Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY

KYZ004-009-INZ013-015-211500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1020 AM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

...FOG AND RAIN CREATING POOR VISIBILITY THIS MORNING...

AT 1015 AM EST...RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COMBINED WITH FOG WERE
REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

THE RAIN WILL END IN THE LOUISVILLE AREA BY NOON BUT CONTINUE IN THE
SOMERSET AND LONDON AREAS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH MIDDAY WILL
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.  BE AWARE OF SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY
AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IF YOU ARE TRAVELING LATE THIS MORNING.

D. KIRKPATRICK

KYZ009-212000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1250 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST INTO PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 200 PM EST.

SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.  A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES.

BE AWARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON.

D. KIRKPATRICK

KYZ004-INZ013-015-212030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
210 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TIL 7 PM EST.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE.
AT 2 PM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
HENRYVILLE IN NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY INDIANA SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF
HARDINSBURG IN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY KENTUCKY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE FROM
SALEM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY INDIANA TO ENGLISH IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT NEAR 50 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LOUISVILLE BETWEEN 230 AND
300 PM EST.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES...MOVE INSIDE TO SECURE SHELTER AT ONCE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

FUNK

KYZ007-212100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
255 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
UNTIL 7 PM EST...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 250 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
SHOWERS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF LEXINGTON.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KENTUCKY...FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE
...SOUTHWEST THROUGH LOUISVILLE TO WEST OF BOWLING GREEN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AROUND 45
MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE NEAR OR APPROACHING FRANKFORT...
LAWRENCEBURG AND HARRODSBURG BY 4 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH
THESE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT AS CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT.

HEAVY RAINS...ON TOP OF THE SOAKING RAINS THIS MORNING...WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING.

IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SEEK SAFE
INDOOR SHELTER.

IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR A LOW-LYING OR FLOOD-PRONE AREA...CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WATER LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON. IF CONDITIONS BECOMING THREATENING
...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

KERR

KYZ007-212200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
325 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
UNTIL 7 PM EST...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 320 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LEXINGTON...JUST SOUTH OF FRANKFORT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING RAPIDLY TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST TO THE WEST OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM AROUND CINCINNATI SOUTHWEST TO
NEAR BARDSTOWN...CONTINUING SOUTHWEST.

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH GEORGETOWN...VERSAILLES AND
LAWRENCEBURG BY 4 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN AND
AROUND FRANKFORT.

DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH
THESE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT AS CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT.

HEAVY RAINS...ON TOP OF THE SOAKING RAINS THIS MORNING...WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING.

IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SEEK SAFE
INDOOR SHELTER.

IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR A LOW-LYING OR FLOOD-PRONE AREA...CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WATER LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON. IF CONDITIONS BECOMING THREATENING
...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

KERR

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
415 PM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

TIME            REPORT/LOCATION

230 PM EST      MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WESTERN LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
                REPORT RECEIVED FROM OFF DUTY NWS ENPLOYEE.

235 PM EST      GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR ROUGH RIVER IN BRECKINRIDGE
                COUNTY...40 MILES WEST OF SDF.

238 PM EST      3/4 INCH HAIL AT THE FORECAST OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE.

245 PM EST      MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN RADCLIFF AND VINE GROVE IN NORTHER
                HARDIN COUNTY...20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SDF.

247 PM EST      FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN ELIZABETH IN SOUTHERN
                HARRISON COUNTY INDIANA...20 MILES WEST OF SDF.
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300 PM EST      50 TO 60 MPH WIND AND PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY OFF
                DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE IN EASTERN
                JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY...5 MILES EAST OF SDF.

305 PM EST     PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN OLDHAM COUNTY...15 MILES
               NORTHEAST OF SDF.

307 PM EST    FROM A HAM OPERATOR...60 MPH WIND AND PEA SIZE HAIL
              REPORTED IN BARDSTOWN IN NELSON COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTH
              SDF.

320 PM EST    FROM RESCUE DISPAtTCH IN NELSON COUNTY...POWER LINES WERE
              BLOWN DOWN IN BARDSTOWN...25 MILES SOUTH OF SDF.

350 PM EST    1/4 INCH HAIL IN HODGENVILLE...30 MILES SOUTH OF
              SDF.  REPORT FROM HAM OPERATOR.