Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Louisville, KY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND KENTUCKY WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1050 AM EDT WED MAY 14 1986

THUNDERSTORMS BRING MUCH NEEDED RAIN TO KENTUCKY

SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING
BROUGHT MUCH NEEDED RAIN TO THE BLUEGRASS STATE.  THIS LATEST ROUND
OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS THE MOST WIDESPREAD OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.
WHILE IT CERTAINLY WAS BENIFICIAL..SOME AREAS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
REMAIN VERY DRY.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY TO HELP MAKE UP THIS DEFICIT.
IN FACT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THE
ATMOSPHERE HEATS UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS.

THE WET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS WARM..MOIST AIR
REMAINS OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY.  WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THIS AIRMASS TOUCHING OFF PERIODS OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.

KLEIND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
3 PM EDT WED MAY 14 1986

     ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 255 PM EDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
KENTUCKY INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON
IN SOUTHWEST ANDERSON COUNTY..AND 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON IN
SOUTHWEST MERCER COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND
WILL CROSS ANDERSON AND MERCER COUNTIES BETWEEN 3 PM AND 4 PM EDT
THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...ESPECIALLY IN ANDERSON AND MERCER
COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPRAOCH.
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