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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

June 3, 2021Fayette County, Scott County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2021, 2:21 PM EDT for Fayette County, Scott County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Fayette County, KY, Scott County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 455 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

849 
WWUS83 KLMK 031821
SPSLMK

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
221 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

KYZ036-040-041-048-031845-
Scott-Woodford-Fayette-Jessamine-
221 PM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN WOODFORD...
SCOTT...NORTHWESTERN JESSAMINE AND NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...

At 221 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Frankfort to near Versailles to 6
miles north of Harrodsburg. Movement was east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Lexington, Georgetown, Versailles, Meadowthorpe, Dunbar High School,
Thoroughbred Acres, Cardinal Hill, Northland, Highlands and Fayette
Mall.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3796 8446 3790 8478 3791 8478 3789 8480
      3809 8473 3818 8477 3819 8472 3832 8474
      3838 8452 3814 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 260DEG 31KT 3825 8481 3810 8473 3785 8485 

$$

DM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 12:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Grayson3 hr
Jun 3, 12:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKHardin2 hr
Jun 3, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSpencer30 min
Jun 3, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren26 min
Jun 3, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Nelson, Spencer35 min
Jun 3, 1:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFranklin46 min
Jun 3, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson, Franklin, Woodford33 min
Jun 3, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Scott33 min
Jun 3, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette17 min
Jun 3, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBourbon, Clark, Nicholas47 min
Jun 3, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJessamine27 min
Jun 3, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison29 min
Jun 2, 9:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKDubois2 hr
Jun 2, 11:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKDubois, Orange2 hr
Jun 3, 3:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKDubois3 hr
Jun 3, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHarrison33 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.