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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Louisville, KY

August 11, 20264 counties in Kentucky; Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2026, 7:57 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky; Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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: Aug 11, 2026, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2026, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Bullitt County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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
Aug 11, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 1500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 11, 7:57 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 7:57 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 7:01 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 7:09 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 7:23 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 7:30 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 7:35 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 7:53 PM EDT, 4 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
Aug 11, 4:37 AM EDT	Flood Watch	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Clark and 18 more	50 hr
Aug 11, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Harrison, Nicholas	30 min
Aug 11, 4:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	40 min
Aug 11, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	30 min
Aug 11, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	39 min
Aug 11, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott	34 min
Aug 11, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Madison	44 min
Aug 11, 5:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	3 hr
Aug 11, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Woodford	24 min
Aug 11, 5:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Fayette	3 hr
Aug 11, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Woodford	46 min
Aug 11, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Mercer	35 min
Aug 11, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	47 min
Aug 11, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	35 min
Aug 11, 6:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	39 min
Aug 11, 6:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	3 hr
Aug 11, 7:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	36 min
Aug 11, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	20 min
Aug 11, 7:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Taylor	3 hr
Aug 11, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	25 min
Aug 11, 7:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	3 hr
Aug 11, 7:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	3 hr
Aug 11, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	25 min
Aug 11, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair	37 min
Aug 11, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	44 min
Aug 11, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	44 min
Aug 11, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	17 min
Aug 11, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	27 min
Aug 11, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Orange, Washington	44 min
Aug 11, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington	27 min
Aug 11, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois, Orange	18 min
Aug 11, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Harrison	28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2026 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 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.