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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

June 15, 2016Clark County, Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2016, 9:13 PM EDT for Clark County, Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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 15, 2016, 9:13 PM EDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Clark County, KY, Madison County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1813 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
1813 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 15, 8:19 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 8:19 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 3:12 PM EDT, 6 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
312 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>035-038>040-045>047-053>055-
061>067-070>078-081-082-161915-
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-
NELSON-MERCER-LARUE-MARION-BOYLE-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...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...
VERSAILLES...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY
312 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 /212 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016/

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 258 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM
CDT/ THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE MAIN THREAT WILL
BE LOCAL FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL RAIN...WITH GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE
AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ISOLATED STORMS ARE FORECAST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE BLUEGRASS AND LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONS.
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND
HAIL.

HEAT INDEX VALUES THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 90S
TO AROUND 100.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

&&

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

KYZ036-037-041>043-048-049-056-057-161915-
SCOTT-HARRISON-FAYETTE-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-JESSAMINE-CLARK-GARRARD-
MADISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...LEXINGTON...
PARIS...CARLISLE...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...LANCASTER...RICHMOND
312 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WITH LIGHTNING
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ISOLATED STORMS ARE FORECAST LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE BLUEGRASS AND LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONS.
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND
HAIL.

HEAT INDEX VALUES THURSDAY AFTERNOON RANGE FROM THE MID 90S TO
AROUND 100.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

&&

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

Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:42 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:59 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 9:13 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 15, 8:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison, Scott43 min
Jun 15, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin29 min
Jun 15, 8:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Nicholas23 min
Jun 15, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette, Woodford32 min
Jun 16, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Ohio, Warren54 min
Jun 16, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTaylor32 min
Jun 16, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Russell, Taylor24 min
Jun 16, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Warren29 min
Jun 16, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren, Edmonson46 min
Jun 16, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Russell31 min
Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey15 min
Jun 16, 6:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKButler, Logan, Simpson, Warren117 min
Jun 16, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey11 min
Jun 16, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair37 min
Jun 16, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Logan, Simpson, Warren49 min
Jun 16, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKRussell18 min

Nearby

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.