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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2026, 11:10 PM EDT for Oldham County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 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
- Jul 4, 2026, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2026, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Oldham County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 970 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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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WWUS83 KLMK 050310
SPSLMK
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1110 PM EDT Sat Jul 4 2026
KYZ030-031-034-050330-
Jefferson KY-Oldham KY-Shelby KY-
1110 PM EDT Sat Jul 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM...
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY AND NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1130
PM EDT...
At 1110 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Middletown, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Shelbyville, Middletown, Simpsonville, Montclair, Conner, and Todds
Point.
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 3820 8546 3826 8552 3837 8537 3823 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 240DEG 19KT 3824 8544
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Ohio | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Hardin | 21 min |
| Jul 4, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Barren | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Allen | 22 min |
| Jul 4, 11:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Metcalfe | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 11:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Taylor | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 6:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 3 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.