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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2021, 8:54 PM EDT for Dubois County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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
- May 27, 2021, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2021, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Dubois County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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
- 438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1332 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 May 27, 7:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 7:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 3:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 322 PM EDT Thu May 27 2021 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-281930- 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 322 PM EDT Thu May 27 2021 /222 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected later this evening. The stronger storms will be capable of producing gusty to locally damaging winds, especially west of Interstate 65. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered thunderstorms on Friday could produce lightning, briefly gusty winds, and small hail. Briefly heavy rainfall could also result in localized flooding in poor drainage areas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any severe weather observed tonight and Friday. EBW/RAS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:54 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
854 PM EDT Thu May 27 2021
INZ083-280145-
Dubois-
854 PM EDT Thu May 27 2021
...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL AFFECT DUBOIS COUNTY...
At 853 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Winslow, moving east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm as it moves
across Dubois County through 945 PM.
Locations impacted include...
Jasper, Huntingburg, Ferdinand, Holland, Birdseye, Celestine, Saint
Marks, Millersport, Bretzville and Mentor.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
LAT...LON 3839 8707 3846 8668 3825 8668 3825 8679
3820 8680 3820 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 262DEG 28KT 3827 8720
RASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 47 min |
| May 27, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Meade | 48 min |
| May 28, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 29 min |
| May 28, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jefferson | 26 min |
| May 28, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 32 min |
| May 28, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 35 min |
| May 28, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson, Spencer | 31 min |
| May 28, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Franklin | 30 min |
| May 28, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Woodford | 56 min |
| May 27, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 48 min |
| May 27, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 49 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.