Tornado Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
715 AM EST WED MAR 12 1986

...SOME HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
AT 7 AM THERE WERE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAYETTE
SCOTT AND HARRISON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE STORM WILL BE
MOVING   INTO BOURBON NICHOLAS AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES BY 730 AM EST.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 45 MPH AND SOME WILL CONTAIN
HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND.

LOCAL STORM REPORT             ...PRELIMINARY REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
725 AM EST WED MAR 12 1986

TIME            EVENT

1230 AM EST     MARBLE SIZE HAIL..1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER..REPORTED AT
                MAYFIELD BY KENTUCKY STATE POLICE.

410 AM EST     HOUSE TRAILER OVERTURNED IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY BY
               STRONG WINDS. ONE INJURY.

410 AM EST     GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN TODD COUNTY.

515 AM EST     ELIZABETHTOWN STATE POLICE POST REPORTED A PORCH
               TORN AWAY FROM HOUSE IN LEITCHFIELD..GRAYSON COUNTY.

540 AM EST     POSSIBLE TORNADO AT EASTVIEW...LOCATED 38 MILES SSW
               OF LOUISVILLE IN HARDIN COUNTY. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED
               20 MILES WEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN.
540 AM EST      GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL..1 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER..REPORTED
                IN HARDIN COUNTY.

610 AM EST      65 MILE PER HOUR WINDS REPORTED AT BARDSTOWN IN NELSON
                COUNTY.

625 AM EST      PEA SIZE HAIL..1/4 INCH IN DIAMETER..REPORTED AT
                FRANKFORT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

625 AM EST      A HOUSE TRAILER WAS DESTROYED BY STRONG WINDS IN
                MT. EDEN..26 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON IN SPENCER
                COUNTY. TRAILER WAS VACANT. TRAILER WAS MOVED INTO
                MIDDLE OF ROAD AND RIPPED TO PIECES. WITNESS TO THE
                INCIDENT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD ROAR.

625 AM EST      PEA SIZE HAIL.. 1/4 INCH IN DIAMETER.. 1 MILE NORTH
                OF SHELBYVILLE.

630 AM EST      HAIL..3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER..REPORTED IN SHELBY
                COUNTY.

650 AM EST      COLUMBIA KENTUCKY STATE POLICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE
                HAIL..1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER..AND GUSTY WINDS IN
                COLUMBIA..ADAIR COUNTY.

650 AM  EST     SEVENTEEN MILES WEST OF CAMPBELLSVILLE..IN TAYLOR
                COUNTY ON HIGHWAY 210..WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MILES AN
                HOUR BLEW A GARAGE INTO THE ROAD. TREE AND LIMB
                DEBRIS WERE SCATTERED OVER AREA.

POOLE