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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2012, 3:02 PM EDT for Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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
- Sep 1, 2012, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Floyd County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 229 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Sep 1, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 11:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1108 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-021815- 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- 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...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON... PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG... NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE... GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE... BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE... EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1108 AM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012 /1008 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO AREAS WEST OF I-65 THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FIRE EAST OF I-65 AS WELL. LOCALLY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER CELLS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT DO NOT DRAIN WELL. CHANCES FOR TORRENTIAL RAIN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...HOWEVER COVERAGE SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PERIODIC HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS IN AREAS THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST AND MOST REPEATED CELLS. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC WILL SLOWLY TRACK INTO INDIANA MONDAY. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SYSTEM PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN BANDS WITHIN WHICH CONVECTIVE CELLS WILL PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND COULD MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA. IF THIS OCCURS...THEN AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING COULD MATERIALIZE. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TUESDAY OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE PROBABLE OVER SOUTH- CENTRAL INDIANA...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST PERSISTENT COULD SEE EVEN HIGHER RAIN AMOUNTS AND AN INCREASED FLOOD HAZARD...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. A COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...WHICH WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER CHANCE OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING. COCORAHS OBSERVERS ARE ASKED TO SEND IN THEIR REPORTS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE (ALL LOWER CASE). BJS/MJP/AMS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 2:41 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
241 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012
INZ090-KYZ025-030-011910-
HARRISON IN-JEFFERSON KY-MEADE KY-
241 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...40 MPH WINDS...AND
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...
AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRANDENBURG...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY
WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
VALLEY STATION...
BRANDENBURG...
BUENA VISTA AND MACEDONIA...
ELIZABETH AND NEW MIDDLETOWN...
SEVEN SPRINGS AND SUGAR GROVE...
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 3811 8581 3800 8599 3800 8600 3799 8600
3792 8611 3804 8626 3824 8609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 221DEG 18KT 3807 8609
RSSpecial weather statement, Sep 1, 3:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 302 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012 INZ090-091-KYZ030-011930- FLOYD IN-HARRISON IN-JEFFERSON KY- 302 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH 50 MPH WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING... AT 250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF VALLEY STATION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT... VALLEY STATION... SHIVELY... PLEASURE RIDGE PARK... OKOLONA... LOUISVILLE... BRIDGEPORT AND LOTTICK CORNER... LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... 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 3814 8564 3799 8603 3812 8613 3833 8585 TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 237DEG 21KT 3811 8595 RS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Simpson, Warren | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Edmonson, Warren | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Hart | 29 min |
| Sep 1, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Monroe | 20 min |
| Sep 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Monroe | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Casey, Cumberland, Russell | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey, Russell | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.