Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1140 PM CST TUE MAR 11 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN FAR WEST KENTUCKY...

AT 11 30 PM CENTRAL TIME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER
FAR WEST KENTUCKY FROM NEAR MAYFIELD SOUTHWEST THROUGH HICKMAN IN
FULTON COUNTY THEN SOUTH INTO TENNESSEE. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. MARBLE SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED
BY STATE POLICE IN MAYFIELD FROM THESE STORMS.

TO THE SOUTH IN TENNESSEE HAIL THE SIZE OF GULF BALLS HAS BEEN
OBSERVED. THESE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND
VERY STRONG STORMS IN TENNESSEE WILL LIKELY BE MOVING NORTH INTO
KENTUCKY BEFORE 2 AM CENTRAL TIME.

PERSONS IN WEST KENTUCKY ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING.
SCHOLZ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
420 AM EST WED MAR 12 1986

   STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH KENTUCKY

AT 4AM EST..3AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE
HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND DANGAEROUS LIGHTENING OVER WEST KENTUCKY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUHLENBURG..OHIO..
LOGAN..BUTLER AND TODD COUNTIES OF SOUTHCENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 330 AM
CST THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND RAIN HAD
SPREAD AS FAR EAST AS LEXINGTON.  TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE
40S AND THE WIND WAS FROM THE EAST AT 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH
HIGHER GUSTS IN THE THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS IN WEST KENT$UCKY ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING.
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THE REMAINDER OF KENTUCKY CAN EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATER THIS MORNING.

KLEIN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  AND  KENTUCKY WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
520 AM EST WED MAR 12 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS FOR MUCH OF KENTUCKY TODAY...

FOR THE SECOND DAY THIS WEEK SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS
WEST KENTUCKY. THE STORMS MOVED INTO AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WERE MOVING
EAST INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND WARNINGS
WERE ISSUED FOR SEVERAL SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY COUNTIES DURING THE NIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY AND SOME OF THE
STORMS OF THE WEST HALF OF THE STATE MAY BECOME SEVERE. HEAVY RAINS
WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AND SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RISE
TO NEAR BANKFUL. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS IS ALSO LIKELY.

THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A WARM
FRONT THAT WAS MOVING NORTH INTO TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT
WILL MOVE NORTH INTO KENTUCKY TODAY..BRINGING MILD BUT WET WEATHER
TO THE COMMONWEATH. THE RAIN WILL DIMINISH SOME OVER THE WEST TONIGHT
AND THURSDAY BUT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST INTO
TOMORROW.

PERSONS OVER WEST KENTUCKY..PARTICULARLY OVER THE WEST HALF OF THE
STATE..ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALEART TO THIS WEATHER SITUATION TODAY.
STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR AND HEAVY RAINS
MAY PRODUCE RAPID RISES ON STREAMS AND CREEKS OVER THE WERST HALF OF
THE STATE.

SCHOLZ