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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2025, 7:14 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 18, 2025, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edmonson County, KY, Hart County, KY, Logan County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1827 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
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 Jun 18, 6:27 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:27 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 633 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025 INZ076-077-083-084-089-KYZ023-033>043-045>049-053>057-062>067- 071>078-081-082-192245- Orange-Washington IN-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Hancock-Henry-Shelby- Franklin-Scott KY-Harrison KY-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford-Fayette- Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Washington KY-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark KY- Larue-Marion-Boyle-Garrard-Madison-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey- Lincoln-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-Russell- Cumberland-Clinton- 633 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025 /533 PM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Indiana and central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected this evening in central Kentucky. All severe hazards are on the table, but the primary threat will be damaging winds. Localized flooding is possible where the heaviest rain falls. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hot and oppressively humid weather is expected, with daily heat indices near 100 Sunday into next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed this evening in central Kentucky. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms this evening will move to the E-NE around 40 mph. Any users of this storm motion must be aware that thunderstorm activity can be erratic and constantly evolving. Please use this with caution and be prepared for changing conditions. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. INZ078-079-090>092-KYZ024>032-061-070-192245- Scott IN-Jefferson IN-Harrison IN-Floyd-Clark IN-Breckinridge-Meade- Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt-Jefferson-Oldham-Trimble-Butler-Logan- 633 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025 /533 PM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025/ ...TORNADO WATCH 435 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Indiana and central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov/louisville on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Tornado Watch. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon and into the evening hours. All severe hazards are on the table, but the primary threat will be damaging winds. Localized flooding is possible where the heaviest rain falls. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hot and oppressively humid weather is expected, with daily heat indices near 100 Sunday into next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms this evening will move to the E-NE around 40 mph. Any users of this storm motion must be aware that thunderstorm activity can be erratic and constantly evolving. Please use this with caution and be prepared for changing conditions. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville.
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 18, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Harrison, Scott | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 7:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hart | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Henry, Nelson, Scott and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Nelson | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Simpson, Warren | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Woodford | 27 min |
| Jun 18, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 9:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 15 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Taylor | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 1:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Warren | 3 days |
| Jun 19, 2:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 2:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more | 109 min |
| Jun 19, 4:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer | 95 min |
| Jun 19, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Edmonson | 36 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Simpson | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange, Washington | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.