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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

June 26, 2011Orange County, Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2011, 3:08 AM EDT for Orange County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 26, 2011, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Orange County, IN, Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

929 
WWUS83 KLMK 260708
SPSLMK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
308 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

INZ076-077-084-260800-
CRAWFORD-ORANGE-WASHINGTON-
308 AM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
GUSTY WINDS...

AT 303 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SALEM TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAOLI...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL
RATES OF AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  PAOLI...
  SALEM...
  ENGLISH...
  MCKINLEY AND SYRIA...
  TASWELL AND STAMPERS CREEK...
  PINE VALLEY AND MILLERSBURG...
  KOSSUTH AND TROTTER CROSSING...

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3877 8604 3875 8589 3872 8589 3842 8620
      3842 8626 3839 8624 3839 8626 3837 8625
      3831 8631 3833 8668 3865 8669 3870 8662
      3869 8632 3876 8629 3879 8621 3877 8613
      3879 8608
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 283DEG 19KT 3873 8626 3849 8659

$$

SCHOETTMER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 3:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	31 min
Jun 26, 3:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	37 min
Jun 26, 3:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	42 min
Jun 26, 4:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	24 min
Jun 26, 4:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	25 min
Jun 26, 6:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Russell	23 min
Jun 26, 2:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	43 min
Jun 26, 2:54 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Dubois	36 min
Jun 26, 3:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Orange, Scott, Washington	3 hr
Jun 26, 3:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd, Scott, Washington	48 min
Jun 26, 4:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Washington	27 min
Jun 26, 4:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Scott	50 min
Jun 26, 6:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Washington	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:55 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	18 hr

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.