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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

August 9, 2012Fayette County, Jessamine County, Woodford County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 4:06 PM EDT for Fayette County, Jessamine County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2012, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2012, 4:50 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Fayette County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 9, 4:13 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Versailles, KY	TREES REPORTED DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 946 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

792 
WWUS83 KLMK 092006
SPSLMK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
406 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

KYC017-049-067-079-113-151-239-092050-
JESSAMINE KY-MADISON KY-WOODFORD KY-BOURBON KY-CLARK KY-FAYETTE
KY-GARRARD KY-
406 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
HALF INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS...

AT 401 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHEVY CHASE TO 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL
RATES OF AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO
40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LEXINGTON...
  VETERANS PARK...
  FAYETTE MALL...
  U K ARBORETUM...
  DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL...
  MATTOXTOWN AND BLUE GRASS...
  CENTERVILLE AND WALNUT HILL...
  ELMENDORF AND LOCUST GROVE...
  MUIR AND REDHOUSE...

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 75 AND 94.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 104 AND 99.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL
ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.

&&

LAT...LON 3785 8415 3775 8470 3776 8470 3778 8471
      3779 8470 3783 8473 3785 8469 3786 8469
      3786 8474 3809 8481 3812 8464 3811 8463
      3812 8463 3819 8423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 255DEG 11KT 3802 8445 3784 8437

$$

AMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 11:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	42 min
Aug 9, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	30 min
Aug 9, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Madison	33 min
Aug 9, 3:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Lincoln	2 hr
Aug 9, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine	28 min
Aug 9, 3:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Madison	85 min
Aug 9, 3:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine	3 hr
Aug 9, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Fayette, Woodford	30 min
Aug 9, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	46 min
Aug 9, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	45 min
Aug 9, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	46 min
Aug 9, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison	22 min
Aug 9, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Shelby	40 min
Aug 9, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	45 min
Aug 9, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	44 min
Aug 9, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin	43 min
Aug 9, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Scott	44 min
Aug 9, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	43 min
Aug 9, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	27 min
Aug 9, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange, Washington	30 min
Aug 9, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	27 min
Aug 9, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange, Scott, Washington	45 min
Aug 9, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	32 min
Aug 9, 3:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Orange	118 min
Aug 9, 3:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Crawford, Harrison	2 hr
Aug 9, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Scott	32 min
Aug 9, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	31 min
Aug 9, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Orange	2 hr
Aug 9, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.