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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
- 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.
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
$$
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, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Boyle | 35 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 |
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.