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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Louisville, KY

March 16, 20255 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2025, 8:46 AM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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 16, 2025, 8:46 AM EDT (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2025, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Scott County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 15, 3:43 PM EDT, 17 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 3:43 PM EDT, 17 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 8:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Simpson, Warren4 hr
Mar 15, 9:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren31 hr
Mar 15, 9:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Warren5 days
Mar 15, 9:46 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKOhio53 hr
Mar 16, 12:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton17 min
Mar 16, 12:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Anderson, Boyle, Casey, Franklin, Green and 12 more118 min
Mar 16, 1:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClinton, Russell3 hr
Mar 16, 5:10 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Muhlenberg, Ohio5 days
Mar 16, 5:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan37 min
Mar 16, 6:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKShelby15 min
Mar 16, 6:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson, Ohio26 min
Mar 16, 7:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington30 min
Mar 16, 8:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott, Woodford33 min
Mar 16, 9:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNicholas31 min
Mar 16, 10:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison37 min
Mar 16, 10:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison31 min
Mar 16, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHart35 hr
Mar 16, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKEdmonson56 hr
Mar 16, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKWarren7 hr
Mar 16, 11:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln, Madison30 min
Mar 16, 11:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair43 min
Mar 16, 11:57 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKHardin, Nelson4 hr
Mar 16, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison30 min
Mar 16, 12:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Lincoln, Russell28 min
Mar 16, 12:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln25 min
Mar 16, 12:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln, Madison23 min
Mar 16, 4:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHardin, Nelson53 hr
Mar 16, 6:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren16 hr
Mar 16, 7:22 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKHarrison, Washington39 min
Mar 16, 8:00 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHarrison, Washington6 hr

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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.