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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2014, 4:07 PM EDT for Anderson County, Woodford 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
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2014, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2014, 4:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Anderson County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 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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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 20, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 331 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-211945- 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 331 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2014 /231 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WILL KICK OFF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. IN ADDITION...THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OCCURRING WITH ANY STORM. THIS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING IN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH STORM COVERAGE DECREASING EACH DAY AS A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. STORMS ON THURSDAY COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL POSSIBLE. SUMMER HEAT WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES SOLIDLY IN THE 90S OVER THE AREA STARTING FRIDAY AND LASTING THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. HOT TEMPERATURES AND ELEVATED HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES PEAKING IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE ANY WIND DAMAGE...HAIL...OR FLOODING TODAY AND THURSDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. RJS/BJS
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 10:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 10:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin, Larue | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 12:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Hart, Larue | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 12:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 12:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 12:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Owen | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Fayette | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 1:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 2:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Shelby | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Spencer | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Logan | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Woodford | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 20 min |
| Aug 20, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 5:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Warren | 117 min |
| Aug 20, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Cumberland | 19 min |
| Aug 20, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Russell | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 18 min |
| Aug 20, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 1:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Orange | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 30 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014
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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.