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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

August 4, 2022Crawford County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2022, 2:49 PM EDT for Crawford County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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: Aug 4, 2022, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2022, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Crawford County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 247 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: 169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 4, 1:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 3:56 AM EDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
249 PM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

INZ076-077-084-041915-
Crawford IN-Orange IN-Washington IN-
249 PM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Crawford,
southeastern Orange and southwestern Washington Counties through 315
PM EDT...

At 248 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
English, moving northeast at 20 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...
  English.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3845 8618 3842 8623 3842 8626 3841 8626
      3841 8625 3824 8651 3828 8662 3853 8643
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 208DEG 19KT 3828 8656

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 4, 2:38 PM EDT	Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	29 hr
Aug 4, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	24 min
Aug 4, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette	23 min
Aug 4, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine	30 min
Aug 4, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette	31 min
Aug 4, 2:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Crawford, Orange, Perry	2 hr
Aug 4, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	33 min
Aug 4, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	24 min
Aug 4, 5:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Dubois, Perry	3 hr

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Sources

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