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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 4:59 PM EDT for Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2021, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
County Fayette County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
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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 21, 2:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Louisville KY 246 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021 .Short Term...(This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 245 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021 ...Ongoing Heavy Rain with Embedded Strong to Severe Storms... ...Much Nicer Tuesday Coming Up... Surface cold front is near a SDF/BWG line this hour and continues pushing steadily eastward. It should be to the I-75 corridor by sundown. Storms forming around this front will continue to work in a juicy airmass, but with little in the way of shear to work with. They mainly look to be dominated by localized heavier cores coming down and causing brief microbursts. Also continue to watch for some training, but at this point the line of heavier rains appears to be continuing to move just fast enough to prevent rainfall from getting too high of a total in any one location. Will be trimming the watch from north to south as parts of the area stabilize from earlier convection. After we deal with some lingering showers this evening and perhaps into the overnight, we should see skies start to scatter out, especially during the day Tuesday. Much drier air works into the region, falling into the 40s over southern IN and at least north central KY. Highs likely will be in the low to mid 70s for most. && .Long Term...(Tuesday night through Monday) Issued at 236 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021 Surface high pressure will be centered right over the Ohio Valley at the start of the Long Term Tuesday evening. This high will gradually strengthen and expand as it slowly drifts eastward during mid-week. This will result in dry weather and slowly moderating temperatures. Readings will be in the 50s when the sun comes up Wednesday morning...maybe even briefly dipping into the upper 40s in sheltered eastern valleys. After highs around 80 Wednesday we'll be back into the middle and upper 80s Thursday. The picture will change Friday-Monday as a Canadian upper trough digs into the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley. The aforementioned high will be off the East Coast and pumping Gulf of Mexico northward throughout the eastern United States. Models agree on an unusually moist atmosphere this weekend suggesting that thunderstorms with locally very heavy downpours will be possible. High RH and widespread clouds will hold daytime temperatures to the 80s, but those conditions plus S/SW surface flow will result in warm, muggy nights with lows in the upper 60s/low 70s. && .Aviation...(18Z TAF Issuance) Issued at 100 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021 Cold front near the KSDF terminal now will continue its southeastward progress this afternoon. Seeing storm coverage increase ahead of the front. Expect strong to severe wind gusts with these storms as they pop up over the next few hours. Winds will become more northwesterly behind the front. Conditions should improve rapidly this evening, though some lower ceilings are forecast just east of a BWG/LEX line. Did not go with poor conditions at either site for the overnight, but will have to watch to see if those conditions develop farther west than expected. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...None. KY...None. && Short Term...RJS Long Term...13 Aviation...RJS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 319 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021 KYZ027-046>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-221930- Grayson-Washington-Mercer-Jessamine-Clark-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 Leitchfield, 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 319 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021 /219 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 301 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected this evening. A few severe storms are possible, and could produce locally damaging winds and torrential rainfall. Depending on where the heavy rain occurs, localized flooding will also be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Multiple waves of thunderstorms will be possible Friday through Sunday. Locations that receive repeated heavy rainfall could see localized flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters should report any stronger wind gusts as well as heavy rain and flooding reports. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>026-028>043-045-221930- Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison- Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Hardin-Bullitt-Oldham- Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford-Fayette- Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson- Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper, English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, and Bardstown 319 PM EDT Mon Jun 21 2021 /219 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A few thunderstorms are possible early this evening. The stronger storms will produce briefly heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Multiple waves of thunderstorms will be possible Friday through Sunday. Locations that receive repeated heavy rainfall could see localized flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected through at least Thursday. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. RJS/13
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 11:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 11:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Breckinridge | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 12:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Spencer | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Grayson, Hardin, Hart | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Nelson, Washington | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 1:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Nelson | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Fayette, Woodford | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Nelson, Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Fayette, Jessamine | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Ohio | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Grayson | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Madison | 15 min |
| Jun 21, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Larue | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 2:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Grayson, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Garrard, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 3:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Green, Hart, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 3:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Boyle, Casey, Marion | 2 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 22 min |
| Jun 21, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Edmonson, Hart, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 18 min |
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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.