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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Louisville, KY

July 2, 2023Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2023, 12:16 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 2, 2023, 12:16 PM CDT (17:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Perry County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Hancock County, KY

The radar

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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 Jul 2, 10:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 10:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 10:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:09 PM CDT, 7 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
Jul 1, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Ohio	44 min
Jul 1, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	31 min
Jul 1, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock	38 min
Jul 1, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Meade	48 min
Jul 1, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	32 min
Jul 1, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	32 min
Jul 1, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Larue, Nelson, Spencer	35 min
Jul 1, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	27 min
Jul 2, 12:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 2, 3:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	23 min
Jul 2, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	30 min
Jul 2, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer	37 min
Jul 2, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Madison	25 min
Jul 2, 5:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hardin and 3 more	3 hr
Jul 2, 8:22 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	35 hr
Jul 2, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	21 min
Jul 2, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	43 min
Jul 2, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	52 min
Jul 2, 1:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	23 min
Jul 2, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	32 min
Jul 2, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	44 min
Jul 2, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	26 min
Jul 2, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Meade, Nelson	32 min
Jul 2, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer	24 min
Jul 2, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	52 min
Jul 2, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington	47 min
Jul 2, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Mercer, Washington	29 min
Jul 2, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Jessamine and 5 more	42 min
Jul 2, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington	31 min
Jul 2, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	21 min
Jul 2, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison	45 min
Jul 2, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	40 min
Jul 2, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade	33 min
Jul 2, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson, Washington	41 min
Jul 2, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Meade	49 min
Jul 2, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	34 min
Jul 2, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	27 min
Jul 2, 4:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade	3 hr
Jul 2, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	17 min
Jul 2, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Hardin, Meade	36 min
Jul 2, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	23 min
Jul 2, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	53 min
Jul 2, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	35 min
Jul 2, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	27 min
Jul 2, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer	26 min
Jul 2, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	32 min
Jul 2, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Spencer, Washington, Woodford	26 min
Jul 2, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	52 min
Jul 2, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Lincoln	43 min
Jul 2, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor	40 min
Jul 2, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott and 1 more	52 min
Jul 2, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jessamine, Mercer	32 min
Jul 2, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	25 min
Jul 2, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	33 min
Jul 2, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	32 min
Jul 2, 6:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Barren, Green, Logan, Metcalfe, Simpson and 2 more	55 min
Jul 2, 6:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 2, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	33 min
Jul 1, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois, Orange	28 min
Jul 1, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Washington	48 min
Jul 2, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	37 min
Jul 2, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington	28 min
Jul 2, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois, Orange, Washington	23 min
Jul 2, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	13 min
Jul 2, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois, Orange, Scott, Washington	30 min
Jul 2, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	43 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.