Alert archive / Kentucky / Special Weather Statements in 2010
Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2010, 10:32 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2010, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2010, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3821 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
943
WWUS83 KLMK 190332
SPSLMK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1132 PM EDT SUN JUL 18 2010
KYZ064-071>078-081-082-190400-
ADAIR-ALLEN-BARREN-CLINTON-CUMBERLAND-GREEN-METCALFE-MONROE-RUSSELL-
SIMPSON-WARREN-
1032 PM CDT SUN JUL 18 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS...
AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF
COLUMBIA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...SMALL PEA OR DIME SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO
40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS...AND AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3699 8668 3707 8614 3706 8608 3708 8608
3720 8514 3695 8494 3686 8507 3676 8501
3665 8655
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 328DEG 22KT 3710 8519 3689 8660
$$
JDAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Butler | 20 min |
| Jul 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 27 min |
| Jul 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Hart | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Warren | 26 min |
| Jul 18, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Hart, Marion | 24 min |
| Jul 18, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe, Warren | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Casey, Garrard, Green, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more | 31 min |
| Jul 18, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Warren | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 12:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Jefferson, Meade | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 28 min |
| Jul 19, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson, Ohio | 67 min |
| Jul 19, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Woodford | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.