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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

April 19, 2015Bourbon County, Fayette County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 296 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.

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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: 170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 19, 7:30 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 7:30 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 3:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
338 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-201945-
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
338 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015 /238 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2015/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD
BE STRONG THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL
POSSIBLE. ANY THUNDERSTORM COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH
WOULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY WITH BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

RAS/TWF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
633 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

KYZ036-040-041-048-192305-
FAYETTE KY-JESSAMINE KY-SCOTT KY-WOODFORD KY-
633 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND 40 MPH WINDS...

AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF VERSAILLES...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO
40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.  THIS STORM IS ALSO
EXHIBITING SOME WEAK LOW LEVEL ROTATION.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LEXINGTON...
  FAYETTE MALL...
  U K ARBORETUM...
  DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL...
  BRYAN STATION...
  PINCKARD AND KEENE...
  LITTLE TEXAS AND FROGTOWN...
  BLUE GRASS AIRPORT AND BEAUMONT PARK...
  VILEY AND HOLIDAY HILLS...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
69 AND 81.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
110 AND 126.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68
AND 72.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3789 8473 3798 8481 3827 8449 3814 8437
      3812 8438 3808 8432
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 228DEG 28KT 3795 8472

KD

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
653 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

KYZ041-048-049-057-192325-
CLARK KY-FAYETTE KY-JESSAMINE KY-MADISON KY-
653 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS...

AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF NICHOLASVILLE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  WINCHESTER...
  CADENTOWN...
  CUZICK AND LOGANA...
  SPEARS AND VALLEY VIEW...
  COLETOWN AND EAST HICKMAN...
  ATHENS...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
87 AND 94.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
104 AND 99.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3774 8449 3777 8454 3775 8454 3774 8456
      3779 8462 3779 8461 3810 8437 3808 8433
      3809 8432 3807 8428 3807 8426 3796 8410
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 220DEG 28KT 3780 8451

KD

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:19 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
719 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

KYZ036-037-041>043-192350-
BOURBON KY-FAYETTE KY-HARRISON KY-NICHOLAS KY-SCOTT KY-
719 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS...

AT 717 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF GEORGETOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  CYNTHIANA...
  JACKSONVILLE AND BRENTSVILLE...
  EWALT CROSSROADS AND KISERTON...
  SHAWHAN AND LAIR...
  RUDDELS MILLS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 8425 3836 8403 3813 8444 3821 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 222DEG 25KT 3821 8441

KD

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:21 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
721 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

KYZ056-057-066-067-192350-
CASEY KY-GARRARD KY-LINCOLN KY-MADISON KY-
721 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2015

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

AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF STANFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.

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

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  STANFORD...
  LANCASTER...
  WALNUT FLAT AND CRAB ORCHARD...
  PREACHERSVILLE AND GILBERT...
  MANSE AND POINT LEAVELL...
  PAINT LICK AND BUGGYTOWN...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
76 AND 77.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3751 8426 3753 8434 3747 8438 3748 8444
      3733 8450 3733 8452 3735 8455 3734 8457
      3724 8471 3724 8473 3745 8480 3772 8448
      3753 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 225DEG 42KT 3743 8464

KD

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:54 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 8:00 PM EDT, 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 20, 1:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	44 min
Apr 20, 1:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Logan, Simpson	32 min
Apr 20, 1:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Ohio	30 min
Apr 20, 2:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Warren	45 min
Apr 20, 2:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson	28 min
Apr 20, 2:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe	28 min
Apr 20, 3:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Green, Metcalfe, Monroe, Taylor	29 min
Apr 20, 3:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	23 min
Apr 20, 3:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	31 min
Apr 20, 3:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Taylor	22 min
Apr 20, 3:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	30 min
Apr 20, 3:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	21 min
Apr 20, 4:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln	30 min
Apr 20, 4:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Russell	32 min
Apr 20, 4:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	46 min
Apr 20, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Jessamine	30 min
Apr 20, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland, Russell	30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.