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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

May 27, 2021Dubois County, Indiana

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

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 438 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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 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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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

RAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHancock47 min
May 27, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMeade48 min
May 28, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWarren29 min
May 28, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson26 min
May 28, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren32 min
May 28, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOldham, Shelby35 min
May 28, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt, Jefferson, Spencer31 min
May 28, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin30 min
May 28, 7:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette, Woodford56 min
May 27, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Orange48 min
May 27, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington49 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.