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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2017, 2:17 AM CDT for Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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 20, 2017, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2017, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Perry County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 20, 12:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 847 PM EDT Fri May 19 2017 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-210100- 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 847 PM EDT Fri May 19 2017 /747 PM CDT Fri May 19 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are possible mainly before Midnight, and again in the pre-dawn hours mainly across southern Indiana and north central Kentucky. Any storm will be capable of brief heavy rainfall and lightning. Ongoing localized flood problems could be agitated with additional rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Scattered to numerous storms are again possible late Saturday into Saturday night as a cold front approaches. Any severe storm could produce heavy rainfall, damaging winds, and large hail late Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to continue reporting any damaging winds, flooding, or hail through Saturday. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. BJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 8:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
950 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
KYZ056-057-200215-
Madison-Garrard-
950 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN GARRARD AND
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES...
At 950 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Snider, moving
east at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Berea, Duluth, Bighill, Wallaceton, Dreyfus, Cartersville and Slate
Lick.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3756 8416 3752 8420 3752 8430 3754 8430
3753 8432 3754 8432 3754 8435 3752 8436
3750 8435 3747 8437 3749 8445 3761 8440
3762 8412 3757 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 283DEG 26KT 3752 8438
SCHOETTMERLocal storm report, May 19, 11:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 25 min |
| May 19, 10:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 17 hr |
| May 20, 3:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 27 min |
| May 20, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 36 min |
| May 20, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 32 min |
| May 20, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hancock | 36 min |
| May 20, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan | 40 min |
| May 20, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 39 min |
| May 20, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 25 min |
| May 20, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 24 min |
| May 20, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 29 min |
| May 20, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Grayson | 31 min |
| May 20, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren | 38 min |
| May 20, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 37 min |
| May 20, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 32 min |
| May 20, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Nelson | 48 min |
| May 20, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 26 min |
| May 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 30 min |
| May 20, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 25 min |
| May 20, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Shelby, Spencer | 46 min |
| May 20, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Shelby, Spencer | 44 min |
| May 19, 8:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 25 hr |
| May 19, 10:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Washington | 12 hr |
| May 20, 8:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 27 min |
| May 20, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Dubois | 36 min |
| May 20, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Perry | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 29 min |
| May 20, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Perry | 28 min |
| May 20, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Perry | 17 min |
| May 20, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 32 min |
| May 20, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 22 min |
| May 20, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 36 min |
| May 20, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Washington | 32 min |
| May 20, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 29 min |
| May 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 37 min |
| May 20, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Scott | 29 min |
| May 20, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 16 min |
| May 20, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 35 min |
| May 20, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 21 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.