Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Louisville, KY

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WWUS53 KLMK 112138
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
537 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

INC123-112200-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-070411T2200Z/
PERRY IN-
437 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR PERRY COUNTY...

AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO PENNY SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR DEXTER...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
ROCKPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3802 8680 3787 8667 3807 8645 3817 8648
      3825 8660

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000 
WWUS53 KLMK 112150
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
549 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

INC123-112159-
/O.CAN.KLMK.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-070411T2200Z/
PERRY IN-
449 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE 
WEST OF THE AREA.  

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3802 8680 3787 8667 3807 8645 3817 8648
      3825 8660

$$
SULLIVAN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
315 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

.SHORT TERM (TNGT AND THU)...

FOCUS ON LATE AFTN/EVE STORMS. CURRENT STORMS WILL NOT LIKELY BE
BOXED ACRS OUR FA...NO MCD/WORD FROM SPC UP TO NOW...HOWEVER BKN
LINE FORMING FROM CNTRL IL INTO SRN IL TO NEAR PAH MAY BE BOXED
LATER PER MCD DISCUSSION 457.

UPR LO/NEG TILT TROF EXTENDING FROM SERN IA INTO THE LOWER OH VLY
ATTM WITH LOW TOPPED CONVECTION DEVELOPING IN DRY SLOT AHEAD OF
OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDING FROM WRN IL 990 LO INTO FAR WKY. STEEP
LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES/LIFTED INDICES OF -6 AND CAPES OF 500-1000
J/KG UPSTREAM IN WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF BNDRY. BNDRY FCST TO MOVE THRU
SDF AND BWG BY ARND 00Z AND LEX ARND 02Z. NMRS TSTMS OVER OUR FA
ATTM IN AREA OF DEEP ASCENT FUELED BY APPROACHING 100KT JET STREAK
(LEFT EXIT REGION) APPROACHING ATTM. WIND FIELDS STRONG AT ALL
LEVELS AND INCREASING. MODE OF CNVCTN SHUD BE MULTICELL LINEAR WITH
PERHAPS A FEW SUPERCELLS WITH WIND/HAIL AS PRIMARY THREATS. TORNADO
THREAT NOW APPEARS TO BE N OF OUR FA...ALONG NWD MOVG WMFNT.

NAM-WRF INDICATE SVR THREAT SHUD BE OVER BY ARND 01Z FOR SDF AND 03Z
FOR LEX. STORMS ACRS OUR FA ATTM...WELL ADVERTISED...WITH MORE
STORMS PROGGED TO DEVELOP ALONG OCCLUDED FRONT THIS EVE...MAINLY
ACRS OUR NRN FA. A WATCH MAY ACCOMPANY THESE.

CURRENT FCST LOOKS GOOD WITH NMRS STORMS LATE THIS
AFTN/EVE...BECOMING SCT SHWRS AFTER FROPA. LOW CLOUDS WILL THEN
PREVAIL PRIMARILY ACRS OUR NRN FA THRU THU AS UPR LO MOVES ACRS THE
LOWER GREAT LAKES AND SFC WINDS BECOME WLY. FEWER CLOUDS EXPECTED S
AND W CWA THU.

MOS TEMPS IN LINE WITH CURRENT FCST...NO CHANGES.

KIRKPATRICK

.LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...

THE LONGER TERM WILL START OUT ON A QUITE NOTE WEATHERWISE AS A
LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY FRIDAY. THEN TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT ALL OR PARTS
OF THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE LONG TERM.

THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST CONSISTENT MODEL AND WILL LEAN
MORE TOWARD THE THIS SOLUTION FOR THE EXTENDED.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...
THE HIGH WILL KEEP SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY THURSDAY
NIGHT. HOWEVER AS THE HIGH MOVES TO THE EAST CLOUDS WILL INCREASE.

THE FIRST SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE ON FRIDAY
AND MOVE EAST WESTERN TENNESSEE FRIDAY NIGHT. A BRISK SOUTHERLY FLOW
AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL DRAW MOISTURE  NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE INCREASE OVER THE
AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES EAST. THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST
ACROSS TENNESSEE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. WILL KEEP PROBABILITIES IN
THE LIKELY CATEGORY FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOST OF SATURDAY. THE AIR
BECOMES A LITTLE MORE UNSTABLE ON SATURDAY AND WILL ADD A CHANCE OF
THUNDER.

