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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

April 3, 2017Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2017, 6:55 PM EDT for Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2017, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

County Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2017-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
446 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 3, 3:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 3:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
350 PM EDT Mon Apr 3 2017

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-042000-
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, and Albany
350 PM EDT Mon Apr 3 2017 /250 PM CDT Mon Apr 3 2017/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon and evening.
Some of these storms could be strong, with a threat of marginally
severe wind gusts and hail. The main timing would be from 4 PM EDT
to 10 PM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Wednesday afternoon and
evening. At this time, damaging winds, large hail, and isolated
tornadoes are all possible. Stay tuned to the latest on this
potential severe weather day.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening, and
again Wednesday afternoon and evening.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and
climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville.

EBW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
655 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017

INZ090-KYZ024-025-032330-
Harrison-Meade-Breckinridge-
655 PM EDT MON APR 3 2017

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HARRISON...
CENTRAL MEADE AND NORTHEASTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES...

At 655 PM EDT/555 PM CDT/, strong thunderstorms were clustered 11
miles northeast of Hardinsburg, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 45 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Brandenburg, Webster, Irvington, Muldraugh, Ekron, Mauckport,
Laconia, Guston, Mystic and Raymond.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3797 8646 3819 8609 3809 8598 3800 8598
      3800 8600 3794 8599 3778 8644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 239DEG 36KT 3791 8634

SCHOETTMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Boyle, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 7 more55 min
Apr 3, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Meade25 min
Apr 3, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt26 min
Apr 3, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois23 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.