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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2022, 8:00 AM CDT for Simpson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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 6, 2022, 8:00 AM CDT (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2022, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Simpson County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 7:31 AM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 7:31 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Louisville KY 410 AM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-070815- 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 410 AM EDT Sat Aug 6 2022 /310 AM CDT Sat Aug 6 2022/ This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Indiana and Central Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms will be capable of heavy rainfall which can lead to isolated instances of flash flood especially in low-lying areas with poor drainage. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Thunderstorms will continue to be possible through the weekend and into early next week. A few of the stronger storms could produce locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed if water flows over roadways or rivers exceed their banks. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Storms will move roughly from the southwest to the northeast at 5 to 15 mph. Any users of this storm motion must be aware that thunderstorm activity can be erratic and constantly evolving. Please use this with caution and be prepared for changing conditions. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville. ALL/MJ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 8:00 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
800 AM CDT Sat Aug 6 2022
KYZ072-073-061330-
Simpson KY-Allen KY-
800 AM CDT Sat Aug 6 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Simpson
and southwestern Allen Counties through 830 AM CDT...
At 759 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Portland, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern
Simpson and southwestern Allen Counties, including the following
locations... Fleet, New Roe, Black Jack, Schweizer, Clare, Geddes,
Mcelroy Ford, Adolphus, Peden Mill and Alonzo.
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.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8659 3665 8666 3671 8666 3677 8625
3664 8626 3665 8651 3664 8654 3664 8655
3663 8656
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 271DEG 15KT 3665 8654
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
CSGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Clark, Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Casey, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Taylor | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 15 min |
| Aug 6, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 11:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Woodford | 20 min |
| Aug 6, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Woodford | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 14 min |
| Aug 6, 11:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Scott | 19 min |
| Aug 6, 11:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey, Russell | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Adair, Russell | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:12 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Anderson | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Simpson | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 12:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Franklin, Henry, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Edmonson, Hart | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 18 min |
| Aug 6, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Spencer | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Nelson | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Nelson | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson, Spencer | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Cumberland, Metcalfe | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Green, Marion, Taylor, Washington | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Adair, Marion, Taylor | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Casey | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 7:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 104 min |
| Aug 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 60 min |
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