Alert archive / Kentucky / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Oct 17, 2012, 11:52 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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
- Oct 17, 2012, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 12:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Hart County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS83 KLMK 180452
SPSLMK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1152 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012
KYZ027-028-053-062-063-071>074-180535-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-EDMONSON KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-HART KY-LARUE
KY-SIMPSON KY-WARREN KY-
1152 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...MODERATE RAIN...
AND 40 MPH WINDS...
AT 1150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF
LEITCHFIELD TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...MODERATE RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
FRANKLIN...
THREE SPRINGS...
SCOTTSVILLE...
PLUM SPRINGS...
MUNFORDVILLE...
HILLTOP AND STOCKHOLM...
FLINT HILL AND PIG...
ROCKY HILL AND YESSE...
GAINESVILLE AND WINESAP...
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 20 AND 81.
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE NATCHER PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1
AND 5.
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE CUMBERLAND (NUNN) PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 11 AND 1.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE AWARE THAT GUSTY WINDS PRECEDING THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR WELL
BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANY RAIN.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8636 3665 8652 3663 8657 3665 8659
3664 8665 3715 8642 3717 8640 3718 8641
3756 8623 3754 8572 3662 8604
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 270DEG 24KT 3748 8612 3668 8644
$$
AMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio | 58 min |
| Oct 17, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson | 59 min |
| Oct 17, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Ohio and 2 more | 62 min |
| Oct 17, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 30 min |
| Oct 17, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more | 58 min |
| Oct 18, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock and 9 more | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Shelby | 26 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.