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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2019, 9:09 PM EDT for Harrison County, Nicholas County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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 6, 2019, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2019, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Harrison County, KY, Nicholas County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 Aug 6, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Louisville KY 620 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019 INZ076>079-084-090>092-KYZ024-025-027>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-072230- Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Crawford-Harrison-Floyd-Clark- Breckinridge-Meade-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, English, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, 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 620 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019 /520 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon through this evening. A few strong to severe storms could produce gusty winds and small hail in addition to brief heavy rainfall and cloud to ground lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Another chance for thunderstorms exists Thursday night into Friday. Gusty winds and brief heavy rainfall are possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of wind damage or hail to the National Weather Service in Louisville Kentucky. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. INZ083-089-KYZ023-026-072230- Dubois-Perry-Hancock-Ohio- Including the cities of Jasper, Tell City, Lewisport, Hawesville, and Hartford 620 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2019 /520 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 555 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon through this evening. A few strong or severe storms could produce isolated damaging winds and large hail in addition to brief heavy rainfall and cloud to ground lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Another chance for thunderstorms exists Thursday night into Friday. Gusty winds and brief heavy rainfall are possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of wind damage or hail to the National Weather Service in Louisville Kentucky. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. BJS
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin, Scott | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 1:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Nicholas | 3 hr |
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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.