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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

December 6, 2021Clinton County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Dec 6, 2021, 6:46 AM CST for Clinton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 14 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, 6:46 AM CST (12:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 6, 2021, 7:00 AM CST
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Clinton County, KY

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 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.

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

Hodograph

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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

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The text

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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 Dec 6, 6:37 AM CST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 6, 6:37 AM CST, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 6, 2:52 AM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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

Local storm report, Dec 6, 5:30 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 6, 5:45 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Dec 6, 5:53 AM CST, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 6, 6:21 AM CST, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 6, 6:23 AM CST, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 6, 6:46 AM CST, 0 minutes before

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The 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, 6:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland	24 min
Dec 6, 6:23 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton	37 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.