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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

June 14, 20166 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2016, 6:01 PM EDT for 6 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Washington County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 5:53 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 5:53 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 3:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
318 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-151930-
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
318 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 /218 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN STORMS THIS
EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. MINOR
PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE IS POSSIBLE.
THE HEAVIEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS AS WELL.

.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 96 TO
101 BOTH AFTERNOONS.

.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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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:05 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
505 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

KYZ029-045-053-142130-
LARUE-NELSON-BULLITT-
505 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN
NELSON...SOUTHEASTERN BULLITT AND NORTH CENTRAL LARUE COUNTIES...

AT 504 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHEPHERDSVILLE TO 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HODGENVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BARDSTOWN...LEBANON JUNCTION...LENORE...HUNTERS...CRAVENS...SOLITUDE...
SAMUELS FIELD AIRPORT...LOTUS...SCUFFLETOWN AND SMITHVILLE.

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3801 8551 3799 8549 3775 8548 3763 8571
      3768 8572 3773 8568 3774 8568 3775 8569
      3778 8573 3781 8573 3802 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 217DEG 21KT 3788 8565 3766 8566

ZT
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:12 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
512 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

INZ077>079-092-142145-
WASHINGTON-SCOTT-JEFFERSON-CLARK-
512 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN JEFFERSON...
SCOTT...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 512 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF BROWNSTOWN TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PROSPECT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON...SCOTTSBURG...NEW PROVIDENCE TOWN...VIENNA...CHARLESTOWN...
SELLERSBURG...AUSTIN...LEXINGTON...HANOVER AND SMYRNA.

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3874 8542 3838 8574 3871 8612 3878 8606
      3876 8603 3877 8598 3875 8598 3876 8596
      3875 8590 3873 8589 3873 8587 3881 8579
      3883 8573 3882 8570 3882 8563 3885 8561
      3885 8557 3888 8557 3888 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 225DEG 28KT 3878 8600 3844 8569

ZT
Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:32 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:32 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:38 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio26 min
Jun 14, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan33 min
Jun 14, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Edmonson, Warren25 min
Jun 14, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKEdmonson, Grayson31 min
Jun 14, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt35 min
Jun 14, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson34 min
Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson30 min
Jun 14, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNelson25 min
Jun 14, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Nelson37 min
Jun 14, 5:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKJefferson3 hr
Jun 14, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson23 min
Jun 14, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHenry, Shelby, Trimble43 min
Jun 14, 5:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson3 hr
Jun 14, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton, Russell52 min
Jun 14, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Franklin, Woodford27 min
Jun 14, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison and 2 more75 min
Jun 14, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison35 min
Jun 14, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFloyd, Harrison27 min
Jun 14, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange37 min
Jun 14, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange, Washington31 min
Jun 14, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois, Perry36 min
Jun 14, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Orange24 min
Jun 14, 4:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKHarrison3 hr
Jun 14, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington29 min
Jun 14, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKDubois, Orange56 min
Jun 14, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Floyd, Washington29 min
Jun 14, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClark, Scott33 min

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Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.