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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

March 30, 2012Orange County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Mar 30, 2012, 8:35 PM EDT for Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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 30, 2012, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Orange County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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: 1523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 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 30, 7:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 7:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 4:19 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
419 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-312030-
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-
419 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 /319 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO CENTRAL OHIO WILL
SLOWLY SAG SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN
INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. AS THE LINE DROPS SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY LATE
TONIGHT...IT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN IN INTENSITY.

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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST AREA EARLY
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM COMBINES WITH
OUR WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.

MJ/BJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:41 PM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
341 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0338 PM     HAIL             LEBANON                 37.57N  85.25W
03/30/2012  E0.88 INCH       MARION             KY   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1200490

MRC

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 8:18 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
818 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

INZ079-310045-
JEFFERSON-
818 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

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

AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF VERNON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...PEA SIZE TO HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO
40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  MADISON...
  BRYANTSBURG AND BELLEVIEW...
  CANAAN AND BARBERSVILLE...
  CHINA AND MANVILLE...

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 3891 8520 3878 8520 3873 8533 3874 8542
      3872 8545 3869 8546 3868 8547 3890 8555
      3891 8554 3892 8554 3892 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 320DEG 24KT 3899 8542

AMS

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 8:35 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
835 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

INZ076-083-310100-
DUBOIS-ORANGE-
835 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

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

AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF
PAOLI TO 8 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...PEA SIZE TO HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO
40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  PAOLI...
  THALES AND FRENCH LICK...
  BRAXTONS SIDING AND WOODLAWN GROVE...
  SYRIA AND FRENCH LICK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
  STAMPERS CREEK AND MAHAN CROSSING...

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 3852 8703 3851 8696 3849 8695 3851 8694
      3850 8688 3853 8684 3853 8669 3869 8668
      3869 8646 3869 8633 3849 8632 3837 8683
      3850 8708 3851 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 286DEG 27KT 3857 8656 3849 8695

AMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	34 min
Mar 31, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	32 min
Mar 31, 4:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	35 min
Mar 31, 4:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge	24 min
Mar 30, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	27 min
Mar 30, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois, Orange, Washington	34 min
Mar 30, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	32 min
Mar 30, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison	41 min
Mar 30, 9:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd	36 min
Mar 30, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	45 min

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.