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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 17, 2022, 6:58 PM EST for Clark County, Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
- Feb 17, 2022, 6:58 PM EST (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2022, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, KY, Madison County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 499 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 576 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Feb 17, 6:55 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 6:55 PM EST, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 359 PM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-182100- 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-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor- Casey-Lincoln-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe- Adair-Russell-Cumberland-Clinton- 359 PM EST Thu Feb 17 2022 /259 PM CST Thu Feb 17 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Indiana and central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. A strong system will move across the region today bringing widespread rainfall and gusty winds over 40 mph. There is a possibility of a few thunderstorms this afternoon and early evening. The best chances of strong to severe storms will be south of the Western Kentucky and Bluegrass Parkways. Some of the showers and thunderstorms south of the Parkways will be capable of producing severe wind gusts and isolated tornadoes. A few instances of nuisance flooding could accompany any thunderstorm activity. Behind the front this evening, winds will pick up out of the northwest and gust to 35 to 40 mph at times. The winds are expected to diminish after midnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Widespread rain and possible thunderstorms are expected early next week, especially Monday night through Tuesday night. This may lead to minor flooding problems. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be requested today.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 17, 5:32 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
532 PM EST THU FEB 17 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 SE BOWLING GREEN 36.96N 86.43W
02/17/2022 M55 MPH WARREN KY ASOS
FROM KBWG.
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DMLocal storm report, Feb 17, 5:46 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 17, 1:51 AM EST | Flood Watch | LMK | Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Franklin, Grayson, Hancock and 14 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:04 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Franklin, Grayson and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell | 3 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:48 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Mercer and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Franklin, Grayson and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion and 3 more | 29 min |
| Feb 17, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Nelson | 18 min |
| Feb 17, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Larue, Marion, Taylor | 33 min |
| Feb 17, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Marion, Taylor | 32 min |
| Feb 17, 6:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 24 min |
| Feb 17, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 17 min |
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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.