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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

August 20, 2014Scott County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2014, 1:29 AM EDT for Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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 20, 2014, 1:29 AM EDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2014, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

County Scott County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 917 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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.

264 
WWUS83 KLMK 200529
SPSLMK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
129 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014

KYZ035>037-040>042-200615-
BOURBON KY-FAYETTE KY-FRANKLIN KY-HARRISON KY-SCOTT KY-WOODFORD KY-
129 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
40 MPH WINDS...

AT 128 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF FRANKFORT TO VERSAILLES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  GEORGETOWN...
  BRYAN STATION...
  THOROUGHBRED ACRES...
  NORTHLAND...
  MEADOWTHORPE...
  STAMPING GROUND AND PAYNES DEPOT...
  SUTERVILLE AND LANCELOT ESTATES...
  JOSEPHINE AND BRACKTOWN...
  PORTER AND MALLARD POINT...

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 60 AND 75.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 113 AND 136.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS...AND AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 8470 3836 8487 3835 8481 3834 8479
      3835 8475 3845 8461 3850 8456 3852 8448
      3807 8429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 247DEG 20KT 3832 8475 3805 8464

$$

AMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock32 min
Aug 19, 10:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson27 min
Aug 19, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge, Grayson28 min
Aug 19, 11:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin, Larue31 min
Aug 19, 11:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLarue27 min
Aug 20, 12:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin, Hart, Larue29 min
Aug 20, 12:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen42 min
Aug 20, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHenry30 min
Aug 20, 12:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen, Taylor31 min
Aug 20, 1:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOwen30 min
Aug 20, 1:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble28 min
Aug 20, 1:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Fayette45 min
Aug 20, 1:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas47 min
Aug 20, 2:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKHarrison3 hr
Aug 20, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKShelby33 min
Aug 20, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade45 min
Aug 20, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge43 min
Aug 20, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHenry32 min
Aug 20, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNelson30 min
Aug 20, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Woodford43 min
Aug 20, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey44 min
Aug 20, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Spencer46 min
Aug 20, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNelson, Washington45 min
Aug 20, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMarion31 min
Aug 20, 4:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWarren32 min
Aug 20, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan30 min
Aug 20, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Lincoln29 min
Aug 20, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette, Woodford32 min
Aug 20, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren28 min
Aug 20, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard32 min
Aug 20, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAllen, Simpson44 min
Aug 20, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFayette, Jessamine20 min
Aug 20, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Madison28 min
Aug 20, 5:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKWarren117 min
Aug 20, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMonroe45 min
Aug 20, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland19 min
Aug 20, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKRussell31 min
Aug 20, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMadison18 min
Aug 20, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCumberland29 min
Aug 20, 1:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Scott43 min
Aug 20, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange30 min
Aug 20, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington30 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.