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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

May 1, 2012Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at May 1, 2012, 4:13 PM EDT for Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 1, 2012, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN

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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 May 1, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 3:18 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 3:56 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 3:58 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 4:01 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
401 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

INZ078-079-092-012030-
CLARK-JEFFERSON-SCOTT-
401 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND 50 MPH WINDS...

AT 359 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTSBURG...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  NABB...
  NEW WASHINGTON AND LEXINGTON...
  SALUDA AND PAYNESVILLE...
  HANOVER...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
19 AND 22.

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 3873 8546 3868 8546 3864 8543 3860 8544
      3858 8542 3855 8541 3854 8542 3844 8573
      3861 8583 3878 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 243DEG 22KT 3857 8567

RS

Local storm report, May 1, 4:11 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 4:12 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
412 PM EDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0400 PM     HAIL             RADCLIFF                37.82N  85.94W
05/01/2012  E0.70 INCH       HARDIN             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEAR NORTH PARK ELEMETARY SCHOOL

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1200587

TENHARMSEL

Special weather statement, May 1, 4:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
413 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

INZ091-092-012030-
CLARK-FLOYD-
413 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS...

AT 408 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ALBANY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  BENNETTSVILLE AND WILSON...
  MEMPHIS AND SPEED...
  HENRYVILLE...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
16 AND 8.

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 3857 8577 3838 8565 3827 8597 3837 8604
      3842 8603 3842 8600 3847 8599 3851 8591
      3850 8589 3851 8588 3853 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 243DEG 42KT 3839 8592

EER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Taylor	23 min
Apr 30, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	31 min
Apr 30, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	14 min
Apr 30, 8:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Franklin	33 min
Apr 30, 8:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Scott	35 min
Apr 30, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Taylor	31 min
May 1, 5:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	31 min
May 1, 6:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	38 min
May 1, 7:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	27 min
May 1, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	26 min
May 1, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	37 min
May 1, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	32 min
May 1, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	26 min
May 1, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	25 min
May 1, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	34 min
May 1, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	33 min
May 1, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Larue	31 min
May 1, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	24 min
May 1, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	37 min
May 1, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	34 min
May 1, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Marion, Washington	35 min
May 1, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	34 min
May 1, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson	34 min
May 1, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson	26 min
May 1, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	26 min
May 1, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer	26 min
May 1, 4:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Trimble	31 min
May 1, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson, Spencer	30 min
May 1, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	34 min
May 1, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	35 min
May 1, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	29 min
May 1, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott	25 min
May 1, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	28 min
May 1, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	29 min
May 1, 5:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Washington	21 min
May 1, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott, Washington	34 min
May 1, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	47 min
May 1, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	35 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.