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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

March 28, 2012Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2012, 1:52 PM EDT for Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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 28, 2012, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2012, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

County Orange County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 235 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-285 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
298 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 Mar 28, 1:06 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 1:06 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 10:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1050 AM EDT WED MAR 28 2012

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-290800-
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-
1050 AM EDT WED MAR 28 2012 /950 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT WILL SWING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
AFTERNOON.  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
THIS FRONT AND THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE.  THE MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.  THE
HIGHEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF THE OHIO
RIVER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

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

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA ON FRIDAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. STRONG INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE MAY ALLOW
SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH ISOLATED OCCURRENCES
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY...WITH LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN ACCOMPANYING ANY STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ACROSS KENTUCKY ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY LARGE HAIL
OR DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

RAS/JSD/MJ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 1:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
152 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2012

INZ076-077-090-281830-
HARRISON-ORANGE-WASHINGTON-
152 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2012

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

AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF PAOLI...AND MOVING EAST AT 45
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 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  PAOLI...
  HARDINSBURG AND REGO...
  ROSEBUD...
  ORGAN SPRINGS AND FREDERICKSBURG...
  PALMYRA AND SHORTS CORNER...

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 3860 8599 3842 8600 3842 8603 3838 8603
      3839 8626 3841 8625 3842 8626 3842 8631
      3839 8631 3840 8653 3855 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 272DEG 39KT 3846 8640

EER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 2:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison25 min
Mar 28, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson36 min
Mar 28, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham, Shelby28 min
Mar 28, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon25 min
Mar 28, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby33 min
Mar 28, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGarrard, Lincoln31 min
Mar 28, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin, Scott26 min
Mar 28, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade36 min
Mar 28, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Scott35 min
Mar 28, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSpencer33 min
Mar 28, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Nicholas26 min
Mar 28, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott24 min
Mar 28, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Woodford31 min
Mar 28, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Scott23 min
Mar 28, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Shelby, Woodford31 min
Mar 28, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNicholas9 min
Mar 28, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette18 min
Mar 28, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington24 min
Mar 28, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJessamine31 min
Mar 28, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark3 min
Mar 28, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJessamine, Madison24 min
Mar 28, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin33 min
Mar 28, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison20 min
Mar 28, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln34 min
Mar 28, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLincoln19 min
Mar 28, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford33 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.