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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 10:21 AM CDT for Breckinridge 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 21, 2021, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2021, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Breckinridge County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 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, 3.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted.
602
WWUS83 KLMK 211521
SPSLMK
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1121 AM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
KYZ024-025-028-029-211545-
Bullitt-Meade-Hardin-Breckinridge-
1121 AM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MEADE...CENTRAL
HARDIN...CENTRAL BRECKINRIDGE AND SOUTHWESTERN BULLITT COUNTIES...
At 1120 AM EDT/1020 AM CDT/, a strong thunderstorm was located over
Hardinsburg, moving east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Hardinsburg, Radcliff, Vine Grove, Lebanon Junction, Garfield, Long
View, Big Spring, Tar Fork, Kirk and Four Corners.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3790 8585 3782 8574 3779 8574 3778 8573
3773 8622 3771 8662 3778 8667
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 265DEG 68KT 3777 8645
$$
JDGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 11:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 11:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 12:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Nelson | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Woodford | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 1:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 15 min |
| Jun 21, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 1:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 2:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 2:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 22 min |
| Jun 21, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 18 min |
| Jun 21, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette | 31 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.