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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Louisville, KY

August 15, 2026Harrison County, Scott County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2026, 8:16 PM EDT for Harrison County, Scott County, 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
Aug 15, 2026, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2026, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harrison County, KY, Scott County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1073 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2026-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1073 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 8:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKHarrison, Scott3 hr
Aug 15, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas24 min
Aug 15, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott36 min
Aug 15, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon33 min
Aug 15, 8:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott5 hr
Aug 15, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott21 min
Aug 15, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon32 min
Aug 15, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark33 min
Aug 15, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Madison34 min
Aug 15, 9:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKFranklin, Scott3 hr
Aug 16, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott38 min
Aug 16, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott26 min
Aug 16, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCarroll30 min
Aug 16, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott31 min
Aug 16, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson27 min
Aug 16, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson35 min
Aug 16, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson29 min
Aug 16, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette25 min
Aug 16, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson32 min
Aug 16, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKShelby, Spencer43 min
Aug 16, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford48 min
Aug 16, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNicholas30 min
Aug 16, 7:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott3 hr
Aug 16, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Mercer, Washington32 min
Aug 16, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFloyd, Harrison24 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.