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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Louisville, KY

March 3, 20236 counties in Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2023, 12:40 PM CST for 6 counties in Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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: Mar 3, 2023, 12:40 PM CST (18:40 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2023, 1:30 PM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Destructive
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Perry County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Butler County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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
Mar 3, 6:24 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 3, 11:07 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 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 Mar 2, 2:56 PM CST, 21 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 2:56 PM CST, 21 hours 44 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
Mar 3, 6:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	3 hr
Mar 3, 7:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	5 hr
Mar 3, 9:10 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade	6 hr
Mar 3, 9:51 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Oldham	3 hr
Mar 3, 11:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Butler, Logan, Ohio	45 min
Mar 3, 11:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Hancock, Ohio	20 min
Mar 3, 11:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Allen, Edmonson, Simpson, Warren	36 min
Mar 3, 12:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe	27 min
Mar 3, 12:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LMK	Butler, Logan, Ohio	49 min
Mar 3, 12:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Barren, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue	27 min
Mar 3, 12:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Barren, Cumberland, Green, Hart, Larue, Metcalfe and 1 more	31 min
Mar 3, 1:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	40 min
Mar 3, 1:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Jefferson	30 min
Mar 3, 2:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Nicholas and 1 more	36 min
Mar 3, 2:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	22 min
Mar 3, 2:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	16 min
Mar 3, 4:20 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	7 hr
Mar 3, 12:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LMK	Dubois, Perry	48 min
Mar 3, 1:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	33 min
Mar 3, 1:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry, Washington	45 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.