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE LOW WILL MOVE EAST AND SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH FROM THE WEST
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE EAST OF THE
AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY WITH CLOUDS DECREASING AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.

MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST AND WINDS-UP INTO A
EAST COAST STORM....THE UPPER RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...KEEPING DRY WEATHER OVER THE AREA
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER
RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH BEGINS TO MOVE TO THE EAST.

THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE AREAS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND TRACK EAST THROUGH THE GULF COAST STATES. RAIN
WILL SPREAD NORTH OF THE LOW INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF KENTUCKY.
WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY BUT WILL LEAVE THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS
OF THE FORECAST AREA DRY FOR NOW. THE CURRENT TRACK FOR THIS LOW
WILL TAKE TO FARTHER TO THE SOUTH THAN THE THE ONE COMING THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WITH THE LOW STAYING FARTHER
SOUTH...THE AIR WILL BE MORE STABLE AND WILL NOT MENTION ANY
THUNDER. ALSO TEMPERATURES WILL STAY WELL ABOVE FREEZING SO THAT ALL
PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN.

SCHOLZ

.AVIATION (18Z TAFS)...

TSTMS REDEVELOPING OVER OUR WRN FA ATTM...INCLUDING OVER BWG AS
DESTABILIZATION CONTS. CAPES UP TO 400 J/KG IN STRONGLY SHEARED
ENVIRONMENT. EXPECT NUMEROUS STORMS OVER ALL TAFS SITES THRU ABOUT
02Z TIL FRONT PASSES WITH NUMEROUS MVFR CIGS AND ISOLD IFR VSBYS.
STRONG GRADIENT WINDS WILL CONT WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 FROM THE
SW...DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT TNGT AND INCREASING/VEERING TO WEST THU.
AFTER STORMS THIS AFTN/EVE...EXPECT POST FRONTAL MVFR CIGS AS UPR LO
TRACKS ACRS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES.

DK

&&

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
400 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-120830-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
400 PM EDT (300 PM CDT) WED APR 11 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS
COULD BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND
LIMITED INSTABILITY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT
WITH LARGE HAIL A LESSER THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED
OUT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THREAT FOR STORMS
IS FORECAST TO MOVE EAST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BY AROUND 9 PM EDT.

OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS...GRADIENT WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND
GUSTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AS LOW PRESSURE
MOVES EAST ACROSS TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA WILL BE NORTH OF THE LOW...THE AIR WILL BECOME
UNSTABLE ENOUGH THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING
THE DAY SATURDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE
FORECAST FOR ANY UPDATES.

DK/MBS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
326 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

INZ090-091-KYZ025-030-112000-
FLOYD-HARRISON-JEFFERSON-MEADE-
326 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...

AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CORYDON TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
BRANDENBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF
AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR VALLEY STATION BY 340 PM EDT.
  NEAR NEW ALBANY BY 345 PM EDT.
  NEAR LOUISVILLE BY 350 PM EDT.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 10 AND 28.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
402 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

INZ078-079-092-112045-
CLARK-JEFFERSON-SCOTT-
402 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

...PONDING OF WATER FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE
65...MAINLY NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS INCLUDE
SCOTTSBURG...CHARLESTOWN...MADISON...AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE
INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...AND GUSTY
WINDS OF AROUND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS.

FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL AND CURRENT SHOWERS AND STORMS...EXPECT
PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS ACROSS CLARK...SCOTT AND
JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN INDIANA. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN IF
ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE
INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
414 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

KYZ075>077-081-112045-
ADAIR-CUMBERLAND-METCALFE-MONROE-
314 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN MONROE AND METCALFE
COUNTIES...AND MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...BEAUMONT...AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
445 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 AM     LIGHTNING        BOWLING GREEN           36.97N 86.44W
04/11/2007                   WARREN             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            INDIVIDUAL STRUCK AND IN STABLE CONDITION AT LOCAL
            HOSPITAL.

&&

LDATTI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
515 PM EDT WED APR 11 2007

INZ089-KYZ023-024-112145-
BRECKINRIDGE-HANCOCK-PERRY-
415 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...

AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF
CANNELTON TO HAWESVILLE TO WHITESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE
INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA
OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 50 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE TELL CITY...AND SURROUNDING
LOCATIONS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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