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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

March 2, 2012Russell County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Mar 2, 2012, 5:54 PM CST for Russell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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: Mar 2, 2012, 5:54 PM CST (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Russell County, KY

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 2, 5:53 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 5:53 PM CST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 10:29 AM CST, 7 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1129 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-031630-
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-
1129 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 /1029 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED IN THE OHIO
VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY APPROACH FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AS
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND MOVE TOWARDS
OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT...AND QUICKLY MOVE INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL
INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. BEST TIMING OF THESE STORMS WILL BE AFTER
2 OR 3 PM EST OVER WEST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST
INDIANA...AROUND THE 3 TO 5 PM EST NEAR THE I-65 CORRIDOR...AND
LASTING THROUGH ROUGHLY 8 OR 9PM EST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BLUEGRASS
REGION.

ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT WILL
LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY. IN
ADDITION...SOME TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF A FEW TORNADOES BECOMING VERY STRONG AND LONG-LIVED. SEVERE
WEATHER COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE OUTLOOK AREA...BUT THE
GREATEST THREAT WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND SOUTH OF THE
BLUEGRASS PARKWAY.

A SQUALL LINE MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATE THIS EVENING.
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE SQUALL LINE...BUT
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN ON
SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF THE I 64 CORRIDOR.
ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF
THE I-64 CORRIDOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE EXTREMELY NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO
REPORT INSTANCES OF LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE AND OF COURSE FUNNEL
CLOUDS OR TORNADOES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE
OR LOCAL MEDIA AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 2, 5:19 PM CST, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 2, 5:27 PM CST, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 2, 5:35 PM CST, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 2, 5:52 PM CST, 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 2, 5:54 PM CST, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 2, 5:54 PM CST, 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
Mar 2, 2:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	25 min
Mar 2, 3:08 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	37 min
Mar 2, 3:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren	36 min
Mar 2, 3:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	30 min
Mar 2, 3:49 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	26 min
Mar 2, 4:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion, Taylor	28 min
Mar 2, 4:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	26 min
Mar 2, 4:56 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Meade	64 min
Mar 2, 5:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Garrard	23 min
Mar 2, 5:40 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Madison	35 min
Mar 2, 6:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Ohio	26 min
Mar 2, 6:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren	22 min
Mar 2, 7:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	27 min
Mar 2, 7:08 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Grayson	22 min
Mar 2, 7:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	30 min
Mar 2, 7:25 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	35 min
Mar 2, 7:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	24 min
Mar 2, 7:38 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	22 min
Mar 2, 7:52 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	23 min
Mar 2, 7:53 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	37 min
Mar 2, 8:02 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	28 min
Mar 2, 8:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin	36 min
Mar 2, 8:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	26 min
Mar 2, 8:29 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	31 min
Mar 2, 8:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	29 min
Mar 2, 2:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	LMK	Trimble	39 min
Mar 2, 2:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	26 min
Mar 2, 2:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	35 min
Mar 2, 2:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	34 min
Mar 2, 2:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	27 min
Mar 2, 2:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	LMK	Trimble	36 min
Mar 2, 2:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	25 min
Mar 2, 2:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Grayson, Ohio	25 min
Mar 2, 2:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Trimble	24 min
Mar 2, 2:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	22 min
Mar 2, 2:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	19 min
Mar 2, 3:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	28 min
Mar 2, 3:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	23 min
Mar 2, 3:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Henry	23 min
Mar 2, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	35 min
Mar 2, 3:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio	34 min
Mar 2, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Spencer	30 min
Mar 2, 3:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	25 min
Mar 2, 3:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Trimble	3 hr
Mar 2, 3:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 1 more	33 min
Mar 2, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	30 min
Mar 2, 3:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	28 min
Mar 2, 3:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer	26 min
Mar 2, 3:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren	23 min
Mar 2, 3:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	37 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford	21 min
Mar 2, 3:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	34 min
Mar 2, 3:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	33 min
Mar 2, 3:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	32 min
Mar 2, 3:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Logan, Simpson, Warren	46 min
Mar 2, 3:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor	29 min
Mar 2, 3:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford	22 min
Mar 2, 3:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas	16 min
Mar 2, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	11 min
Mar 2, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan, Warren	26 min
Mar 2, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Marion, Nelson, Washington	26 min
Mar 2, 4:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Warren	36 min
Mar 2, 4:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	35 min
Mar 2, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford	34 min
Mar 2, 4:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Warren	32 min
Mar 2, 4:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more	31 min
Mar 2, 4:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	12 min
Mar 2, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren	36 min
Mar 2, 4:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington	33 min
Mar 2, 4:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Nicholas, Scott	27 min
Mar 2, 4:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren	27 min
Mar 2, 4:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	25 min
Mar 2, 4:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue, Taylor	9 min
Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Barren, Green, Metcalfe	23 min
Mar 2, 4:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Taylor	35 min
Mar 2, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	15 min
Mar 2, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren	19 min
Mar 2, 4:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Madison	26 min
Mar 2, 4:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Marion, Washington	37 min
Mar 2, 4:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Metcalfe, Russell	34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.