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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

July 2, 2012Butler County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2012, 2:16 PM CDT for Butler County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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 2, 2012, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Butler County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 695 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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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 2, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 10:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1141 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

KYZ033>043-045>049-054>057-064>067-075>078-081-082-031845-
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-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-
MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...
GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...
STANFORD...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...
BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
1141 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012 /1041 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

WITH HIGH PRESSURE BREAKING DOWN AND MOVING OUT OF THE OHIO
VALLEY EARLY ON IN THE UPCOMING WEEK...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS EACH AFTERNOON FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL CONTAIN THE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE (ALL LOWER CASE).

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>032-053-061>063-070>074-031845-
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-LARUE KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-LOGAN KY-
WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...HODGENVILLE...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...
RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW
1141 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012 /1041 AM CDT MON JUL 2 2012/

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ALTHOUGH COVERAGE WILL STAY SPARSE...ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
WOULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

HEAT INDICES WILL APPROACH 105 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THUS A
HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

WITH HIGH PRESSURE BREAKING DOWN AND MOVING OUT OF THE OHIO
VALLEY EARLY ON IN THE UPCOMING WEEK...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS EACH AFTERNOON FROM TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL CONTAIN THE THREAT FOR
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE (ALL LOWER CASE).

BJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1130 AM EDT MON JUL 02 2012

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

0721 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PAOLI                   38.55N  86.47W
07/01/2012                   ORANGE             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A MEASURED WIND GUST OF 72
            MPH THROUGH E-MAIL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1200701

SCHOETTMER

Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1149 AM EDT MON JUL 02 2012

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

0730 PM     HAIL             1 W SALEM               38.61N  86.12W
07/01/2012  M1.00 INCH       WASHINGTON         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER RELAYED REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL
            THROUGH E-MAIL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1200702

SCHOETTMER

Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1158 AM EDT MON JUL 02 2012

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

0948 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE SAND LICK          38.21N  84.67W
07/01/2012                   SCOTT              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED A 62 MPH WIND GUST AND
            NOTIFIED THROUGH E-MAIL

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1200703

SCHOETTMER

Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1255 PM EDT MON JUL 02 2012

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

0933 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ESE FRANKFORT         38.18N  84.89W
07/01/2012                   FRANKLIN           KY   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN JUST OFF OF US 60 IN FRANKFORT...NEXT TO
            FARMERS BANK

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1200704

ZTL

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
316 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

KYC031-021945-
BUTLER KY-
216 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012

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

AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MORGANTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 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 STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  MORGANTOWN...
  FLENER...
  WELCOME...
  MONFORD...
  HULDEVILLE...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE NATCHER PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27
AND 28.

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 3732 8660 3718 8660 3718 8678 3726 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 263DEG 7KT 3724 8668

AMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham, Trimble	28 min
Jul 1, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	30 min
Jul 1, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry	31 min
Jul 1, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	28 min
Jul 1, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	20 min
Jul 1, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	31 min
Jul 1, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer	32 min
Jul 1, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	30 min
Jul 1, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	30 min
Jul 1, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Nelson, Spencer	30 min
Jul 1, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Marion, Mercer, Washington, Woodford	42 min
Jul 1, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer	32 min
Jul 1, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby	24 min
Jul 1, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	28 min
Jul 1, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	28 min
Jul 1, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford	32 min
Jul 1, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Woodford	28 min
Jul 1, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Taylor	45 min
Jul 1, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Scott	19 min
Jul 1, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Hart, Larue	32 min
Jul 1, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hart	29 min
Jul 1, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Nicholas	42 min
Jul 1, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	16 min
Jul 1, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	20 min
Jul 1, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Green	28 min
Jul 1, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Taylor	31 min
Jul 1, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Russell	30 min
Jul 1, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	30 min
Jul 1, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	28 min
Jul 2, 7:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	28 min
Jul 2, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	29 min
Jul 2, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	31 min
Jul 2, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	31 min
Jul 2, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Ohio	30 min
Jul 2, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	30 min
Jul 2, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	30 min
Jul 2, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	31 min
Jul 2, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	28 min
Jul 2, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	29 min
Jul 2, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	30 min
Jul 2, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	3 hr
Jul 2, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	30 min
Jul 2, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	29 min
Jul 2, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	3 hr
Jul 2, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Warren	30 min
Jul 2, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	32 min
Jul 2, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	29 min
Jul 2, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	32 min
Jul 2, 4:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Warren	92 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	29 min
Jul 2, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	12 min
Jul 2, 5:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Warren	2 hr
Jul 2, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Monroe	31 min
Jul 2, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Monroe	32 min
Jul 2, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	30 min
Jul 2, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	29 min
Jul 2, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	44 min
Jul 1, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	30 min
Jul 1, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott, Washington	32 min
Jul 1, 7:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson, Scott, Washington	2 hr
Jul 2, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	15 min
Jul 2, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	30 min
Jul 2, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	29 min
Jul 2, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Perry	29 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.