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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

January 17, 2012Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jan 17, 2012, 10:02 AM EST for Washington County, Indiana. 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: Jan 17, 2012, 10:02 AM EST (15:02 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2012, 10:30 AM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 818 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 844 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.

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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 Jan 17, 9:45 AM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 9:45 AM EST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 4:01 AM EST, 6 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
401 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-180915-
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-
401 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 /301 AM CST TUE JAN 17 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 40 MPH THIS MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64.

AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT...WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO
APPROACH 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY.

40

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 17, 9:54 AM EST, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 17, 10:02 AM EST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 17, 10:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	31 min
Jan 17, 10:27 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hancock	43 days
Jan 17, 10:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	26 min
Jan 17, 10:43 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	17 min
Jan 17, 10:50 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	25 min
Jan 17, 10:54 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	36 min
Jan 17, 10:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	18 min
Jan 17, 11:00 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	30 min
Jan 17, 11:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	28 min
Jan 17, 11:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	23 min
Jan 17, 11:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio	19 min
Jan 17, 11:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	26 min
Jan 17, 11:20 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	25 min
Jan 17, 11:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson, Spencer	37 min
Jan 17, 11:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Trimble	35 min
Jan 17, 11:29 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	16 min
Jan 17, 11:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	18 min
Jan 17, 11:44 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Meade, Nelson	31 min
Jan 17, 11:52 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more	23 min
Jan 17, 12:06 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Larue	24 min
Jan 17, 12:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	23 min
Jan 17, 12:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Scott, Woodford	31 min
Jan 17, 12:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	29 min
Jan 17, 12:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson and 1 more	36 min
Jan 17, 12:27 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue	33 min
Jan 17, 12:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	17 min
Jan 17, 12:39 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Hart	36 min
Jan 17, 12:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren	29 min
Jan 17, 12:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	27 min
Jan 17, 12:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas	25 min
Jan 17, 12:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Warren	19 min
Jan 17, 1:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Green, Taylor	35 min
Jan 17, 1:12 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Simpson	33 min
Jan 17, 1:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	31 min
Jan 17, 1:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	16 min
Jan 17, 1:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard	44 min
Jan 17, 1:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson	25 min
Jan 17, 1:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	35 min
Jan 17, 1:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	19 min
Jan 17, 1:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Hart, Marion, Taylor	30 min
Jan 17, 1:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	32 min
Jan 17, 1:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	23 min
Jan 17, 1:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell, Taylor	31 min
Jan 17, 2:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	13 min
Jan 17, 9:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	31 min
Jan 17, 9:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	44 min
Jan 17, 9:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange, Washington	36 min
Jan 17, 10:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	36 min
Jan 17, 10:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	33 min
Jan 17, 10:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Scott, Washington	30 min

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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.