400Z-211103T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.211104T0600Z-211104T1300Z/ Butler-Edmonson-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe- Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Morgantown, Brownsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Burkesville, and Albany 212 PM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Morning lows near 30 degrees. * WHERE...South central Kentucky * WHEN...Early Thursday morning * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Watch means sub-freezing temperatures are possible. These conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
477 WWUS73 KLMK 030704 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Louisville KY 304 AM EDT Wed Nov 3 2021 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-063>067-077- 078-032000- /O.UPG.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.211104T0600Z-211104T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0008.211104T0400Z-211104T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-211103T1300Z/ 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-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln- Adair-Russell- 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, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Columbia, and Jamestown 304 AM EDT Wed Nov 3 2021 /204 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THURSDAY... * WHAT...Morning lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s this morning and mid 20s to around 30 Thursday. * WHERE...Southern Indiana and most of central Kentucky. * WHEN...Early Wednesday morning and again early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ KYZ061-062-070>076-081-082-032000- /O.UPG.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.211104T0600Z-211104T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0008.211104T0400Z-211104T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FR.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-211103T1300Z/ Butler-Edmonson-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe- Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Morgantown, Brownsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Burkesville, and Albany 204 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Morning lows in the low to mid 30s this morning and upper 20s to around 30 Thursday. * WHERE...South central Kentucky. * WHEN...Early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$ EBW
308 WWUS73 KLMK 031254 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Louisville KY 854 AM EDT Wed Nov 3 2021 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-063>067-077- 078-032100- /O.EXP.KLMK.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-211103T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0008.211104T0400Z-211104T1300Z/ 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-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln- Adair-Russell- 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, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Columbia, and Jamestown 854 AM EDT Wed Nov 3 2021 /754 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Morning lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s this morning and mid 20s to around 30 Thursday. * WHERE...Southern Indiana and most of central Kentucky. * WHEN...Early Wednesday morning and again early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ KYZ061-062-070>076-081-082-032100- /O.EXP.KLMK.FR.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-211103T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0008.211104T0400Z-211104T1300Z/ Butler-Edmonson-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe- Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Morgantown, Brownsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Burkesville, and Albany 754 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Morning lows in the low to mid 30s this morning and upper 20s to around 30 Thursday. * WHERE...South central Kentucky. * WHEN...Early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ CG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2:35 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:12 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson and 5 more | 18 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Kentucky, 2021Freeze Warnings in Indiana, 2021Every freeze warning in 2021
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.