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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

July 26, 2012Bullitt County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2012, 4:21 PM EDT for Bullitt 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 26, 2012, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 4:50 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Bullitt County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 1791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

834 
WWUS83 KLMK 262021
SPSLMK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
421 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

KYC029-093-111-215-262050-
JEFFERSON KY-SPENCER KY-BULLITT KY-HARDIN KY-
421 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

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

AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHEPHERDSVILLE...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...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 45 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  OKOLONA...
  JEFFERSONTOWN...
  FERN CREEK...
  FAIRDALE...
  HIGHVIEW...
  THIXTON AND MOUNT WASHINGTON...
  CRENSHAW...
  ROUTT AND WHITFIELD...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
114 AND 127.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
15 AND 19.

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 3828 8546 3802 8539 3786 8598 3800 8598
      3829 8547 3829 8546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 238DEG 23KT 3804 8571

$$

RS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin	32 min
Jul 26, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin	31 min
Jul 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	31 min
Jul 26, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	33 min
Jul 26, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer	30 min
Jul 26, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	31 min
Jul 26, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Spencer	33 min
Jul 26, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	27 min
Jul 26, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin	29 min
Jul 26, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott	28 min
Jul 26, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson, Spencer	39 min
Jul 26, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford	30 min
Jul 26, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	31 min
Jul 26, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	28 min
Jul 26, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Washington	30 min
Jul 26, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	32 min
Jul 26, 6:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Anderson, Mercer	13 min
Jul 26, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	28 min
Jul 26, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Woodford	24 min
Jul 26, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	29 min
Jul 26, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	43 min
Jul 26, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Woodford	30 min
Jul 26, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark	16 min
Jul 26, 7:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Larue, Washington	28 min
Jul 26, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	19 min
Jul 26, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	32 min
Jul 26, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Madison	43 min
Jul 26, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	33 min
Jul 26, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Larue	27 min
Jul 26, 7:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Madison	29 min
Jul 26, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	30 min
Jul 26, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Scott, Washington	29 min
Jul 26, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	32 min
Jul 26, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott	14 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.