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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2026, 4:43 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2026, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cumberland County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell | 47 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.