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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

April 29, 2014Marion County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Apr 29, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT for Marion 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 29, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Marion County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

632 
WWUS83 KLMK 292013
SPSLMK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
413 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

KYZ053-054-064-065-292045-
GREEN KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-TAYLOR KY-
413 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH
WINDS...

AT 410 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBURG...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS
OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LEBANON...
  WHITE ROSE AND WILLOWTOWN...
  FINLEY AND ATTILLA...
  SAINT JOSEPH AND NEW MARKET...
  SAINT MARY AND FROGTOWN...

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.

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 3736 8563 3773 8540 3768 8537 3767 8537
      3765 8535 3765 8530 3763 8526 3763 8512
      3730 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 213DEG 39KT 3737 8550

$$

RAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 11:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe and 3 more	5 hr
Apr 29, 3:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Madison and 4 more	4 hr
Apr 29, 3:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Boyle, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Garrard and 6 more	4 hr
Apr 29, 3:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	32 hr
Apr 29, 12:35 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	4 days
Apr 29, 3:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	67 hr
Apr 29, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	30 min
Apr 29, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	31 min
Apr 29, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Woodford	31 min
Apr 29, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Shelby	31 min
Apr 29, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Harrison, Scott	31 min
Apr 29, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	32 min
Apr 29, 6:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	85 min
Apr 29, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Taylor	32 min
Apr 29, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Mercer	18 min
Apr 29, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	29 min
Apr 29, 7:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer	28 min
Apr 29, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer	30 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.