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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

June 4, 2016Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2016, 8:29 AM EDT for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2016, 8:29 AM EDT (12:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Bourbon County, KY

The radar

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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 Jun 4, 6:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:59 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:29 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
829 AM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016

KYZ042-043-049-041300-
BOURBON-NICHOLAS-CLARK-
829 AM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NICHOLAS...SOUTHEASTERN
BOURBON AND NORTH CENTRAL CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 829 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR PARIS...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARIS...CARLISLE...NORTH MIDDLETOWN...MYERS...BLACKS CROSSROADS...
JACKSTOWN...PLUM...MOOREFIELD...SPROUT AND LITTLE ROCK.

LAT...LON 3831 8384 3819 8398 3818 8399 3813 8407
      3811 8408 3808 8406 3806 8419 3824 8426
      3837 8392 3836 8391 3836 8389 3835 8390
      3836 8387 3835 8386 3833 8386 3833 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 1229Z 251DEG 21KT 3818 8414

RJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	30 min
Jun 3, 8:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen	3 hr
Jun 3, 10:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Simpson	3 hr
Jun 4, 9:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	3 hr
Jun 4, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Marion, Metcalfe, Monroe, Taylor	45 min
Jun 4, 12:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe	39 min
Jun 4, 12:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell	37 min
Jun 4, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Russell	47 min
Jun 4, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln	41 min
Jun 4, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine	46 min
Jun 4, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	33 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	48 min
Jun 4, 2:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 22 more	8 hr
Jun 4, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott, Woodford	25 min
Jun 4, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	33 min
Jun 4, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	28 min
Jun 4, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	30 min
Jun 4, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	35 min
Jun 4, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	52 min
Jun 4, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	32 min
Jun 4, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	25 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	36 min
Jun 4, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	31 min
Jun 4, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Oldham	28 min
Jun 4, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Spencer	28 min
Jun 4, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	36 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Woodford	35 min
Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	40 min
Jun 4, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Woodford	46 min
Jun 4, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	51 min
Jun 4, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	30 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.