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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2023, 2:59 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Ohio County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 5, 2023, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2023, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Perry County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Ohio County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:38 PM CDT | 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 Apr 4, 6:48 PM CDT, 20 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:48 PM CDT, 20 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:37 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Casey, Clinton and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Logan, Ohio, Warren | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson and 6 more | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Meade | 14 min |
| Apr 5, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart and 4 more | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 15 min |
| Apr 5, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby, Trimble | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Casey and 13 more | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Nicholas, Woodford | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison and 7 more | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe, Russell | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 9:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 10:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd, Harrison | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 13 min |
| Apr 5, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Perry | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 30 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.