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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

May 29, 2012Crawford County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2012, 5:22 AM EDT for Crawford 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: May 29, 2012, 5:22 AM EDT (09:22 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Crawford County, IN

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.

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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: 1112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 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 May 29, 3:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 3:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
345 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-300745-
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-
345 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 /245 AM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. BRIEF HIGH WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...AND
HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
ANY STRONG STORMS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE AND LATE AFTERNOON OVER
THE BLUEGRASS. ALL STORMS PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE LATEST FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT A BETTER CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXISTS FOR THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON TIME PERIOD. AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG WEATHER
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FROM THE WEST AND
THIS SYSTEM MAY BRING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
OUTLOOK AREA. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EVENTUAL
EVOLUTION OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. THEREFORE...STAY TUNED TO
FORECASTS THIS WEEK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

MJP/RJS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 3:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:23 AM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:52 AM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 5:22 AM EDT, 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
May 29, 5:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	33 min
May 29, 5:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	42 min
May 29, 6:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	37 min
May 29, 7:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	37 min
May 29, 7:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	34 min
May 29, 7:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	31 min
May 29, 7:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	29 min
May 29, 7:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	53 min
May 29, 8:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
May 29, 8:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	28 min
May 29, 8:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
May 29, 8:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	84 min
May 29, 8:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	82 min
May 29, 9:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	30 min
May 29, 9:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	43 min
May 29, 9:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	3 hr
May 29, 9:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	2 hr
May 29, 10:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	30 min
May 29, 10:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer and 1 more	44 min
May 29, 10:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	30 min
May 29, 11:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	38 min
May 29, 11:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	4 hr
May 29, 11:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Ohio	3 hr
May 29, 12:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	59 min
May 29, 12:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	48 min
May 29, 12:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	3 hr
May 29, 12:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	30 min
May 29, 1:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	2 hr
May 29, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	49 min
May 29, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	46 min
May 29, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	30 min
May 29, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	35 min
May 29, 4:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	35 min
May 29, 4:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	37 min
May 29, 4:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Orange	23 min
May 29, 6:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	24 min
May 29, 6:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd	32 min
May 29, 6:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd	30 min
May 29, 7:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Floyd	33 min
May 29, 10:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison	3 hr

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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.