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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

April 3, 2015Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2015, 2:39 PM CDT for Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 3, 2015, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2015, 3:10 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Green County, KY, Taylor County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 135 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Apr 3, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 1:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 1:40 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 1:47 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 1:54 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:08 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 2:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Ohio	30 min
Apr 2, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson	23 min
Apr 2, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	28 min
Apr 2, 10:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Trimble	2 hr
Apr 2, 11:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Trimble	2 hr
Apr 3, 12:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham and 3 more	2 hr
Apr 3, 1:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison and 6 more	2 hr
Apr 3, 1:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 3, 1:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison and 4 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Nelson and 2 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 4:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 3, 4:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford	7 hr
Apr 3, 5:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison and 5 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	27 min
Apr 3, 5:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Meade	78 min
Apr 3, 6:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe	29 min
Apr 3, 6:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	6 hr
Apr 3, 7:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Meade	6 hr
Apr 3, 8:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison and 3 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 8:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	52 hr
Apr 3, 8:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer	39 hr
Apr 3, 8:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	4 days
Apr 3, 8:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Carroll, Henry, Owen	5 days
Apr 3, 8:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	4 days
Apr 3, 8:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt	29 hr
Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	4 days
Apr 3, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	47 hr
Apr 3, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Edmonson	3 days
Apr 3, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	5 days
Apr 3, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	8 days
Apr 3, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison	52 hr
Apr 3, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	51 hr
Apr 3, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson, Meade	51 hr
Apr 3, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	51 hr
Apr 3, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hancock	18 days
Apr 3, 10:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock and 6 more	114 min
Apr 3, 12:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Meade	6 hr
Apr 3, 12:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette, Franklin and 14 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	31 min
Apr 3, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	28 min
Apr 3, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan, Warren	30 min
Apr 3, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson, Meade, Oldham	28 min
Apr 3, 1:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren	32 min
Apr 3, 2:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Mercer, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford	3 hr
Apr 3, 2:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Woodford	32 min
Apr 3, 3:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln, Taylor	46 min
Apr 3, 3:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Meade	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	20 min
Apr 3, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	8 min
Apr 3, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison, Scott	30 min
Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton	31 min
Apr 3, 5:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade	12 hr
Apr 3, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jessamine	31 min
Apr 3, 5:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Henry, Jefferson, Mercer and 6 more	12 hr
Apr 3, 5:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine and 4 more	12 hr
Apr 3, 12:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Perry	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington	3 hr
Apr 3, 6:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington	6 hr
Apr 3, 9:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	24 hr
Apr 3, 9:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison, Washington	22 hr

Nearby

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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.