Tornado Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1010 AM EST SUN FEB 21 1993

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE OVER KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...

VERY MILD MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL SURGE NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF
KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PROVIDE FUEL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST THIRD
OF THE STATE.

BE ALERT TO WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS AFTERNOON. AN INTENSE PRE-SPRING
STORM MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING COULD CAUSE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER KENTUCKY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE INTO THE SPRINGLIKE
60S OVER THE SOUTH.

REITMEYER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
1015 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 LATE THIS MORNING.

D. KIRKPATRICK

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