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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 15, 2021, 5:13 PM EDT for 8 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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 15, 2021, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Anderson County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Casey County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 531 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
938
WWUS83 KLMK 152113
SPSLMK
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
513 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021
KYZ034-038>040-045>047-053>055-064>067-152200-
Shelby-Mercer-Woodford-Spencer-Washington-Lincoln-Casey-Anderson-
Boyle-Marion-Taylor-Nelson-Larue-Green-
513 PM EDT Thu Jul 15 2021
...AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
At 511 PM EDT/411 PM CDT/, a cluster of thunderstorms were located
along a line from near Taylorsville southward to Campbellsville,
moving east at 40 mph.
Wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph are possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Liberty, Danville, Bardstown, Lawrenceburg, Campbellsville,
Harrodsburg, Lebanon, Springfield, Taylorsville and Ballard.
Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
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 3731 8555 3809 8537 3808 8486 3772 8473
3772 8474 3771 8473 3730 8490
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 265DEG 36KT 3766 8524
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MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clark | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 5:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Bourbon, Nicholas | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Nicholas | 29 min |
| Jul 15, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Anderson, Mercer, Woodford | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Madison | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 7:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Casey, Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 40 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.