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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

July 1, 2014Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky; Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2014, 8:49 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky; Harrison County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 1, 2014, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2014, 9:20 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Harrison County, IN, Bullitt County, KY, Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 1854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.1

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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 Jul 1, 8:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 8:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 3:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-021930-
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
330 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 /230 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A COMPLEX OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THEM COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE AS WE SIT IN A
VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL
BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AS
A SLOW MOVING COOL FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY STORM WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

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

AMS/BJS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:16 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:42 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:49 PM EDT, 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
Jul 1, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	28 min
Jul 1, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade	29 min
Jul 1, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson	31 min
Jul 1, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	31 min
Jul 1, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	31 min
Jul 1, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	43 min
Jul 1, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Logan	46 min
Jul 1, 9:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Marion	28 min
Jul 1, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin	28 min
Jul 1, 9:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson, Warren	47 min
Jul 1, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Mercer, Washington	46 min
Jul 1, 9:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion and 1 more	45 min
Jul 1, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford	27 min
Jul 1, 10:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	43 min
Jul 1, 10:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	42 min
Jul 1, 10:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas	30 min
Jul 1, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe, Monroe	26 min
Jul 1, 10:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	22 min
Jul 1, 10:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe	30 min
Jul 1, 11:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	28 min
Jul 1, 11:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	28 min
Jul 2, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	29 min
Jul 2, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	33 min
Jul 2, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	30 min
Jul 2, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2014 Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2014 Every 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.