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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 2016Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2016, 12:49 PM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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: Jun 14, 2016, 12:49 PM CDT (17:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2016, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 961 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 14, 11:55 AM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 11:55 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 10:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1154 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-151600-
ORANGE-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-JEFFERSON-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-HARRISON-
FLOYD-CLARK-HANCOCK-BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-OHIO-GRAYSON-HARDIN-BULLITT-
OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-SHELBY-FRANKLIN-SPENCER-ANDERSON-WOODFORD-
FAYETTE-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-LARUE-MARION-BOYLE-
GARRARD-MADISON-BUTLER-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN-
LOGAN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL-
CUMBERLAND-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...ENGLISH...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...LEWISPORT...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...
BRANDENBURG...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...
SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...MILTON...
NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...
CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...
WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...
RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...GREENSBURG...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...
FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...
EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
1154 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 /1054 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, WITH LOCALLY
TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THE STRONGER STORMS. MINOR PONDING ON ROADWAYS
AND IN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST STORMS
MAY PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS AS WELL.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL PEAK IN THE 99 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY...MAINLY OVER THE
BLUEGRASS AND LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL.

HEAT INDEX VALUES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 95 TO
NEAR 105 DURING EACH AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE INVITED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF FLOODING OR SEVERE
WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY.

&&

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1249 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

KYZ026-141815-
OHIO-
1249 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN OHIO
COUNTY...

AT 1248 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LIVERMORE TO NEAR CENTRAL CITY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARTFORD...BEAVER DAM...CENTERTOWN...MCHENRY...ROCKPORT...SANDEFUR
CROSSING...NINETEEN...HEFLIN...COFFMAN AND TAFFY.

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

LAT...LON 3736 8712 3738 8709 3746 8710 3748 8713
      3749 8712 3748 8711 3756 8704 3760 8699
      3763 8691 3737 8675 3725 8695 3726 8696
      3726 8697 3727 8698 3732 8699 3736 8703
      3737 8707 3733 8711 3734 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 244DEG 31KT 3752 8717 3728 8702

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	33 min
Jun 14, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Warren	25 min
Jun 14, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson	31 min
Jun 14, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt	35 min
Jun 14, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	34 min
Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	30 min
Jun 14, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	25 min
Jun 14, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Nelson	37 min
Jun 14, 4:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 14, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	23 min
Jun 14, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry, Shelby, Trimble	43 min
Jun 14, 4:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 14, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Russell	52 min
Jun 14, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer, Washington	44 min
Jun 14, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	27 min
Jun 14, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more	75 min
Jun 14, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	35 min
Jun 14, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Floyd, Harrison	27 min
Jun 14, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	37 min
Jun 14, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Orange, Washington	31 min
Jun 14, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois, Perry	36 min
Jun 14, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Orange	24 min
Jun 14, 3:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Harrison	3 hr
Jun 14, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington	29 min
Jun 14, 3:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Dubois, Orange	56 min
Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Washington	29 min
Jun 14, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Scott	33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.