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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Louisville, KY

May 19, 20224 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2022, 10:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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: May 19, 2022, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2022, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, KY, Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 19, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 May 19, 8:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 8:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 8:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 9:34 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 9:39 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 9:42 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 9:51 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 9:52 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 19, 10:02 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer	26 min
May 19, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	37 min
May 19, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	28 min
May 19, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Jessamine	30 min
May 19, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	28 min
May 19, 9:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	27 min
May 19, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	46 min
May 19, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Fayette	83 min
May 19, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette	27 min
May 19, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas	29 min
May 19, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Franklin, Henry	11 min
May 19, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	14 min
May 19, 11:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Scott	28 min
May 19, 11:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Harrison, Nicholas	21 min
May 20, 3:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Carroll	22 min
May 19, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	27 min
May 19, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	51 min
May 19, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	31 min
May 19, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	25 min
May 19, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	32 min
May 19, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	29 min
May 19, 11:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	23 min
May 19, 11:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	26 min
May 19, 11:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange	32 min
May 20, 12:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	33 min
May 20, 1:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	28 min
May 20, 1:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	36 min
May 20, 1:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange	33 min
May 20, 2:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	24 min
May 20, 2:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	28 min
May 20, 3:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	27 min
May 20, 3:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	23 min
May 20, 4:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	118 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.