Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Louisville, KY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
255 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009

.SHORT TERM (TDA AND TONIGHT)...

AN UNSETTLED WX PATTERN WILL BEGIN THIS PERIOD AND CONTINUE INTO THE
LONG TERM. A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AMS COVERS OUR WRN FA ATTM AND THIS
INSTABILITY WILL SPREAD EWD TDA ON SW FLO RESULTING IN DEWPOINTS
CLIMBING TO 70/LOWER 70S. SCT TSTMS WERE MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER
SW INDIANA AND MOVG ESE. THESE WILL BE AFFECTING SCNTRL INDIANA/
NCNTRL KY IN THE PREDAWN AND LIKELY INCREASE IN COVERAGE...PROPELLED
BY A MODEST LOW LEVEL JET/WARM AIR/MOIST UNSTABLE ADVECTION. MORE
STORMS WERE DEVELOPING FARTHER UPSTREAM ACRS PARTS OF THE MID MS
VLY...AIDED BY SEWD MOVG UPR LEVEL IMPULSES.

IT APPEARS THAT SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS ALONG WITH VARIABLE CLOUDS WILL
PREVAIL THRU THE PERIOD WITH A SERIES OF SUBTLE UPR LEVEL TROFS
WORKING WITH AN UNSTABLE AMS AND AMPLE MOISTURE FOR MCS DEVELOPMENT
AND MOVEMENT INTO OUR FA. SEVERITY OF STORMS IN QUESTION WITH
LIMITED/DECREASING WIND SHEAR THRU THE PERIOD. BEST CHC FOR SEVERE
STORMS APPEARS TO BE LATE AFTN/EVE TDA/TNGT ASSOCIATED WITH
INCREASING FUEL/HEATING. SPC FCSTS EQUAL CHCS FOR LARGE
HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS.

MUCH PREFER NAM MOS TEMPS TDA...CANT SEE LOWER 90 READINGS UNDER A
MIX OF SUN/CLOUDS WITH SCT STORMS.

.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...

A SHIFT IN THE JET STREAM WILL BRING VERY WARM AND MUGGY WEATHER FOR
THE WEEKEND. BY SATURDAY HIGHS WILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID
90S...TEMPERATURES NOT SEEN SINCE LATE JUNE.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...

PRIOR TO THE WELL ADVERTISED PATTERN CHANGE FOR THIS
WEEKEND...NORTHWEST MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE GREAT
LAKES AND THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE
UPPER MIDWEST EARLY WEDNESDAY WILL HAVE BROUGHT DISTINCTLY COOLER
AND DRIER AIR TO THE GREAT LAKES. HOWEVER THE COLD FRONT SOUTH OF
THIS AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO HANG UP ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
OHIO WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN THERE BEFORE BEGINNING TO MOVE BACK NORTH
AS A WARM FRONT LATE THURSDAY.

FORECAST MODELS ARE IN CONSENSUS SHOWING WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS
BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH WITH DEWPOINTS
HOVERING IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70. PRECIPITATION CHANCES BOTH
DAYS WILL DEPEND ON LOCAL MESOSCALE FEATURES SUCH AS CLOUD COVER AND
BOUNDARIES ASSOCIATED WITH NEARBY CONVECTION.

BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS SHOW SUBSTANTIAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY EARLY
WEDNESDAY AND SCATTERED THUNDER IS VERY POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. THE AREAL EXTENT OF CLOUD COVER WEDNESDAY WILL HAVE A
MAJOR ROLE IN TEMPERATURES AND AFTERNOON SURFACE BASED
INSTABILITY.

BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF HINT AT A NOCTURNAL CONVECTIVE COMPLEX
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY OR IOWA LATE WEDNESDAY
ALONG AN ELEVATED BAROCLINIC ZONE AT THE NOSE OF AN 850MB JET. THIS
AREA WILL TEND TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND MAY BRING THUNDERSTORMS INTO
THE LOCAL AREA BY THURSDAY. WILL CONTINUE CURRENT FORECAST WHICH
MENTIONS A CHANCE OF THUNDER BOTH DAYS.

HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S EACH
DAY...WITH WARMISH OVERNIGHT LOWS FALLING TO AROUND 70 EACH
NIGHT.

FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

ECMWF AND THE GFS AGREE ON THE OVERALL EVOLUTION OF THE 500MB
PATTERN. THE CENTER OF THE 500MB RIDGE IS FORECAST TO MIGRATE FROM
ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS EARLY FRIDAY TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES BY
EARLY SATURDAY. THIS EASTWARD SHIFT WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO A
SEASONALLY STRONG TROUGH MIGRATING EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST SATURDAY. CORRESPONDINGLY...925MB TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO
WARM FROM AROUND 23C TO 28C FOR THIS PERIOD. DESPITE HUMID
CONDITIONS AND SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW...CONVECTION WILL BE
ISOLATED AT BEST DUE TO PROXIMITY OF THE RIDGE AXIS AND WARM
TEMPERATURES ALOFT. WILL KEEP POPS OUT THE THE WEEKEND FORECAST.

BASED ON FORECAST 925MB TEMPERATURES AND 500MB HEIGHTS...FEEL THAT
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAYS IN THIS STRETCH...WITH
HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S.

&&

.AVIATION (04/06Z TAFS)...

GENERALLY VFR THRU THE PERIOD WITH IFR TO MVFR CONDS POSSIBLE UNDER
THE CORE OF TSTMS.

WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA
OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING FOR A MOIST SLY RETURN FLO. NEW CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT NOTED OVER ERN IL/SW INDIANA. SHOWERS/STORMS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP/EXPAND TO THE SE AND AFFECT NCNTRL KY NEAR SDF
BY DAWN AND POSSIBLY LEX AND BWG SHORTLY THEREAFTER. TIMING AND
COVERAGE IN DOUBT...WILL GO WITH VCNTY AND MONITOR MOVEMENT/
DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS TOWARD MORNING AND AMEND AS NEEDED.

THE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE AGGRESSIVE AT DEVELOPING ANOTHER
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OF STORMS TO OUR NW DURING THE AFTERNOON WHICH
WILL LIKELY HAVE AVIATION IMPACTS AT ALL THE TERMINALS FOR A TIME
LATE TUE AFTN/EVENING.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...DK
LONG TERM....JSD
AVIATION.....11

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
430 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-050830-
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-
430 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009 /330 AM CDT TUE AUG 4 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES OUR REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS
INSTABILITY INCREASES. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS...IN ADDITION TO CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY.

DK/JSD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
550 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009

KYZ030-031-033-034-041015-
HENRY-JEFFERSON-OLDHAM-SHELBY-
550 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009

...MARBLE SIZE HAIL...

AT 545 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PROSPECT...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...AND SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LA GRANGE AROUND 610 AM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...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.

&&

KIRKPATRICK

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
552 AM EDT TUE AUG 04 2009

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

0545 AM     HAIL             2 E PROSPECT            38.35N  85.57W
08/04/2009  E0.75 INCH       OLDHAM             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MARBLE SIZED HAIL JUST EAST OF PROSPECT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK0900017

JSD