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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

July 7, 2015Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2015, 12:21 PM CDT for Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 7, 2015, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2015, 12:50 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

County Perry County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2015-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 156 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2015-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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.

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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 Jul 7, 11:57 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 11:57 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 12:07 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
107 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-081715-
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
107 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2015 /1207 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 50 MPH IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. IF STORMS ARE ABLE TO
REPEATEDLY PASS OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS...THEN FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE BEST CHANCES
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY. THE STRONGER
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

THIS WEEKEND WILL BE A HOT ONE WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS
PEAKING AROUND 100 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT STRONG WINDS AND FLOODING.

&&

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

KD/13/AMS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:22 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade28 min
Jul 7, 11:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLMKAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more32 hr
Jul 7, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge32 min
Jul 7, 12:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge, Meade32 min
Jul 7, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade30 min
Jul 7, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt31 min
Jul 7, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin28 min
Jul 7, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson, Spencer28 min
Jul 7, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNelson32 min
Jul 7, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSpencer29 min
Jul 7, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson29 min
Jul 7, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Franklin, Woodford32 min
Jul 7, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJessamine28 min
Jul 7, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Scott31 min
Jul 7, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Harrison, Nicholas19 min
Jul 7, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin43 min
Jul 7, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNicholas17 min
Jul 7, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSpencer27 min
Jul 7, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Marion42 min
Jul 7, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Lincoln31 min
Jul 7, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJessamine, Woodford13 min
Jul 7, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Logan, Ohio29 min
Jul 7, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Madison32 min
Jul 7, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette, Jessamine30 min
Jul 7, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison31 min
Jul 7, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Grayson31 min
Jul 7, 8:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKDubois, Orange3 hr
Jul 7, 9:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKDubois, Orange3 hr
Jul 7, 9:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKCrawford, Perry3 hr
Jul 7, 12:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMKDubois, Orange6 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.