Special Weather Statement
NWS Louisville KY ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Floyd...East Central Harrison... Southwestern Clark And Central Jefferson Counties Until 415 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 324 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles west of New Albany, or 13 miles northwest of Louisville, moving southeast at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Louisville, Jeffersonville, New Albany, Jeffersontown, St. Matthews, Shively, Lyndon, Middletown, Douglass Hills and Hurstbourne.
Instructions
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Harrison County, IN
- Floyd County, IN
- Clark County, IN
- Jefferson County, KY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Louisville KY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~41s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TZMRVTTKGTRTMGJ7W437A1
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.90d749a93493366cb5c6dc13c75d6dc8257c9fbe.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Louisville KY
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLMK
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2349
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSLMK |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS83 KLMK 181924 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT FLOYD...EAST CENTRAL HARRISON... SOUTHWESTERN CLARK AND CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T19:24:00-00:00...storm...305DEG...16KT...38.34,-85.93 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Harrison County, IN
- Floyd County, IN
- Clark County, IN
- Jefferson County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018061 |
| SAME | 018043 |
| SAME | 018019 |
| SAME | 021111 |
| UGC | INZ090 |
| UGC | INZ091 |
| UGC | INZ092 |
| UGC | KYZ030 |
- Polygons
- 38.32,-86.01 38.44,-85.91 38.27,-85.51 38.08,-85.69 38.09,-85.71 38.08,-85.74 38.29,-86.04 38.32,-86.01