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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

March 27, 2021Logan County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT for Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Mar 27, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

County Logan County, KY

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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 Mar 27, 5:59 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 5:59 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 2:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
333 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>072-281945-
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-
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, and Providence
333 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021 /233 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are in the forecast for this evening across
southern Kentucky. The stronger storms will produce brief heavy rain
as well as gusty winds. Hail is also possible will the strongest
storms.

Tonight...coverage of showers and storms will increase areawide. The
stronger storms could bring isolated damaging wind gusts, hail, and
possibly a tornado or two...in additional to heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters should report any severe weather as well as flooding today
and tonight.

KYZ073>078-081-082-281945-
Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-Russell-Cumberland-Clinton-
Including the cities of Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville,
Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown, Burkesville, and Albany
233 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are in the forecast for this evening across
southern Kentucky. The stronger storms will produce brief heavy rain
as well as gusty winds. Hail is also possible will the strongest
storms.

Tonight...coverage of showers and storms will increase areawide. The
stronger storms could bring isolated damaging wind gusts, hail, and
possibly a tornado or two...in additional to heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters should report any severe weather as well as flooding today
and tonight.

EBW/JML

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 27, 6:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
606 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

KYZ070-072-272330-
Logan-Simpson-
606 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN
SIMPSON COUNTIES...

At 606 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of
Russellville, moving east at 45 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Russellville, Auburn, Dennis, South Union, Lickskillet, Gasper, Cave
Springs, Middleton, Oakville and Old Volney.

LAT...LON 3676 8706 3676 8705 3679 8706 3698 8670
      3677 8661 3669 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 249DEG 41KT 3673 8699

CG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 2:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLMKAdair, Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more29 hr
Mar 27, 6:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAllen22 min
Mar 27, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton29 min
Mar 27, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren36 min
Mar 27, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.