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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

May 26, 2022Cumberland County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2022, 2:08 PM CDT for Cumberland County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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: May 26, 2022, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2022, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Cumberland County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 May 26, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 2:57 AM CDT, 11 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 2:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
208 PM CDT Thu May 26 2022

KYZ075-081-082-261945-
Monroe KY-Cumberland KY-Clinton KY-
208 PM CDT Thu May 26 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of western Clinton,
southeastern Monroe and Cumberland Counties through 245 PM CDT...

At 207 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Celina, moving northeast at 45 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...
  Burkesville.

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 3662 8561 3693 8540 3677 8512 3663 8525
      3661 8548
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 214DEG 45KT 3653 8550

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

BJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	41 min
May 26, 11:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Oldham, Trimble	92 min
May 26, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	34 min
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	3 hr
May 26, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	26 min
May 26, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair	33 min
May 26, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	31 min
May 26, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Russell	21 min
May 26, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	33 min
May 26, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	28 min
May 26, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon, Nicholas	33 min
May 26, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison	31 min
May 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Garrard, Lincoln	27 min
May 26, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison	29 min
May 26, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas	26 min
May 26, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Madison	26 min
May 26, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Madison	24 min
May 26, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Nicholas	14 min
May 26, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	3 hr
May 26, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark	19 min
May 26, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas	3 hr
May 26, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	28 min
May 26, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	35 min
May 26, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	26 min
May 26, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Perry	34 min
May 26, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	16 min
May 26, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	32 min
May 26, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	31 min
May 26, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	31 min
May 26, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	37 min
May 26, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	12 min

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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.