Alert archive / Kentucky / Special Weather Statements in 2021

Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

July 12, 2021Hardin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2021, 5:34 PM EDT for Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 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: Jul 12, 2021, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

County Hardin County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 469 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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 Jul 12, 3:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
306 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-131915-
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
306 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021 /206 PM CDT Mon Jul 12 2021/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Rounds of showers and storms will continue into the evening hours with
localized heavy rainfall a threat in addition to gusty winds and
cloud to ground lightning. Most thunderstorm threats should end by
midnight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Several rounds of showers and storms are possible through this week
and into next weekend. Some storms may be strong, with gusty winds
and heavy rainfall as the most likely hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are invited to submit reports to the National Weather
Service.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and
climate information can be found at weather.gov/louisville.

DM/CG

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 11:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jul 12, 1:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
154 PM EDT MON JUL 12 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 NE HENRYVILLE         38.56N 85.73W
07/12/2021                   CLARK              IN   PUBLIC

            FLOODING OVER HEIL RD. IN CLARK COUNTY.

&&

SRM

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
534 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

KYZ025-028-029-122215-
Bullitt-Meade-Hardin-
534 PM EDT Mon Jul 12 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL AFFECT
SOUTHEASTERN MEADE...CENTRAL HARDIN AND SOUTHWESTERN BULLITT
COUNTIES...

At 534 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 12 miles west of
Elizabethtown, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Elizabethtown, Radcliff, Vine Grove, Muldraugh, Eastview, Long View,
Grahamton, Hansbrough, Addington Field Airport and Hughes Landing.

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They can relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Louisville.

LAT...LON 3796 8604 3796 8603 3798 8603 3786 8573
      3752 8601 3761 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 207DEG 27KT 3764 8607

MJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 9:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	118 min
Jul 12, 8:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	3 hr
Jul 12, 5:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Grayson, Hardin	2 hr
Jul 12, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	62 min
Jul 12, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	46 min
Jul 12, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Russell	43 min
Jul 12, 9:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Scott	2 hr
Jul 12, 9:46 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Scott	118 min
Jul 12, 5:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Crawford, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Washington	3 hr
Jul 12, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford	43 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.