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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at May 6, 2017, 4:16 PM EDT for Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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
- May 6, 2017, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Floyd County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 321 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 526 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 May 6, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 322 PM EDT Sat May 6 2017 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-071930- 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 322 PM EDT Sat May 6 2017 /222 PM CDT Sat May 6 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and early evening. Some small hail will be possible with the stronger showers. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There will be off and on chances for thunderstorms Monday through Friday. The best chance for storms will be on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Brief heavy rainfall and gusty winds may accompany any thunderstorm. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are asked to report any instances of hail this afternoon and evening. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. EER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 3:57 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| May 6, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson | 45 min |
| May 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 25 min |
| May 6, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 34 min |
| May 6, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Russell | 25 min |
| May 5, 8:50 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 12 hr |
Nearby
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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.