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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

June 19, 2014Adair County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2014, 10:26 PM CDT for Adair County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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: Jun 19, 2014, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2014, 10:55 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Adair County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 303 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.

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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: 39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1445 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 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.

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 2:27 PM CDT, 7 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
327 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-201930-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-
PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-
MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-
OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-
HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-
NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-
LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-
EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-
WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-
ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...
PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...
NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...
EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
327 PM EDT THU JUN 19 2014 /227 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST
OF THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS
FOR ANY STRONGER STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...ALONG WITH CLOUD-TO-GROUND
LIGHTNING IN ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. THESE STORMS MAY
CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-
GROUND LIGHTNING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK
AREA TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT DROPS IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST AND STALLS OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY. ANY OF
THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WHILE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED
TONIGHT...SPOTTERS ARE STILL ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

LG/MJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:43 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:11 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:26 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin	31 min
Jun 19, 7:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	3 hr
Jun 19, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	32 min
Jun 19, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair	32 min
Jun 20, 12:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	30 min
Jun 20, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	28 min
Jun 20, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Logan, Simpson	28 min
Jun 20, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	28 min
Jun 20, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Simpson, Warren	27 min
Jun 20, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin, Jefferson, Shelby	30 min
Jun 20, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	31 min
Jun 20, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	32 min
Jun 20, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	29 min
Jun 20, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Scott, Spencer	30 min
Jun 20, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe	32 min
Jun 20, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Spencer	30 min
Jun 20, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	45 min
Jun 20, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Meade	30 min
Jun 20, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	30 min
Jun 20, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Woodford	32 min
Jun 20, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	29 min
Jun 20, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Russell	44 min
Jun 20, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	29 min
Jun 20, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Madison	44 min
Jun 20, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	32 min
Jun 20, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion	33 min
Jun 20, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	32 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.