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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

August 12, 2013Clinton County, Cumberland County, Kentucky

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2013-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1817 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2013-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

444 
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

$$

RJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Warren61 min
Aug 12, 7:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClark, Madison3 hr
Aug 12, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Metcalfe, Russell90 min
Aug 12, 8:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green, Hart and 5 more3 hr
Aug 12, 11:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKClinton, Cumberland, Russell112 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.