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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Simpson, Warren | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 20 min |
| Mar 31, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin, Shelby | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Metcalfe, Taylor and 1 more | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson, Warren | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 44 min |
| Apr 1, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 23 min |
| Apr 1, 12:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Hart | 27 min |
| Apr 1, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 24 min |
| Apr 1, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 21 min |
| Apr 1, 12:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 28 min |
| Apr 1, 12:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 16 min |
| Apr 1, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 4 more | 44 min |
| Apr 1, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey, Clinton, Russell | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 44 min |
| Apr 1, 1:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 9:30 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 9:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 12 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.