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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

August 9, 2021Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 12:13 PM CDT for Green County, Taylor County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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, 12:13 PM CDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2021, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
32 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), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 788 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

530 
WWUS83 KLMK 091713
SPSLMK

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
113 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
KYZ054-063>066-076-091745-
Hart KY-Metcalfe KY-Marion KY-Taylor KY-Casey KY-Green KY-
113 PM EDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southern Green,
southeastern Marion, southeastern Hart, Taylor, northwestern Casey
and northwestern Metcalfe Counties through 145 PM EDT/1245 PM CDT/...

At 113 PM EDT/1213 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 9 miles southeast of
Lebanon to 10 miles southeast of Munfordville. Movement was east at
30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

These storms will remain over portions of southeastern Hart, 
northwestern Metcalfe, southeastern Marion, Taylor, northwestern 
Casey and southern Green Counties, including the following 
locations... Peytons Store, Node, Arista, Fry, South Campbellsville, 
Romine, Exie, Savoyard, Pierce and Mannsville.

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 3710 8576 3714 8578 3717 8575 3716 8580
      3748 8516 3748 8486 3745 8486 3730 8514
      3731 8518 3728 8519 3727 8521 3725 8531
      3723 8531 3719 8535 3711 8552 3707 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 262DEG 25KT 3746 8514 3714 8581 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

JML

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 11:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWoodford19 min
Aug 9, 11:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen, Taylor26 min
Aug 9, 12:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle35 min
Aug 9, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Casey, Lincoln19 min
Aug 9, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Metcalfe, Taylor35 min
Aug 9, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton18 min
Aug 9, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKEdmonson34 min
Aug 9, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen23 min
Aug 9, 3:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKGreen, Taylor2 hr
Aug 9, 3:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKMetcalfe2 hr
Aug 9, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCumberland22 min
Aug 9, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton, Cumberland26 min
Aug 9, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton30 min
Aug 9, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMonroe22 min
Aug 9, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMonroe27 min

Nearby

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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.