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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

February 22, 2012Larue County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Feb 22, 2012, 6:52 PM EST for Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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: Feb 22, 2012, 6:52 PM EST (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2012, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Larue County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 2212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 295 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 Feb 22, 6:43 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 6:43 PM EST, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 5:51 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
551 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-232300-
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-
551 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012 /451 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. ANY STORM THAT FORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...PEA SIZE HAIL AND CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY AND WESTERN KENTUCKY
PARKWAY SOUTHWARD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50
MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 22, 5:55 PM EST, 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
555 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012

KYZ024-027-028-045-053-054-222330-
BRECKINRIDGE-GRAYSON-HARDIN-LARUE-MARION-NELSON-
555 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012

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

AT 550 PM EST/450 PM CST/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12
MILES NORTHEAST OF LEITCHFIELD TO 16 MILES WEST OF LEITCHFIELD...AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LEITCHFIELD...
  HODGENVILLE...
  ELIZABETHTOWN...
  SUMMIT AND SHORT CREEK...
  GLENDALE AND NOLIN...
  FISHER AND COBBLERS KNOB...
  TONIEVILLE AND MATHERS MILL...

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 81 AND 94...THE WESTERN KENTUCKY (FORD) PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 107 AND 94...AND THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
10 AND 1.

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 3756 8662 3754 8660 3755 8658 3756 8659
      3778 8559 3762 8534 3744 8595 3745 8604
      3741 8604 3739 8612 3741 8661 3749 8665
      3755 8664
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 254DEG 34KT 3758 8604 3747 8654

AL

Special weather statement, Feb 22, 6:09 PM EST, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
609 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012

KYZ039-045>047-054-222345-
ANDERSON-MARION-MERCER-NELSON-WASHINGTON-
609 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS...

AT 604 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  SPRINGFIELD...
  HARRODSBURG...
  BARDSTOWN...
  LITSEY AND PLEASANT GROVE...
  WILLISBURG AND THOMPSONVILLE...
  BATTLE AND CARDWELL...
  CORNISHVILLE AND DUNCAN...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21
AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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 3772 8479 3770 8481 3769 8498 3768 8498
      3768 8502 3766 8503 3762 8534 3779 8557
      3797 8491 3772 8478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 258DEG 39KT 3775 8527

AL

Special weather statement, Feb 22, 6:15 PM EST, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
615 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012

KYZ026-027-061-062-222345-
BUTLER-EDMONSON-GRAYSON-OHIO-
515 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND 45 MPH WINDS...

AT 514 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES EAST OF
HARTFORD TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTRAL CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  MORGANTOWN...
  HARTFORD...
  JUGVILLE AND WHITE RUN...
  MOUNT PLEASANT AND SIMMONS...
  PINE KNOB AND ROB ROY...
  POST AND NINETEEN...

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN KENTUCKY (FORD) PARKWAY BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 75 AND 94...AND THE NATCHER PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 27 AND 48.

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 3738 8710 3742 8710 3754 8669 3735 8608
      3735 8615 3734 8615 3713 8689 3715 8693
      3722 8691 3727 8699 3732 8699 3735 8702
      3736 8707 3732 8711 3733 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 277DEG 26KT 3746 8664 3733 8721

AL

Special weather statement, Feb 22, 6:52 PM 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
Feb 22, 5:55 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Hardin, Larue	35 min
Feb 22, 6:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Mercer, Nelson, Washington	36 min
Feb 22, 6:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Ohio	30 min
Feb 22, 6:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Grayson	37 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.