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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 11:49 AM CDT for Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 9, 2021, 11:49 AM CDT (16:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Green County, KY, Taylor County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
643
WWUS83 KLMK 091649
SPSLMK
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1249 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
KYZ054-063>065-091715-
Hart KY-Marion KY-Taylor KY-Green KY-
1249 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Green, southern
Marion, southeastern Hart and northern Taylor Counties through 115 PM
EDT/1215 PM CDT/...
At 1249 PM EDT/1149 AM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Campbellsville to near
Munfordville. Movement was east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Campbellsville around 100 PM EDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Three Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3718 8569 3717 8574 3724 8602 3748 8549
3747 8547 3749 8547 3747 8506 3715 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 275DEG 18KT 3739 8540 3724 8593
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
JMLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Woodford | 19 min |
| Aug 9, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Casey, Lincoln | 19 min |
| Aug 9, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Metcalfe, Taylor | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 18 min |
| Aug 9, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 3:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Green, Taylor | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Metcalfe | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 22 min |
| Aug 9, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton, Cumberland | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 22 min |
| Aug 9, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Monroe | 27 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.