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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

August 2, 2014Fayette County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2014, 1:22 PM EDT for Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 2, 2014, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2014, 2:05 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Fayette County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Aug 2, 10:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 10:08 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 12:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 8:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
855 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

INZ076-077-021325-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-
855 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
AND 40 MPH WINDS...

AT 851 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PAOLI...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  PAOLI...
  SYRIA...
  PUMPKIN CENTER AND STAMPERS CREEK...
  BROMER AND MAHAN CROSSING...
  MILLERSBURG AND CLAYSVILLE...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3877 8604 3877 8599 3876 8598 3877 8596
      3876 8594 3855 8619 3843 8648 3864 8664
      3870 8655 3869 8632 3873 8631 3878 8626
      3878 8619 3877 8613 3879 8608
TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 296DEG 12KT 3861 8641

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
122 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

KYZ036-041-042-021805-
BOURBON KY-FAYETTE KY-SCOTT KY-
122 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...
HALF INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS...

AT 121 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GEORGETOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 45
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  GEORGETOWN...
  BRYAN STATION...
  THOROUGHBRED ACRES...
  DONERAIL AND CLABBER BOTTOM...
  SPINDLETOP ESTATES AND GREENDALE...
  NEW ZION AND NEWTOWN...
  MATTOXTOWN AND GEORGETOWN SCOTT COUNTY AIRPORT...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
69 AND 75.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
113 AND 129.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3803 8435 3814 8464 3816 8465 3816 8466
      3818 8465 3818 8468 3827 8467 3829 8444
      3828 8443 3828 8437 3829 8436 3829 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 279DEG 13KT 3817 8457

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 1:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	43 min
Aug 2, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford	45 min
Aug 2, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	31 min
Aug 2, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	30 min
Aug 2, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Woodford	30 min
Aug 2, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Woodford	29 min
Aug 2, 5:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	31 min
Aug 2, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jessamine, Woodford	27 min
Aug 2, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott	32 min
Aug 2, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	44 min
Aug 2, 8:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	30 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.