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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT for Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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 4, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT (10:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2017, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Hardin County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 1228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Aug 3, 6:51 PM EDT, 11 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 6:51 PM EDT, 11 hours 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:45 PM EDT, 14 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 345 PM EDT Thu Aug 3 2017 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-041945- 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 345 PM EDT Thu Aug 3 2017 /245 PM CDT Thu Aug 3 2017/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Isolated thunderstorms will be possible across the outlook area through early evening. Any storm will be capable of producing brief heavy rainfall, intense cloud to ground lightning, and locally gusty winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Numerous thunderstorms will affect the region on Friday as a cold front moves through the area. The best chance for strong or severe storms will be east of a line from Glasgow to Frankfort, where damaging winds and hail will be possible with the strongest storms. Any thunderstorm will be capable of producing brief heavy rainfall and lightning. Scattered thunderstorms will also be possible Sunday and into Monday as another weather system moves across the outlook area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be requested over the next few days. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. RAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Metcalfe | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Russell | 31 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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.