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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

January 4, 2023Bourbon County, Fayette County, Jessamine County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jan 4, 2023, 5:21 AM EST for Bourbon County, Fayette County, Jessamine 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

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The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2023, 5:21 AM EST (10:21 UTC)
Expired: Jan 4, 2023, 5:45 AM EST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

Counties Bourbon County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Jessamine County, KY

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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 Jan 3, 3:26 PM EST, 13 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:26 PM EST, 13 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 3:55 PM EST, 13 hours 26 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
Jan 4, 4:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	28 min
Jan 4, 5:45 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine, Nicholas, Woodford	4 hr
Jan 4, 8:02 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	3 days
Jan 4, 11:35 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	7 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.