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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

August 14, 2021Hardin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2021, 2:32 PM EDT for Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2021, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Hardin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 14, 1:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 1:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 3:47 AM EDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:06 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
106 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021

KYZ070-141830-
Logan KY-
106 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Logan County
through 130 PM CDT...

At 106 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Russellville, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Logan
County, including the following locations... Cooperstown, Danby,
Edwards, Epleys, Dennis, Homer, Chandlers Chapel and Whippoorwill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3680 8701 3696 8700 3699 8679 3683 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 257DEG 15KT 3690 8689

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:07 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
207 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

KYZ028-141830-
Hardin KY-
207 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Hardin
County through 230 PM EDT...

At 207 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Elizabethtown, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central Hardin
County, including the following locations... Rogersville, Long View,
Radcliff and Vine Grove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3775 8595 3783 8596 3787 8585 3779 8580
      3776 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 257DEG 15KT 3781 8589

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:28 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
128 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021

KYZ070-141900-
Logan KY-
128 PM CDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Logan
County through 200 PM CDT...

At 128 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles northeast of Russellville, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Logan
County, including the following locations... Gasper, Buffalo Fork,
Chandlers Chapel and Costelow.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 8667 3691 8663 3689 8680 3701 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 267DEG 18KT 3696 8672

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
232 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

KYZ028-141900-
Hardin KY-
232 PM EDT Sat Aug 14 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Hardin
County through 300 PM EDT...

At 231 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Elizabethtown, moving east at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Elizabethtown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3771 8603 3782 8598 3780 8580 3768 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 276DEG 5KT 3775 8596

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 8:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Scott, Shelby	3 hr
Aug 14, 2:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	24 min
Aug 14, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hardin	23 min
Aug 14, 2:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	32 min
Aug 14, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	32 min
Aug 14, 2:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	2 hr
Aug 14, 2:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Hardin	2 hr
Aug 14, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	3 hr
Aug 14, 3:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Metcalfe	2 hr
Aug 14, 3:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	119 min
Aug 14, 3:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Nelson	117 min
Aug 14, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	38 min
Aug 14, 3:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Hardin	117 min
Aug 14, 3:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	3 hr
Aug 14, 3:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Nicholas	3 hr
Aug 14, 3:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Larue	3 hr
Aug 14, 4:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Larue, Nelson	3 hr
Aug 14, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler	3 hr
Aug 14, 4:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Grayson, Ohio	3 hr
Aug 14, 5:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	3 hr
Aug 14, 7:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Lincoln	3 hr

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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.