Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Louisville, KY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1145 AM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

...HOT VERY HUMID WEATHER WILL CREATE DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON...

HOT AND VERY HUMID WEATHER WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON OVER MOST OF KENTUCKY
AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES...HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S OVER FAR EAST KENTUCKY TO 90 TO 95 ELSEWHERE.
IN ADDITION...PLENTIFUL MOISTURE IN THE AIR WILL CREATE HIGH HUMIDITY.
AS A RESULT...HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 110 OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF KENTUCKY...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND WEST
SECTIONS.

THE HEAT INDEX IS A MEASURE OF THE APPARENT TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR
CONSIDERING BOTH ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY.

THESE HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE DANGEROUS THIS AFTERNOON. ALL PERSONS
SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. REDUCE OUTSIDE ACTIVITY AND TAKE FREQUENT
BREAKS IF YOU MUST WORK OUTSIDE. IF POSSIBLE...STAY INDOORS WHERE AIR
CONDITIONING OR A FAN CAN PROVIDE RELIEF. CHECK ON THE VERY YOUNG AND THE
ELDERLY IF POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES...ESPECIALLY
WATER.

SOME RELIEF TO THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

FUNK

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
345 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

TIME                 EVENT

830AM EDT            LARGE HAIL...LEXINGTON, FAYETTE COUNTY REPORTED
                     BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
500 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 500 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH OF
LAWRENCEBURG...15 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON...TO JUST NORTH OF HARRODSBURG
...25  MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUS2TY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. IF THESE STORMS SHOULD APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER
INSIDE AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

RIECK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
510 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL
   INDIANA...

AT 5 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY
SOUTH OF HARDINSBURG...50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS
WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AS THEY MOVED
EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF ORANGE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA.

THROUGH 7 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO HARDIN COUNTY...
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF SUMMIT AND CECILIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE NOT BEEN SEVERE...BUT THEY WILL GENERATE HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY PASS.

TO THE NORTH OTHER STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO ORANGE AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING ENGLISH...PAOLI AND
FRENCH LICK.

IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THEY
PASS. RESPECT EVERY THUNDERSTORM...LIGHTNING IS A KILLER.

REITMEYER