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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

May 2, 2011Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at May 2, 2011, 7:13 PM CDT for Edmonson County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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: May 2, 2011, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Edmonson County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 462 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 12.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 2, 6:27 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 6:27 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 2:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 4:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 6:15 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 7:06 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
806 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2011

KYZ042-043-049-030030-
BOURBON-CLARK-NICHOLAS-
806 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2011

...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AFFECTING
BOURBON...CLARK AND NICHOLAS COUNTIES...

AT 803 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF WINCHESTER MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR AND GUSTY
WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  PLUM AND LITTLE ROCK...
  JACKSTOWN...
  EAST UNION AND MOOREFIELD...
  SPROUT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.

&&

LAT...LON 3830 8385 3821 8395 3812 8408 3809 8407
      3804 8421 3812 8427 3836 8389 3834 8385
      3834 8384
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 237DEG 42KT 3811 8416

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Special weather statement, May 2, 7:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
813 PM EDT MON MAY 2 2011

KYZ062-063-071-072-074-030045-
BARREN-EDMONSON-HART-SIMPSON-WARREN-
713 PM CDT MON MAY 2 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
40 MPH WINDS...

AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF
PLUM SPRINGS TO 6 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE
INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...AND GUSTY
WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  THREE SPRINGS...
  PLUM SPRINGS...
  MUNFORDVILLE...
  MOUNT VICTOR...
  MEMPHIS JUNCTION...
  HAYS AND MERRY OAKS...
  APPLE GROVE AND BON AYR...
  PARK CITY AND ROCKY HILL...
  HIGHLAND SPRINGS AND WARREN COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT...

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 20 AND 60.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE NATCHER PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1
AND 7.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3675 8665 3689 8665 3689 8662 3693 8664
      3702 8664 3716 8644 3715 8642 3721 8637
      3730 8582 3691 8614 3692 8614 3690 8617
      3693 8618 3693 8621 3691 8622 3690 8627
      3687 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 220DEG 25KT 3701 8617 3683 8654

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	24 min
May 3, 12:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Butler, Grayson, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson and 1 more	15 hr
May 3, 5:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin, Harrison, Nelson, Scott, Shelby, Spencer	3 hr
May 3, 6:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Hart, Larue, Nelson, Washington	33 hr
May 3, 7:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin, Harrison, Nelson, Scott, Shelby, Spencer	9 hr
May 3, 7:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Green, Jessamine and 6 more	9 hr
May 3, 8:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	32 hr
May 3, 8:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Edmonson	3 days
May 3, 9:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt	12 hr
May 3, 9:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	27 hr
May 3, 2:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	19 hr
May 3, 3:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Butler, Franklin, Grayson, Hardin, Harrison and 4 more	24 hr
May 3, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	24 hr
May 3, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Green, Jessamine and 4 more	24 hr
May 3, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison, Washington	16 hr

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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.