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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Louisville, KY

July 3, 2026Logan County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2026, 1:54 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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: Jul 3, 2026, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2026, 2:17 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Logan County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Jul 3, 12:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:51 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
151 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2026

KYZ070-031915-
Logan KY-
151 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM CDT...

At 151 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northeast of Guthrie, moving west at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Dot, Old Volney, Lickskillet, Keysburg, and Olmstead.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3674 8706 3676 8705 3679 8706 3677 8693
      3665 8692 3664 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 083DEG 5KT 3670 8703

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

BJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	34 min
Jul 3, 1:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Logan	3 hr
Jul 3, 1:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Logan	3 hr
Jul 3, 1:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	24 min
Jul 3, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	24 min
Jul 3, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	36 min
Jul 3, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Ohio	24 min
Jul 3, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	28 min
Jul 3, 3:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Ohio	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	3 hr
Jul 3, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.