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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Dec 6, 2021, 4:48 AM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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
- Dec 6, 2021, 4:48 AM EST (09:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2021, 5:30 AM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Bourbon County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Nicholas County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 509 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Dec 6, 3:23 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 3:23 AM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 352 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-070900- Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison- Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt- Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford- Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Mercer-Jessamine-Larue-Marion-Boyle- Garrard-Madison-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln- Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-Russell- Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper, English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester, Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Morgantown, Brownsville, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown, Burkesville, and Albany 352 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021 /252 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Isolated instances of gusty winds over 40 mph will be possible through the early morning hours as widespread showers and storms move through the area ahead of a cold front. Later today, gusts out of the northwest will range between 25 and 35 mph. In addition to the gusty winds, locally heavy rainfall early this morning could lead to a few instances of nuisance flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. There is potential for minor snow accumulation late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Confidence remains low in amounts, but overall impacts are expected to be minimal. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters may be needed to report instances of heavy rain or gusty winds early this morning. BJS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 5, 11:06 PM EST, 5 hours 42 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
427 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021
KYZ028-045-053-054-063>065-061000-
Hart KY-Marion KY-Taylor KY-Nelson KY-Hardin KY-Larue KY-Green KY-
427 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of south central Nelson,
northwestern Green, Larue, southwestern Marion, northern Hart,
northwestern Taylor and southern Hardin Counties through 500 AM
EST/400 AM CST/...
At 427 AM EST/327 AM CST/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Hodgenville to 12
miles west of Munfordville. Movement was northeast at 50 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...
Hodgenville around 430 AM EST.
Munfordville around 335 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3731 8613 3732 8615 3734 8612 3733 8612
3733 8610 3734 8611 3735 8610 3735 8608
3734 8609 3734 8607 3738 8607 3739 8605
3739 8603 3740 8603 3759 8575 3761 8524
3727 8569
TIME...MOT...LOC 0927Z 246DEG 52KT 3754 8572 3734 8611
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JMLSpecial weather statement, Dec 6, 4:48 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
448 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021
KYZ036-037-040>043-049-061030-
Bourbon KY-Scott KY-Woodford KY-Fayette KY-Nicholas KY-Clark KY-
Harrison KY-
448 AM EST Mon Dec 6 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of east central
Woodford, southeastern Scott, northern Clark, Bourbon, Nicholas,
Fayette and southeastern Harrison Counties through 530 AM EST...
At 447 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Cynthiana to Dunbar High School. Movement
was east at 60 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...
Carlisle around 500 AM EST.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Winchester.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3830 8385 3812 8408 3796 8399 3794 8448
3799 8466 3793 8469 3793 8472 3846 8428
3848 8413 3846 8410 3843 8400 3842 8400
3844 8397 3836 8392 3836 8389 3835 8390
3836 8387 3833 8386 3834 8384
TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 261DEG 54KT 3841 8426 3800 8460
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 7:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 18 min |
| Dec 5, 7:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 15 min |
| Dec 5, 8:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 29 min |
| Dec 5, 8:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 33 min |
| Dec 5, 9:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 30 min |
| Dec 5, 10:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 34 min |
| Dec 5, 11:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Larue | 54 min |
| Dec 6, 1:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion | 26 min |
| Dec 6, 1:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard | 24 min |
| Dec 6, 2:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 28 min |
| Dec 6, 3:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 30 min |
| Dec 6, 4:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 27 min |
| Dec 6, 4:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart, Larue | 33 min |
| Dec 6, 4:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 31 min |
| Dec 6, 5:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer | 32 min |
| Dec 6, 5:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 17 min |
| Dec 6, 5:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 28 min |
| Dec 6, 6:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 26 min |
| Dec 6, 6:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 30 min |
| Dec 6, 7:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland | 24 min |
| Dec 6, 7:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 37 min |
| Dec 6, 7:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 14 min |
| Dec 6, 8:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Dec 6, 10:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Marion | 3 hr |
| Dec 6, 11:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 23 hr |
| Dec 6, 1:11 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Franklin | 32 hr |
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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.