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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2016, 6:49 PM EDT for Harrison County, Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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 28, 2016, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Harrison County, IN, Washington County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 28, 6:33 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 6:33 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 342 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-291945- 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 342 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 /242 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. ISOLATED INSTANCES OF DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSING MINOR FLOODING WILL BE THE GREATEST THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. OUTSIDE OF STORMS...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL REACH AROUND 100 DEGREES MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE AS WELL AS MINOR FLOODING THIS EVENING. AMS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 28, 6:12 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
612 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0246 PM HAIL 2 WNW LEXINGTON 38.06N 84.49W
08/28/2016 M0.25 INCH FAYETTE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT NORTH BROADWAY AND WEST
5TH STREET IN LEXINGTON.
&&
SZAPPANOSLocal storm report, Aug 28, 6:13 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
613 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0517 PM FLASH FLOOD BEREA 37.58N 84.29W
08/28/2016 MADISON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
HIGH WATER ON HOLLY HILL ROAD AND SOUTH
DOGWOOD DRIVE.
0513 PM HAIL CRESTWOOD 38.34N 85.48W
08/28/2016 M0.25 INCH OLDHAM KY TRAINED SPOTTER
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0445 PM TSTM WND DMG BEREA 37.58N 84.29W
08/28/2016 MADISON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN ON HAITI ROAD. TREE AND POWER
LINE DOWN ON CHERRY ROAD. TREE DOWN ON OLD
WALLACETON ROAD.
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG BEREA 37.58N 84.29W
08/28/2016 MADISON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DOWN.
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE DUCKERS 38.19N 84.77W
08/28/2016 FRANKLIN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN.
0312 PM HAIL 6 NW LEXINGTON 38.10N 84.55W
08/28/2016 M0.25 INCH FAYETTE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL AT MASTERSON STATION PARK IN
NORTHWEST LEXINGTON.
0300 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 NW LEXINGTON 38.10N 84.56W
08/28/2016 FAYETTE KY BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE DOWN IN MASTERSON STATION.
0246 PM HAIL 2 WNW LEXINGTON 38.06N 84.49W
08/28/2016 M0.25 INCH FAYETTE KY TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT NORTH BROADWAY AND WEST
5TH STREET IN LEXINGTON.
&&
SZAPPANOS
NWS LOUISVILLE KY
IRIS SYSTEMSpecial weather statement, Aug 28, 6:14 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
614 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
INZ077-078-090>092-KYZ028>030-045-053-054-282245-
WASHINGTON-SCOTT-FLOYD-CLARK-HARRISON-LARUE-JEFFERSON-HARDIN-NELSON-
MARION-BULLITT-
614 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN HARRISON...
SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT...FLOYD...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...WESTERN
CLARK...SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...WEST CENTRAL MARION...NORTHEASTERN
HARDIN...SOUTHWESTERN NELSON...WESTERN BULLITT AND NORTHEASTERN LARUE
COUNTIES...
AT 614 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF NEW ALBANY TO NEAR ST.
DENNIS TO 11 MILES NORTH OF ELIZABETHTOWN TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HODGENVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOUISVILLE...JEFFERSONVILLE...NEW ALBANY...SHIVELY...
SHEPHERDSVILLE...AUDUBON PARK...PARKWAY VILLAGE...ST. DENNIS...
VALLEY STATION AND PLEASURE RIDGE PAR.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.
LAT...LON 3832 8568 3808 8578 3783 8562 3760 8542
3751 8562 3791 8598 3800 8600 3799 8603
3799 8604 3831 8610 3866 8584
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 129DEG 13KT 3838 8581 3819 8593 3786 8588 3762
8563
RJSSpecial weather statement, Aug 28, 6:44 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Russell | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Scott | 25 min |
| Aug 28, 2:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Scott, Woodford | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison, Scott | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Mercer, Woodford | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Madison | 23 min |
| Aug 28, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Nicholas | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Trimble | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion, Taylor | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 6:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Russell | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Clinton, Green, Russell | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 28, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Hart | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Monroe | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington | 31 min |
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