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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

April 2, 2014Garrard County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Apr 2, 2014, 8:03 PM EDT for Garrard County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 2, 2014, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2014, 8:35 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

County Garrard County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 2014-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

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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 Apr 2, 7:55 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 7:55 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 3:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:15 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:41 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 11:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan28 min
Apr 2, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble28 min
Apr 3, 12:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble30 min
Apr 3, 3:28 AM EDTFlood WatchLMKAdair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 33 more31 hr
Apr 3, 4:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKEdmonson, Grayson, Warren29 min
Apr 3, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson30 min
Apr 3, 12:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOldham, Trimble33 min
Apr 3, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio31 min
Apr 3, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin29 min
Apr 3, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLarue, Nelson29 min
Apr 3, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMercer, Washington26 min
Apr 3, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Garrard30 min
Apr 3, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard30 min
Apr 3, 3:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren23 hr
Apr 3, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison30 min
Apr 3, 3:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKTrimble6 hr
Apr 3, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison44 min
Apr 3, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen, Hart, Taylor30 min
Apr 3, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen, Taylor30 min
Apr 3, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Lincoln47 min
Apr 3, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKHancock3 hr
Apr 3, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair44 min
Apr 3, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHart32 min
Apr 3, 6:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKCasey, Lincoln, Taylor3 hr
Apr 3, 7:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKEdmonson, Grayson, Green, Hart3 hr
Apr 3, 7:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Meade, Ohio3 hr
Apr 3, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio32 min
Apr 3, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer31 min
Apr 3, 7:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKMarion, Taylor3 hr
Apr 2, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington32 min
Apr 2, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott47 min
Apr 2, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott30 min
Apr 3, 6:49 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Scott25 hr
Apr 3, 7:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington30 min
Apr 3, 7:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois32 min
Apr 3, 8:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois32 min
Apr 3, 8:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange31 min
Apr 3, 9:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington32 min
Apr 3, 10:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott28 min
Apr 3, 10:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois31 min
Apr 3, 11:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Orange29 min
Apr 3, 11:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Perry20 min
Apr 3, 11:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Scott, Washington30 min
Apr 3, 5:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Scott, Washington6 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.