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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

August 3, 2016Simpson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2016, 3:02 PM CDT for Simpson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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
Aug 3, 2016, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

County Simpson County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 352 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

881 
WWUS83 KLMK 032002
SPSLMK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
302 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016

KYZ070-072-032045-
SIMPSON-LOGAN-
302 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016

...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SIMPSON AND SOUTHEASTERN
LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 300 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR RUSSELLVILLE TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CROSS
PLAINS TO NEAR GREENBRIER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG
WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRICES MILL...HILLSDALE...SCHOCHOH...BLACK JACK...MIDDLETON...
GOLD CITY...NEOSHEO...HICKORY FLAT...SALMONS AND SCHWEIZER.

LAT...LON 3665 8659 3665 8681 3683 8677 3680 8640
      3674 8641 3672 8641 3665 8642 3665 8651
      3664 8654 3664 8655 3663 8656
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 277DEG 23KT 3682 8680 3665 8675 3647 8681 

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TWF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan43 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.