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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2021, 2:25 PM CDT for Butler County, Logan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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 25, 2021, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Butler County, KY, Logan County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 961 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
976
WWUS83 KLMK 251925
SPSLMK
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
225 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
KYZ026-061-070-071-252000-
Warren-Logan-Butler-Ohio-
225 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN LOGAN...WESTERN
BUTLER...NORTHWESTERN WARREN AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES...
At 224 PM CDT, a cluster of strong thunderstorms was located 8 miles
east of Dunmor, moving southeast at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Russellville, Morgantown, Anderson, Lewisburg, Rochester, Woodbury,
Insco, Mining City, Dimple and Spa.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 3706 8705 3707 8694 3709 8690 3710 8690
3711 8689 3714 8693 3718 8692 3718 8689
3719 8691 3722 8690 3723 8692 3724 8691
3724 8694 3726 8696 3726 8697 3728 8698
3736 8688 3712 8650 3675 8692 3689 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 307DEG 17KT 3714 8686
$$
EBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler | 13 min |
| Jul 25, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 28 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.