Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
305 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 3 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...
EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NORTHEAST ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER TO JUST SOUTH OF COVINGTON KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM
WAS JUST WEST OF LOUISVILLE.  PEA SIZE HAIL AND 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS WERE
REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY PASSED THROUGH NORTHERN HARRISON
COUNTY OF INDIANA.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING....BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AT 45
MPH INTO TRIMBLE...OLDHAM AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY.

THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING
OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD REMAIN IN A SAFE
INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED.

SHANKLIN

KYZ007-161930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
415 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990

AT 415PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR MAYSVILLE KENTUCKY ON THE OHIO RIVER SOUTHWEST THRU ROBERTSON
HARRISON SCOTT FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH AND WILL
AFFECT FAYETTE COUNTY BEFORE 5PM EDT.
SOME OF THE STORMS IN THI^S LINE HAVE A HISTORY OF STRONG WINDS AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
428 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT...

AT 412 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...
EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN NORTHEAST TO JUST
NORTH OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN LOUISVILLE
AND LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS GUST TO 40 MPH WERE REPORTED
IN THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING....BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AT 45
MPH.
THE HEAVY RAINS WITH THESE STORMS MAY RESULT IN LOCAL FLOODING
IN LOW LYING AREAS. BE ALERT FOR RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND
SMALL RIVERS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS GO INTO
A SAFE INDOgOR SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR UPDATES
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WILSON

KYZ007-162000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
430 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990

THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING THRU PARTS OF
CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AT 430PM EDT RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORMS OVER
ANDERSON AND WOODFORD COUNTIES 15 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON
AND ACROSS BOURBON HARRISON NICHOAS AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES NORTHEAST
OF LEXINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NiEAR 50 MPH AND
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL.

KYZ007-162130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
455PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990

AT 455PM EDT RADAR INDICTED A THUNDERSTORM OVER NICHOLAS AND
BOURBON COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY 20 TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS VERY HEAVY RAIN
AND HAIL AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT NEAR 45 MPH. NUMEROUS OTHER STORMS
WERE OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND EXTENDED FROM FLEMING COUNTY
50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON TO LEXINGTON AND SOUTHWEST TO MERCER
COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING SOUTHEAST WITH INDIVIDUAL
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST.
WINDS OF 36 MPH WERE RECORDED AT BLUE GRASS AIRPORT AT 436PM EDT.

LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990

TIME           EVENT...AFTERNOON OF WED MAY 16

220 PM EDT     PEA SIZE HAIL AND 30-40 MPH WINDS 25 NW LOUISVILLE
               IN NORTHERN HARRISON CO. INDIANA.  REPORTED BY
               SELLERSBURG STATE POLICE.

314 PM EDT     TREE LIMB FELL ON WIRES WHICH WERE THEN PUSHED
               AGAINST A HOME IN THE LOUISVILLE SUBURB OF PLEASURE
               RIDGE PARK.  PEAK GUST OF 45 MPH RECORDED AT THE
               NWS OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE AT 312 PM EDT.

318 PM EDT     40 MPH WINDS 20 NE LOUISVILLE NEAR CRESTWOOD KY...
               OLDHAM CO.  REPORT FROM LAGRANGE STATE POLICE.

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