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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Louisville, KY

April 6, 202630 counties in Kentucky; Jefferson County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this frost advisory at Apr 6, 2026, 12:20 PM CDT for 30 counties in Kentucky; Jefferson County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 7, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2026, 12:20 PM CDT (17:20 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 7, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2026, 8:07 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

All 31 counties

Jefferson County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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 frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 5, 6:14 PM CDT, 18 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 6:14 PM CDT, 18 hours 6 minutes before

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Sources

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