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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2020, 5:06 PM CDT for Perry County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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 9, 2020, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2020, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Perry County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 9, 1:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 2:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 314 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2020 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>031-045-046-053-054-061>065- 070>078-081-082-101915- Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison- Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt- Oldham-Nelson-Larue-Marion-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor-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, Bardstown, Springfield, Hodgenville, Lebanon, Morgantown, Brownsville, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown, Burkesville, and Albany 314 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2020 /214 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2020/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are forecast this evening and again overnight. Any storms that develop will be slow moving, so expect heavy rainfall and brief gusty winds from the stronger storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Scattered to numerous afternoon and evening thunderstorms can be expected from Monday onward as heat and humidity return to the region. The main threats from these storms will be locally gusty winds and heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. KYZ032>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-101915- Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Scott-Harrison-Spencer-Anderson- Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark-Boyle- Garrard-Madison-Casey-Lincoln- Including the cities of Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Liberty, and Stanford 314 PM EDT Sun Aug 9 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Scattered to numerous afternoon and evening thunderstorms can be expected from Monday onward as heat and humidity return to the region. The main threats from these storms will be locally gusty winds and heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. 13/BTN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:06 PM CDT, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 22 min |
| Aug 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 20 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.