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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

May 6, 2021Green County, Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at May 6, 2021, 5:41 PM CDT for Green County, Hart County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 6, 2021, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Green County, KY, Hart County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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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Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -71 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 May 6, 5:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 5:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 2:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
303 PM EDT Thu May 6 2021

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>032-053-061>063-070>074-071915-
Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison-
Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt-
Oldham-Trimble-Larue-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-
Barren-
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, Hodgenville, Morgantown, Brownsville, Horse Cave,
Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville,
and Glasgow
303 PM EDT Thu May 6 2021 /203 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021/

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible later this afternoon into the evening
hours, mainly west of I-65. Main hazards include brief heavy rain,
gusty winds, small hail, and cloud to ground lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Widespread showers and thunderstorms Saturday night through Sunday
night will bring 1 to 2 inches of rain to the area. At this time the
heaviest amounts will likely affect southern Indiana and north
central Kentucky. These rainfall amounts combined with recent heavy
rain could lead to minor flooding to end the weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

KYZ033>043-045>049-054>057-064>067-075>078-081-082-071915-
Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Scott-Harrison-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford-
Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Washington-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark-
Marion-Boyle-Garrard-Madison-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln-Monroe-
Metcalfe-Adair-Russell-Cumberland-Clinton-
Including the cities of New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort,
Georgetown, Cynthiana, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles,
Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg,
Nicholasville, Winchester, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond,
Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Tompkinsville,
Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown, Burkesville, and Albany
303 PM EDT Thu May 6 2021 /203 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021/

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...Friday through Wednesday.

Isolated showers and a few storms will be capable of gusty winds and
small hail later Friday afternoon and evening across the Bluegrass
region.

Widespread showers and thunderstorms Saturday night through Sunday
night will bring 1 to 2 inches of rain to the area. At this time the
heaviest amounts will likely affect southern Indiana and north
central Kentucky. These rainfall amounts combined with recent heavy
rain could lead to minor flooding to end the weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

BTN/RAS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
346 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

INZ089-KYZ023-024-026-062115-
Perry-Hancock-Ohio-Breckinridge-
346 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN PERRY...
HANCOCK...WEST CENTRAL BRECKINRIDGE AND CENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES...

At 346 PM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Grandview to near Knottsville to
Masonville. Movement was east at 45 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Tell City, Hartford, Hawesville, Beaver Dam, Lewisport, Cannelton,
Cloverport, Fordsville, Centertown and Troy.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3747 8711 3763 8695 3762 8692 3767 8682
      3771 8687 3774 8682 3784 8685 3784 8691
      3788 8689 3790 8692 3789 8699 3790 8699
      3802 8680 3800 8677 3802 8677 3797 8661
      3770 8661 3738 8682 3743 8710 3748 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 283DEG 37KT 3795 8699 3778 8699 3766 8706

EBW

Special weather statement, May 6, 4:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 5:15 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 5:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 5:41 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 12:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	32 hr
May 6, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	29 min
May 6, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	47 min
May 6, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren	45 min
May 6, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue	44 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.