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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Louisville, KY

March 31, 20234 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2023, 11:37 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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 31, 2023, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2023, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 31, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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 31, 6:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 6:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 2:53 PM CDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
353 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-012000-
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
353 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023 /253 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO
5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ SATURDAY...

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible tonight as a cold front
moves through the region. The highest risk of severe weather will be
in areas mainly west of I-65 where damaging winds and an isolated
tornado or two will be possible.

Expect a period of prefrontal gradient wind gusts of 40 to 45 mph
tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

After the cold front passes through, gusty gradient winds are
expected for Saturday. Wind gusts of 40-50 mph will be possible and
a few gusts of 50 mph or greater will be possible, especially across
the Bluegrass region of central Kentucky.

Additional strong to severe storms are possible next week, though
there remains some uncertainty in the timing.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed tonight, especially west of I 65.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and
climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville.

KDW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Simpson, Warren29 min
Mar 31, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock24 min
Mar 31, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble31 min
Mar 31, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Logan, Simpson41 min
Mar 31, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan, Simpson27 min
Mar 31, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan, Simpson20 min
Mar 31, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Shelby29 min
Mar 31, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin, Shelby27 min
Mar 31, 11:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson37 min
Mar 31, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen, Hart, Larue, Marion, Metcalfe, Taylor and 1 more50 min
Mar 31, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Simpson, Warren33 min
Mar 31, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble31 min
Apr 1, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe44 min
Apr 1, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby23 min
Apr 1, 12:18 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Hart27 min
Apr 1, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison, Scott24 min
Apr 1, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby21 min
Apr 1, 12:32 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKGreen, Marion, Taylor28 min
Apr 1, 12:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKHenry, Oldham, Shelby3 hr
Apr 1, 12:45 AM CDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison16 min
Apr 1, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 4 more44 min
Apr 1, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Clinton, Russell42 min
Apr 1, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison, Scott44 min
Apr 1, 1:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more38 min
Apr 1, 9:30 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningLMKAdair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 33 more5 hr
Apr 1, 9:30 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLMKAdair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 33 more7 hr
Mar 31, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Floyd, Harrison31 min
Mar 31, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison12 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.