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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jan 4, 2015, 6:22 AM EST for Clark County, Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 6:22 AM EST (11:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 6:50 AM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Clark County, KY, Madison County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jan 4, 6:06 AM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 6:06 AM EST, 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 305 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-050815- 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 305 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 /205 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS A LARGE DOME OF FRIGID HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. ZBT/13
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 4, 5:21 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
521 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
KYZ036-037-040>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-075-077-078-081-082-
041120-
ADAIR KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY-CASEY KY-CLARK KY-CLINTON KY-CUMBERLAND
KY-FAYETTE KY-GARRARD KY-HARRISON KY-JESSAMINE KY-LINCOLN KY-MADISON
KY-MERCER KY-MONROE KY-NICHOLAS KY-RUSSELL KY-SCOTT KY-WOODFORD KY-
521 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015
...40 MPH WIND GUSTS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...
AT 513 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WILLIAMSTOWN TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE TO 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BURKESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
LIBERTY...
GEORGETOWN...
LEXINGTON...
VETERANS PARK...
FAYETTE MALL...
ANTIOCH AND MIDDLETOWN...
SUNRISE AND ELMENDORF...
BUENA VISTA AND HIGHLAND...
INDIAN HILLS AND YORKTOWN...
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 101 AND 98.
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 104 AND 99.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG WINDS CAN TOPPLE WEAKLY ROOTED TREES...AND DOWN POWER LINES.
TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION.
&&
LAT...LON 3754 8490 3854 8447 3858 8421 3848 8415
3844 8397 3832 8383 3812 8407 3793 8396
3783 8400 3783 8410 3756 8409 3748 8444
3733 8450 3734 8457 3712 8490 3699 8483
3686 8506 3663 8500 3661 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 1018Z 266DEG 35KT 3853 8436 3755 8478
3669 8537
ZTSpecial weather statement, Jan 4, 6:21 AM EST, 1 minute 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 5:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Casey, Clark, Clinton, Cumberland, Fayette and 8 more | 59 min |
| Jan 4, 6:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Madison | 29 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.