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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2014, 5:41 PM EDT for Hardin County, Larue County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 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
- Aug 9, 2014, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2014, 6:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Hardin County, KY, Larue County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 9, 3:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 344 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-101945- 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 344 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014 /244 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PONDING OF WATER AND LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE SLOW MOVING STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED TO AT TIMES NUMEROUS STORMS WILL PERSIST SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY IN AN UNSETTLED PATTERN. THE BEST COVERAGE WILL BE EAST OF I-65. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. IF STORMS ARE ABLE TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS...SOME LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FLOODING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. EER/13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 316 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2014 KYZ061-062-070>074-092045- BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY- BARREN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW 216 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THE BOWLING GREEN REGION... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON IN AND AROUND THE BOWLING GREEN AND MAMMOTH CAVE AREAS. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINS CAUSING REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AND POOLING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW SPOTS THAT COLLECT WATER EASILY. SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS IF DRIVING THROUGH THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN VEHICLES SINCE STOPPING DISTANCE WILL BE GREATLY INCREASED ON THE SOAKED ROADWAYS. 13
Local storm report, Aug 9, 3:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
331 PM EDT SAT AUG 09 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0316 PM FLOOD BOWLING GREEN 36.97N 86.44W
08/09/2014 WARREN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
CENTER STREET IN DOWNTOWN BOWLING GREEN WAS STARTING TO
FLOOD. ALSO... WATER WAS FLOWING OVER EAST 10TH STREET.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK1400751
MRCSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 4:42 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 5:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 7:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 3 hr |
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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.