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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2022, 8:56 AM CST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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 22, 2022, 8:56 AM CST (14:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2022, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 499 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 22, 5:48 AM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 5:48 AM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 2:22 AM CST, 6 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 322 AM EST Tue Feb 22 2022 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-230830- 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- 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, Morgantown, Brownsville, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown, Burkesville, and Albany 322 AM EST Tue Feb 22 2022 /222 AM CST Tue Feb 22 2022/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Widespread moderate to heavy rainfall is expected across the region today and tonight. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches with locally higher amounts is expected. This may result in flooding in low-lying areas and near small streams and creeks. A few strong to severe storms are possible by late morning and will continue into the afternoon hours across the area. Damaging winds are the main severe weather hazards, though an isolated tornado can not be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. A wintry mix of precipitation will be possible Wednesday night and again Thursday night, mainly over southern Indiana and northern Kentucky. Confidence in precipitation types remains low. Additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches Wednesday night through Friday may lead to renewed or more serious flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are requested to report rainfall amounts and any flooding through Tuesday night. Spotter activation is possible on Tuesday. MJ/ALL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 8:37 AM CST, 19 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
937 AM EST Tue Feb 22 2022
INZ076-077-083-084-089-090-KYZ023>025-221530-
Crawford IN-Orange IN-Washington IN-Perry IN-Dubois IN-Harrison IN-
Hancock KY-Meade KY-Breckinridge KY-
937 AM EST Tue Feb 22 2022
...Thunderstorms with 40 mph gusts will impact portions of Harrison,
Dubois, Crawford, Perry, Orange, Washington, Meade, Hancock and
Breckinridge Counties through 1030 AM EST/930 AM CST/...
At 936 AM EST/836 AM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 12 miles southwest of Paoli
to near St. Joseph. Movement was east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Paoli around 955 AM EST.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Salem.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3802 8680 3800 8677 3821 8679 3820 8696
3855 8666 3864 8589 3857 8585 3852 8587
3849 8599 3842 8600 3842 8603 3827 8599
3827 8598 3767 8654 3767 8666 3774 8682
3784 8685 3784 8691 3790 8691 3790 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 1436Z 261DEG 35KT 3846 8666 3768 8738
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
RASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 8:23 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hancock | 11 days |
| Feb 22, 8:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 33 min |
| Feb 22, 8:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 53 min |
| Feb 22, 9:07 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Metcalfe | 30 min |
| Feb 22, 9:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson | 37 min |
| Feb 22, 9:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Trimble | 65 min |
| Feb 22, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 23 min |
| Feb 22, 10:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Metcalfe and 3 more | 30 min |
| Feb 22, 5:32 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 9 more | 5 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.