Tornado Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
415 PM EDT THU MAY 14 1987

MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS IN PLACE OVER KENTUCKY AND INDIANA
THIS AFTERNOON...COUPLED WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S.

AS A RESULT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...
FROM PADUCAH TO JUST EAST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.

A 75 MILE WIDE AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL STRETCH FROM MARION
ILLINOIS TO SEYMOUR INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 30 MPH AND WERE INCREASING IN BOTH INTENSITY AND NUMBER.

ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE
LAKE CUMBERLAND AREA.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON
HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. PERSONS SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO SEEK INDOOR SHELTER SHOULD STORMS THREATEN AND
CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE POSSIBLE
ISSUANCE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM CDT...9 PM @EDT.
THIS WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES EAST OF
DETROIT MICHIGAN.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM EDT THU MAY 14 1987

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING OVER ARKANSAS NORTHEAST THROUGH
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND
WESTERN KENTUCKY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THIS BAND OF STORMS IS
ABOUT 75 MILES WIDE...WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY AT 5 PM EDT OVER
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

STRONG STORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA AND 10
MILES NORTH OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS
THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE LAKE
CUMBERLAND AREA.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE
AS THESE STORMS PASS OVER URBAN AREAS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL.
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THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. PERSONS SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO SEEK INDOOR SHELTER SHOULD STORMS THREATEN AND
CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
UPDATES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OFg
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM CDT...9 PM EDT.
THIS WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES EAST OF
DETROIT MICHIGAN.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
600 PM EDT THU MAY 14 1987

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE OCCURRING NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI OVER THE BOOTHEEL...
AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF HARRISBURG ILLINOIS...AROUND 35 MILES TO THE
NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH. THESE STORMS STRETCH NORTHEAST INTO THE
EVANSVILLE AREA MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE LAKE CUMBERLAND AREA OF
SOUTHCENTRAL KENTUCKY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL
HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATHS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO SEEK INDOOR SHELTER.
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THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. PERSONS SHOULD
CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
UPDATES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF
EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM CDT...9 PM EDT.
THIS WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS TO 10 MILES EAST OF
DETROIT MICHIGAN.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
805 PM EDT THU MAY 14 1987

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN
AREA. AT 8 PM EDT THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM
DEPUTY INDIANA...LOCATED 37 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE SOUTHWESTWARD
INTO PAOLI INDIANA...LOCATED 41 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS
OF RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL AS
THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED TO THE SELLERSBURG INDIANA STATE POLICE
POST NEAR DEPUTY INDIANA AT 8 PM EDT...37 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE.

PERSON$S IN THE PATHS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE STORM WARNINGS.
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