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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Dec 6, 2021, 6:21 AM CST for Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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, 6:21 AM CST (12:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 6, 2021, 6:45 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Cumberland County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:20 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 509 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 600 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS83 KLMK 061221
SPSLMK
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
621 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021
KYZ076>078-081-082-061245-
Russell KY-Metcalfe KY-Cumberland KY-Adair KY-Clinton KY-
621 AM CST Mon Dec 6 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Clinton,
southern Russell, northern Cumberland, southeastern Metcalfe and
south central Adair Counties through 645 AM CST...
At 621 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Burkesville, moving east at 85 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southern Russell,
southeastern Metcalfe, northern Cumberland, south central Adair and
northern Clinton Counties, including the following locations...
Desda, Cundiff, Ida, Ellington, Grider, Seventy Six, Decide, Aaron,
Ono and Ribbon.
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.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Louisville.
&&
LAT...LON 3692 8553 3701 8487 3700 8484 3695 8491
3696 8493 3696 8495 3692 8496 3686 8506
3683 8506 3681 8503 3677 8501 3674 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 1221Z 263DEG 73KT 3685 8543
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
MJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 6:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 18 min |
| Dec 5, 6:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson | 15 min |
| Dec 5, 7:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart | 29 min |
| Dec 5, 7:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green | 33 min |
| Dec 5, 8:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 30 min |
| Dec 5, 9:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Grayson | 34 min |
| Dec 5, 10:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Larue | 54 min |
| Dec 6, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Marion | 26 min |
| Dec 6, 12:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle, Garrard | 24 min |
| Dec 6, 1:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hancock | 28 min |
| Dec 6, 2:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Henry, Shelby | 30 min |
| Dec 6, 3:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Fayette, Scott, Woodford | 27 min |
| Dec 6, 3:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hart, Larue | 33 min |
| Dec 6, 3:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas | 42 min |
| Dec 6, 3:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Marion | 31 min |
| Dec 6, 4:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer | 32 min |
| Dec 6, 4:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 17 min |
| Dec 6, 4:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 28 min |
| Dec 6, 5:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 26 min |
| Dec 6, 5:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Warren | 30 min |
| Dec 6, 6:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 37 min |
| Dec 6, 6:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Clinton | 14 min |
| Dec 6, 7:42 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Dec 6, 9:36 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Boyle, Garrard, Marion | 3 hr |
| Dec 6, 10:54 AM CST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon | 23 hr |
| Dec 6, 12:11 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | LMK | Franklin | 32 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.