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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

August 6, 2019Harrison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2019, 2:35 PM EDT for Harrison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2019, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2019, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Harrison County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 414 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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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: 114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 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 Aug 6, 1:47 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:47 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:01 AM EDT, 10 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 2:35 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
235 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019

KYZ037-061900-
Harrison-
235 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY...

At 235 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Cynthiana,
moving east at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Cynthiana, Breckinridge, Connersville, Robinson, Oddville, Garnett,
Renaker, Venus, Rutland and Claysville.

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.

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 3838 8418 3834 8444 3849 8450 3854 8417
      3854 8416 3853 8418 3850 8418 3850 8416
      3849 8417 3849 8415 3848 8415
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 263DEG 22KT 3841 8439

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	32 min
Aug 6, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	31 min
Aug 6, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Trimble	36 min
Aug 6, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	23 min
Aug 6, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	32 min
Aug 6, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	23 min
Aug 6, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	30 min
Aug 6, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	28 min
Aug 6, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Ohio	39 min
Aug 6, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	29 min
Aug 6, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	46 min
Aug 6, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	44 min
Aug 6, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	26 min
Aug 6, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	36 min
Aug 6, 7:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nicholas	33 min
Aug 6, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	29 min
Aug 6, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	41 min
Aug 6, 7:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	2 hr
Aug 6, 7:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan, Simpson	55 min
Aug 6, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	25 min
Aug 6, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	30 min
Aug 6, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	35 min
Aug 6, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Scott, Washington	28 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.