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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2013, 10:10 PM CDT for Clinton County, Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 12, 2013, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2013, 10:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS83 KLMK 130310
SPSLMK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1010 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2013
KYZ077-078-081-082-130355-
ADAIR KY-CLINTON KY-CUMBERLAND KY-RUSSELL KY-
1010 PM CDT MON AUG 12 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND 40 MPH WINDS...
AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURKESVILLE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND
GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY...
RIBBON...
DESDA AND WILLIS CREEK...
AARON AND MANNTOWN...
LONG BOTTOM AND SEVENTY SIX...
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 3664 8545 3695 8539 3694 8495 3692 8495
3690 8497 3686 8506 3683 8506 3680 8501
3676 8500 3670 8502 3668 8500 3662 8500
3662 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 275DEG 19KT 3685 8527
$$
RJSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren | 61 min |
| Aug 12, 7:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clark, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe, Russell | 90 min |
| Aug 12, 8:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Hart and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Russell | 112 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.