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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

July 1, 2012Jefferson County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 5:09 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 1, 2012, 5:09 AM EDT (09:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 5:35 AM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

County Jefferson County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1590 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 Jul 1, 3:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 5:09 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:35 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryLMKAllen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson and 13 more28 hr
Jul 1, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock33 min
Jul 1, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKTrimble31 min
Jul 1, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Meade31 min
Jul 1, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hardin, Meade29 min
Jul 1, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble30 min
Jul 1, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt29 min
Jul 1, 5:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson20 min
Jul 1, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson29 min
Jul 1, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois30 min
Jul 1, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois29 min
Jul 1, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson29 min
Jul 1, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois32 min
Jul 1, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Scott28 min
Jul 1, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford31 min
Jul 1, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Orange28 min
Jul 1, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKScott, Washington29 min
Jul 1, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois28 min
Jul 1, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois29 min
Jul 1, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange31 min
Jul 1, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Jefferson, Scott30 min
Jul 1, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange, Washington30 min
Jul 1, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott29 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.