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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Louisville, KY

September 5, 2026Franklin County, Henry County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2026, 6:06 AM EDT for Franklin County, Henry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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
Sep 5, 2026, 6:06 AM EDT (10:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2026, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, KY, Henry County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2026-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1450 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 2026-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 4:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble48 min
Sep 5, 5:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble31 min
Sep 5, 5:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKShelby47 min
Sep 5, 5:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin, Henry, Woodford41 min
Sep 5, 6:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin, Henry, Woodford43 min
Sep 5, 6:50 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Franklin, Henry, Scott, Woodford25 min
Sep 5, 6:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison, Nicholas37 min
Sep 5, 7:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKFranklin, Henry, Shelby3 hr
Sep 5, 7:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin, Henry, Scott, Woodford26 min
Sep 5, 7:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott26 min
Sep 5, 8:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNicholas30 min
Sep 5, 8:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison27 min
Sep 5, 8:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison32 min
Sep 5, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKRobertson43 min
Sep 5, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKRobertson42 min
Sep 5, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNelson49 min
Sep 5, 3:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark44 min
Sep 5, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKPerry45 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.