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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

July 28, 2016Franklin County, Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2016, 12:03 AM EDT for Franklin County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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 28, 2016, 12:03 AM EDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2016, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Franklin County, KY, Shelby County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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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: 781 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 27, 10:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 10:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 10:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:34 PM EDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 7:41 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1032 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016

KYZ042-043-280300-
BOURBON-NICHOLAS-
1032 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN BOURBON COUNTIES...

AT 1032 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SIDEVIEW...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLUM...EAST UNION AND BUNKER HILL.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...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 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3817 8400 3815 8404 3811 8408 3812 8409
      3825 8401 3823 8394
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 230DEG 12KT 3814 8402

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1045 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016

KYZ043-280315-
NICHOLAS-
1045 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN NICHOLAS COUNTY...

AT 1045 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHARPSBURG...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLEASANT VALLEY...EAST UNION...MYERS...MOOREFIELD...
WESTON AND SPROUT.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...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 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3830 8385 3822 8394 3826 8404 3842 8395
      3838 8392 3836 8392 3836 8389 3835 8390
      3836 8387 3835 8387 3835 8386 3833 8386
      3834 8384 3832 8385 3831 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 219DEG 18KT 3824 8396

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Special weather statement, Jul 28, 12:03 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1203 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016

KYZ034-035-039-280445-
FRANKLIN-SHELBY-ANDERSON-
1203 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SHELBY AND
NORTH CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTIES...

AT 1202 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKFORT...SHELBYVILLE...BRYANT...HATTON...CHESTNUT GROVE...
HARRISONVILLE...BON AIR HILLS...JETT...BIG EDDY AND AVENSTOKE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...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 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3835 8519 3820 8475 3817 8480 3814 8486
      3812 8486 3801 8501 3815 8537 3836 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0402Z 233DEG 7KT 3813 8513

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 10:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	28 min
Jul 27, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	30 min
Jul 28, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	40 min
Jul 28, 1:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren	116 min
Jul 28, 2:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Boyle, Marion, Mercer, Washington	116 min
Jul 28, 3:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	18 min
Jul 28, 3:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Spencer	2 hr
Jul 28, 3:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Spencer	3 hr
Jul 28, 4:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Woodford	2 hr
Jul 28, 4:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Harrison, Scott	3 hr
Jul 28, 8:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Green, Marion, Taylor	28 min
Jul 28, 11:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark	3 hr

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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.