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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

June 8, 2021Meade County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2021, 1:09 PM EDT for Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2021, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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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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: 123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -32 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 Jun 8, 12:56 PM EDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 12:56 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:41 AM EDT, 9 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
109 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

KYZ024-025-081745-
Meade-Breckinridge-
109 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL MEADE AND
NORTHEASTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES...

At 108 PM EDT/1208 PM CDT/, a strong thunderstorm was located 11
miles east of Hardinsburg, moving north at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Webster, Irvington, Ekron, Guston, Bewleyville, Basin Spring,
Graysville, Corners, Rosetta and Haysville.

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

LAT...LON 3776 8622 3776 8633 3795 8635 3795 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 184DEG 12KT 3782 8626

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	24 min
Jun 8, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	23 min
Jun 8, 2:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette	3 hr
Jun 8, 2:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	3 hr
Jun 8, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	34 min
Jun 8, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	30 min
Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark, Madison	44 min
Jun 8, 4:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Madison	117 min
Jun 8, 4:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson	117 min
Jun 8, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	49 min
Jun 8, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	37 min
Jun 8, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	41 min

Nearby

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Sources

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