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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Apr 15, 2011, 7:04 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 15, 2011, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Logan County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 773 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 487 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 15, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 351 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-162000- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 351 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 /251 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED STORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST OF I-65 THE MAIN THREAT WILL TRANSITION FROM SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THUNDERSTORM DOWNPOURS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TEMPORARY LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MID WEEK AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY ALONG A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY. IF WE DO EXPERIENCE REPEATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WE COULD SEE RIVERS ON THE RISE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY RAIN...AND FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TONIGHT. 13
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Metcalfe | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Larue, Marion, Taylor | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor | 16 min |
| Apr 15, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Hancock, Ohio | 29 min |
| Apr 15, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green, Taylor | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 22 min |
| Apr 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Marion, Washington | 17 min |
| Apr 15, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Adair | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Adair, Casey, Taylor | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer, Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 22 min |
| Apr 15, 11:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 21 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 12:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Shelby, Spencer, Washington | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Perry | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Orange, Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Scott | 23 min |
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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.