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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2020, 12:30 PM EDT for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 20, 2020, 12:30 PM EDT (16:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2020, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Dubois County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 Jul 20, 11:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 11:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 1133 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2020 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-211545- 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 1133 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2020 /1033 AM CDT Mon Jul 20 2020/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected today, and some may become strong to severe. Stronger storms will be capable of producing gusty winds, frequent lightning, and torrential heavy rainfall. Slow moving storms could create localized flash flooding threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Scattered thunderstorms will be possible each afternoon and evening. The main threats with these storms will be locally heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and lightning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected. BTN/EBW/JML
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 12:30 PM EDT, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Nelson | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 51 min |
| Jul 20, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson, Washington | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 2:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade, Ohio | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge, Butler and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 4:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 111 min |
| Jul 20, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 4:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bourbon | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 5:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 18 min |
| Jul 20, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 29 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.