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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

August 14, 2016Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2016, 4:01 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 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 14, 2016, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Jefferson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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 234 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 2016-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 312 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 2016-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHart37 min
Aug 14, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade34 min
Aug 14, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin28 min
Aug 14, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson28 min
Aug 14, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNelson33 min
Aug 14, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson, Nelson, Spencer35 min
Aug 14, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKShelby, Spencer24 min
Aug 14, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Franklin, Woodford27 min
Aug 14, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott29 min
Aug 14, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKPerry29 min

Nearby

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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.