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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2021, 1:44 PM EDT for Franklin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 3, 2021, 1:44 PM EDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Franklin County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jun 3, 1:32 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:32 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 354 AM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-040800- 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 354 AM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021 /254 AM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A few strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon and evening with the main hazards being cloud to ground lightning, locally damaging winds, and small hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Thursday afternoon. JML/MJ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:15 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1219 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021
KYZ073>075-031745-
Monroe-Allen-Barren-
1219 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MONROE...
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN AND SOUTHEASTERN BARREN COUNTIES...
At 1218 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Scottsville, moving northeast at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Fountain Run, Eighty Eight, Oak Forest, Gum Tree, Maynard, Austin,
Nobob, Lamb, Flippin and Kino.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3666 8610 3678 8611 3699 8575 3684 8574
3684 8573 3676 8561
TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 243DEG 26KT 3675 8604
JDGSpecial weather statement, Jun 3, 1:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
144 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
KYZ033>035-038-039-031830-
Shelby-Henry-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson-
144 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL SPENCER...EASTERN
SHELBY...NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON...SOUTHEASTERN HENRY AND WESTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
At 144 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Shelbyville, moving northeast at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Bryant, Mulberry, Benson, Elmburg, Avenstoke, Flag Fork, Old
Christianburg, Graefenburg, Bridgeport and Hatton.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 3838 8489 3837 8488 3810 8497 3809 8504
3804 8508 3800 8520 3830 8515 3838 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 239DEG 28KT 3812 8514
JDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 12:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Hardin | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Spencer | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Scott | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Fayette, Scott | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette | 17 min |
| Jun 3, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Nicholas | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jessamine | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 9:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Dubois | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Dubois | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Harrison | 33 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.