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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2026, 4:28 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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 22, 2026, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2026, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Adair County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Russell County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 22, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 38 min |
| Aug 22, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Hart, Larue | 15 min |
| Aug 22, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jessamine | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 19 min |
Nearby
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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.