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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY

April 2, 20244 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2024, 9:03 AM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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 2, 2024, 9:03 AM EDT (13:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2024, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Boyle County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Washington County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:05 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 2, 6:55 AM EDT	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 Apr 1, 7:52 PM EDT, 13 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 7:52 PM EDT, 13 hours 11 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
Apr 2, 7:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	39 min
Apr 2, 7:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Ohio	33 min
Apr 2, 7:44 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	31 min
Apr 2, 7:58 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	17 min
Apr 2, 7:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson	61 min
Apr 2, 8:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio	40 min
Apr 2, 8:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	37 min
Apr 2, 8:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	21 min
Apr 2, 8:17 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	28 min
Apr 2, 8:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Meade, Nelson	46 min
Apr 2, 8:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Spencer, Woodford	25 min
Apr 2, 8:42 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Nelson, Spencer, Washington	18 min
Apr 2, 8:43 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	32 min
Apr 2, 8:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin, Larue	29 min
Apr 2, 8:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington, Woodford	26 min
Apr 2, 8:55 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Washington, Woodford	35 min
Apr 2, 9:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas and 2 more	63 min
Apr 2, 9:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	44 min
Apr 2, 9:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette	28 min
Apr 2, 9:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Madison	47 min
Apr 2, 11:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	30 min
Apr 2, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson, Warren	36 min
Apr 2, 12:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Simpson, Warren	28 min
Apr 2, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Green, Metcalfe	32 min
Apr 2, 12:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	25 min
Apr 2, 12:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell	33 min
Apr 2, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Russell	26 min
Apr 2, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton	41 min
Apr 2, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	26 min
Apr 2, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Metcalfe, Russell	29 min
Apr 2, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	21 min
Apr 2, 4:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Meade	35 min
Apr 2, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	30 min
Apr 2, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	32 min
Apr 2, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade	32 min
Apr 2, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	32 min
Apr 2, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	28 min
Apr 2, 5:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby	25 min
Apr 2, 5:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry	34 min
Apr 2, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	38 min
Apr 2, 6:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren	26 min
Apr 2, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio	24 min
Apr 2, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	13 min
Apr 2, 7:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren	25 min
Apr 2, 6:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	63 min
Apr 2, 7:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	38 min
Apr 2, 7:19 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Perry	26 min
Apr 2, 12:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Perry	36 min
Apr 2, 12:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Perry, Washington	27 min
Apr 2, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois, Orange	37 min
Apr 2, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Perry	28 min
Apr 2, 4:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott, Washington	36 min
Apr 2, 5:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LMK	Jefferson	21 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.