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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

July 14, 2014Washington County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2014, 2:13 AM EDT for Washington County, Indiana. 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
Jul 14, 2014, 2:13 AM EDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2014, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

County Washington County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 275 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2014-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2014-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 14, 1:13 AM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:13 AM EDT, 1 hour before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:08 PM EDT, 11 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
308 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-141915-
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
308 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 /208 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG
TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL ARRIVE OVERNIGHT...WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH PONDING
OF WATER OR MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES MONDAY WITH HEAVY RAINFALL
AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. STRONGER STORMS MAY BE
DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WITH
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE REGION
FRIDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR STORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY FIRST THERE AND THEN TO THE ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING THROUGH
TOMORROW.

&&

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

JSD/13

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:38 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:13 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOldham31 min
Jul 13, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade30 min
Jul 13, 10:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt28 min
Jul 13, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Shelby28 min
Jul 13, 10:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt30 min
Jul 13, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt20 min
Jul 13, 11:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge32 min
Jul 13, 11:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson29 min
Jul 13, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSpencer28 min
Jul 13, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson13 min
Jul 13, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Meade32 min
Jul 13, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer27 min
Jul 13, 11:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt, Shelby, Spencer29 min
Jul 14, 12:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge, Meade29 min
Jul 14, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Bullitt, Spencer31 min
Jul 14, 12:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin29 min
Jul 14, 1:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Bullitt, Jessamine, Mercer, Nelson, Washington and 1 more32 min
Jul 14, 1:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade32 min
Jul 14, 2:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Garrard, Mercer30 min
Jul 14, 3:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Marion, Taylor31 min
Jul 14, 3:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison32 min
Jul 14, 3:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Garrard30 min
Jul 14, 4:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Harrison, Scott29 min
Jul 14, 4:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison31 min
Jul 14, 12:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison44 min
Jul 14, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison31 min
Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan, Warren32 min
Jul 14, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison29 min
Jul 14, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson33 min
Jul 14, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more59 min
Jul 14, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin32 min
Jul 13, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange29 min
Jul 13, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark32 min
Jul 13, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington28 min
Jul 13, 9:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark28 min
Jul 13, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFloyd32 min
Jul 13, 11:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison30 min
Jul 13, 11:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHarrison25 min
Jul 14, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois45 min
Jul 14, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Perry32 min
Jul 14, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 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.