SKYWARN · Kentucky · Indiana
NWS Louisville LMK
59 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.
Nothing active from this office
NWS checked 11:27 PMRadar
NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour
Deeper look: KLVX interactive ↗ · KLVX at College of DuPage ↗ · KVWX interactive ↗ · KVWX at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.
SPC outlook · day 1
categorical
Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗
Reports taken by this office today
0 · SPC preliminaryNo spotter reports logged by LMK so far today (UTC).
Cameras near the office
none listed yetNo cameras listed near Louisville yet. Know one?
Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.
SKYWARN & weather nets for this office
Suggest or fix one →No net is listed for NWS Louisville yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.
Citizen weather stations nearby
12 reporting within 200 mi · APRS, last 2 h| Station | Temp | Hum | Wind | Gust | Rain 24 h | Pressure | Dist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KM4KMS | 72° | 99% | calm | - | 0.76" | 1015.8 | 38 mi |
| KC9DRE | 73° | 96% | calm | - | 0.29" | 1017.3 | 45 mi |
| AB4KY | 73° | 99% | calm | - | 0.24" | 1014.3 | 45 mi |
| KT4LH-10 | 72° | 81% | calm | - | 0.10" | 1015.3 | 66 mi |
| KB9HUO | 74° | 96% | calm | - | 0.72" | 1017.9 | 68 mi |
| N9LYA-3 | 75° | 50% | calm | - | - | 1017.6 | 76 mi |
| KM4KBD | 74° | 91% | calm | - | 0.01" | 1023.2 | 76 mi |
| AC4AG | 80° | 75% | calm | - | - | 1015.9 | 79 mi |
| KE9DBJ-13 | 73° | 92% | calm | - | - | 1015.7 | 82 mi |
| W9KHP-1 | 74° | 99% | calm | - | 0.79" | 1018.4 | 91 mi |
| KD9JB-1 | 74° | 93% | calm | 2 | 1.07" | 1016.0 | 99 mi |
| WB9TLH-11 | 72° | 89% | calm | - | 0.38" | 1016.2 | 99 mi |
Heard on APRS-IS, receive only. These are privately owned stations reporting themselves — treat them as a hint about what the air is doing between the official sites, not as verified observations. Wind and gust are mph. See them on the map →
NOAA Weather Radio in this area
22 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after162.400 MHz KIH41 · Lexingtoncovers Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, Powell, Robertson, Rowan, Scott, Woodford · 1000 W · NWS Louisville
162.475 MHz KIH43 · New Albanycovers Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Larue, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, Washington · 1000 W · NWS Louisville
162.550 MHz KIH43A · Elizabethtowncovers Hardin · 300 W · NWS Louisville
162.400 MHz KIH45 · Bowling Greencovers Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hart, Larue, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Todd, Warren · 1000 W · NWS Louisville
162.475 MHz KZZ62 · Burkesvillecovers Cumberland · 300 W · NWS Louisville
162.525 MHz KZZ63 · Campbellsvillecovers Taylor · 300 W · NWS Louisville
162.450 MHz KZZ64 · Ekroncovers Breckinridge, Meade · 300 W · NWS Louisville
162.500 MHz WNG570 · Horse Cavecovers Adair, Barren, Casey, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hart, Larue, Metcalfe · 1000 W · NWS Louisville
162.525 MHz WWF82A · East Madison Countycovers Madison · 100 W · NWS Louisville
162.525 MHz WWF82B · West Madison Countycovers Madison · 100 W · NWS Louisville
162.525 MHz WWF82C · Madison Countycovers Madison · 100 W · NWS Louisville
162.525 MHz WWF82D · Moberlycovers Madison · 110 W · NWS Louisville
162.500 MHz WZ2523 · Frankfortcovers Franklin · 300 W · NWS Louisville
162.450 MHz WZ2547 · Edmontoncovers Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe · 300 W · NWS Louisville
162.550 MHz KIG76 · Evansvillecovers Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick · 1000 W · NWS Paducah
162.550 MHz KIH44 · Somersetcovers Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Hart, Knox, Laurel, Lincoln, Marion, McCreary, Metcalfe, Monroe, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Taylor, Washington, Wayne, Whitley · 1000 W · NWS Jackson
162.450 MHz KZZ48 · Owentoncovers Carroll, Franklin, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Owen, Pendleton, Scott, Shelby · 300 W · NWS Wilmington
162.475 MHz KZZ61 · Whitesvillecovers Breckinridge, Daviess, Hancock, Ohio · 300 W · NWS Paducah
162.525 MHz WNG631 · Lafayettecovers Allen, Monroe · 1000 W · NWS Nashville
162.500 MHz WWG72 · Georgiacovers Brown, Daviess, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange · 1000 W · NWS Indianapolis
162.525 MHz WWG73 · Seymourcovers Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Ripley, Scott, Shelby · 1000 W · NWS Indianapolis
162.425 MHz WWG83 · Edwardsportcovers Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Pike, Sullivan · 1000 W · NWS Indianapolis
What to report, and where
Size charts and the full guide →🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud
- ·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
- ·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
- ·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
- ·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving
🧊 Hail
- ·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
- ·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
- ·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground
💨 Wind
- ·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
- ·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
- ·Say whether it was measured or estimated
🌊 Flooding
- ·Water over a road, especially moving water
- ·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
- ·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge
❄️ Winter
- ·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
- ·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
- ·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting
🚫 Not this
- ·Lightning and thunder on their own
- ·Rain that isn't causing flooding
- ·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary
- 1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
- 2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS Louisville. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
- 3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #ky-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.
Counties served by NWS Louisville · 59
INC019 Clark
INC025 Crawford
INC037 Dubois
INC043 Floyd
INC061 Harrison
INC077 Jefferson
INC117 Orange
INC123 Perry
INC143 Scott
INC175 Washington
KYC001 Adair
KYC003 Allen
KYC005 Anderson
KYC009 Barren
KYC017 Bourbon
KYC021 Boyle
KYC027 Breckinridge
KYC029 Bullitt
KYC031 Butler
KYC045 Casey
KYC049 Clark
KYC053 Clinton
KYC057 Cumberland
KYC061 Edmonson
KYC067 Fayette
KYC073 Franklin
KYC079 Garrard
KYC085 Grayson
KYC087 Green
KYC091 Hancock
KYC093 Hardin
KYC097 Harrison
KYC099 Hart
KYC103 Henry
KYC111 Jefferson
KYC113 Jessamine
KYC123 Larue
KYC137 Lincoln
KYC141 Logan
KYC151 Madison
KYC155 Marion
KYC163 Meade
KYC167 Mercer
KYC169 Metcalfe
KYC171 Monroe
KYC179 Nelson
KYC181 Nicholas
KYC183 Ohio
KYC185 Oldham
KYC207 Russell
KYC209 Scott
KYC211 Shelby
KYC213 Simpson
KYC215 Spencer
KYC217 Taylor
KYC223 Trimble
KYC227 Warren
KYC229 Washington
KYC239 Woodford