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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Louisville, KY

May 18, 2022Casey County, Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2022, 8:14 PM EDT for Casey County, Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 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 18, 2022, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2022, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Casey County, KY, Russell County, KY

The radar

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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 18, 4:58 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 18, 7:57 PM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 7:57 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 4:02 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 6:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 6:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 7:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 7:16 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 7:39 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 7:47 PM EDT, 27 minutes 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 18, 8:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	36 min
May 18, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	35 min
May 18, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	27 min
May 18, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	14 min
May 18, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	31 min
May 18, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green	31 min
May 18, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	29 min
May 19, 12:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Russell, Taylor	3 hr
May 19, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Hancock	54 min
May 19, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Edmonson	28 min
May 19, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	46 min
May 19, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Hart	37 min
May 19, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Hart	33 min
May 19, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	25 min
May 19, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe	37 min
May 19, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	28 min
May 19, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle	36 min
May 19, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	41 min
May 19, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	33 min
May 19, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	27 min
May 19, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Washington	32 min
May 19, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard	37 min
May 19, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	36 min
May 19, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	45 min
May 19, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	38 min
May 19, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	33 min
May 19, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	31 min
May 19, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford	28 min
May 19, 4:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	39 min
May 19, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	37 min
May 19, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Scott, Woodford	23 min
May 19, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	26 min
May 19, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	41 min
May 19, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	37 min
May 19, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	52 min
May 19, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	46 min
May 19, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	24 min
May 19, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	28 min
May 19, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	34 min
May 19, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	32 min
May 19, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	47 min
May 19, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	34 min
May 19, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	56 min
May 19, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nelson, Washington	49 min
May 19, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Dubois	59 min
May 19, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Perry	67 min
May 19, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	30 min
May 19, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	26 min
May 19, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	25 min
May 19, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	32 min
May 19, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	30 min
May 19, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	33 min
May 19, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	46 min
May 19, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	27 min
May 19, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	36 min

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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.