Special Weather Statement
NWS Louisville KY ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Bullitt... Southwestern Floyd...Southeastern Harrison And Southwestern Jefferson Counties Until 5 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 411 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Pleasure Ridge Park, or 10 miles southwest of Louisville, moving southeast at 15 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, Shively, Pioneer Village, Hollyvilla, South Park View, Valley Station, Pleasure Ridge Park, Pleasure Ridge Par and St. Dennis.
Instructions
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. 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
- Bullitt County, KY
- Jefferson County, KY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Louisville KY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V2B5K33C76ZA6D2PHS5P9G
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2fa94f0ca09adceecfbefcd0fbd536b16bf463a3.001.1
- 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.3641
- 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 182011 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN BULLITT... SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD...SOUTHEASTERN HARRISON AND SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T20:11:00-00:00...storm...311DEG...11KT...38.13,-85.89 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Harrison County, IN
- Floyd County, IN
- Bullitt County, KY
- Jefferson County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 018061 |
| SAME | 018043 |
| SAME | 021029 |
| SAME | 021111 |
| UGC | INZ090 |
| UGC | INZ091 |
| UGC | KYZ029 |
| UGC | KYZ030 |
- Polygons
- 38.12,-86.16 38.3,-85.96 38.1,-85.62 37.93,-85.82 37.98,-85.9 37.99,-85.91 37.99,-85.93 38.0,-85.93 38.0,-85.94 38.01,-85.95 38.12,-86.16