Severe Thunderstorm Warning 393, NWS Louisville, KY

062 
WWUS53 KLMK 301942
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
342 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011

KYC151-302000-
/O.CON.KLMK.SV.W.0393.000000T0000Z-110730T2000Z/
MADISON KY-
342 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR MADISON COUNTY...

AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND...MOVING SOUTH
AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL NEAR 
REDHOUSE AND NORTH OF RICHMOND. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  REDHOUSE
  RICHMOND...
  CALEAST AND PEYTONTOWN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3757 8437 3783 8445 3788 8426 3787 8425
      3766 8411
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 359DEG 8KT 3773 8431
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN

$$

JDG

793 
WWUS53 KLMK 301956
SVSLMK

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
356 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011

KYC151-302006-
/O.EXP.KLMK.SV.W.0393.000000T0000Z-110730T2000Z/
MADISON KY-
356 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MADISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM EDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER
SEVERE. HOWEVER STRONG STORMS REMAIN IN THE AREA. THESE ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...
WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3757 8437 3783 8445 3788 8426 3787 8425
      3766 8411
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 359DEG 8KT 3769 8431

$$

MJ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
256 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY)...

CONVECTION OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES WITH MAINLY SLOW
MOVING T-STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  12Z SOUNDINGS FROM
ILN/BNA REVEAL A VERY MOIST ATMOS WITH DEEP WARM CLOUD LAYER AND
PWATS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES SUPPORTING THIS HEAVY RAINFALL.
ACCORDING TO THE 15Z HRRR...THIS CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATING OR BECOMING VERY ISLD IN
NATURE WITH LOSS OF DAY TIME HEATING.  ONE MORE UPPER LEVEL WAVE
LOOKS TO PASS THROUGH OVERNIGHT WITH THE SFC BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL
KY PUSHING SOUTH INTO TENNESSEE.  THEREFORE WILL KEEP A 20 POP IN
OVERNIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA.

FOR SUNDAY...THE BOUNDARY SHOULD BE SETTLED JUST TO OUR SOUTH.
SOUTH CENTRAL KY MAY BE CLOSE ENOUGH STILL TO GET SOME ISLD
CONVECTION ACROSS ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING.  ALSO...SUNDAY MORNING
WE COULD SEE SOME PATCHY FOG WITH VERY LIGHT OR CALM WINDS AND MOIST
LOW LEVELS FROM RAINS THIS AFTERNOON.  A LIMITING FACTOR MAY BE SOME
UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS STICKING AROUND OVERNIGHT FROM CONVECTION.
HOWEVER...THINK THAT THERE/S STILL A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE AT SOME
LIGHT PATCHY FOG SO WILL INCLUDE IN THE GRIDS.

AS FOR TEMPS...TONIGHT/S LOWS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN LAST
NIGHT IN THE LOW TO MID 70S FOR THE MOST PART.  WE SHOULD SEE MORE
SUNSHINE FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THAN WE DID TODAY SO WILL BE A BIT
WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S FOR SUNDAY.

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT - SATURDAY)...

WELL...THE MAIN STORY OF THE FCST IS OF COURSE THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY
...WITH THE SECONDARY STORY BEING A COLD FRONT MOVING INT OT HE AREA
AT THE END OF THE WORK WEEK BRINGING SOME MUCH NEEDED SCT CONVECTION
TO SOME LUCKY FOLKS.

MON-WED...

A HERCULEAN 597M ANTICYCLONE REMAINS ANCHORED BETWEEN MCCONNELL AFB
KS AND VANCE AFB OK WITH THE RIDGE EXTENDING WELL NORTH AND EAST OF
CENTER. THIS WILL SUPPRESS ANY CONVECTION WITH TORRID LOW AND MID
LEVEL TEMPS. WITH VEGETATION DRYING OUT...AREAS WEST OF I 65 MAY
HAVE OUR 1ST 100 DEGREE DAY ON TUE. FOR NOW WILL KEEP IT AT 98 AND
LET NEXT COUPLE OF SHIFTS REFINE THIS...BUT WITH +20C AIR OVER
WESTERN 1/3 OF CWA...THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER WILL BE CONTINUING IN
EARNEST. LOWS WILL BE BALMY IN THE 70S.  THERE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE
SOME HEAT HEADLINE OUT ON TUE AND WED AT SOME POINT.

ON WED...LEFT THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN ACROSS NRN 1/3 OF THE AREA
AND ORIENTATED FROM THE NW THRU SE WITH CONVECTION THAT MOVES DOWN

THRU - SAT...
THE NEXT FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION SUPPRESSING HEIGHTS A TAD AND
BRINGING A COUPLE OF DAYS OF SCT POPS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES. TIMING OF THE FRONT IS NOT CLEAR YET ESPECIALLY W.R.T.
THE ECM PLACEMENT. THE ECMWF IS MUCH FASTER AND FURTHER SOUTH
COMPARED TO OTHER MODEL GUIDANCE. THERE IS TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY WITH
TIMING AND LOCATION DIFFERENCES TO MAKE BIG CHANGES. OVERALL
FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE AND RAISED POPS THU AND FRI UP ABOUT 5% AND
ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ON SAT AS IT APPEARS THE WEAK FRONT REMAINS
STALLED OUT OVER THE AREA.

THE HIGHS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE COOLER DUE TO MORE  CLOUD
COVER FROM CONVECTION...WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPS SOMEWHERE FROM THE
UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 70S.

&&

.AVIATION (18Z TAF ISSUANCE)...

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO POP OVER THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON.  UPPER LEVEL SHORT/WV ENERGY...A SFC FRONT OVER
CENTRAL KY...AND POCKETS OF HEATING UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE
AIDING IN CONVECTIVE INITIATION.  HAVE FOLLOWED THE 13Z HRRR FOR THE
MOST PART WITH THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION FORECAST WHICH HAS THE BEST
HANDLE ON THE CURRENT PRECIP.  WE SHOULD SEE SCATTERED STORMS ACROSS
THE AREA SO KEPT THE VCTS.  IF ANY STORM LOOKS TO DEFINITELY HIT A
TAF SITE...WILL NEED TO QUICKLY AMEND AS HEAVY RAINFALL LOOKS
PROBABLE AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE IFR/MVFR RESTRICTIONS.  STORMS
SHOULD DIE DOWN AROUND 0Z TONIGHT.

THE NEXT FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE FOG TONIGHT.  THINK THAT SOME
UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS SHOULD STICK AROUND SOMEWHAT LIMITING FOG.
HOWEVER...IF STORMS HIT OR GET CLOSE TO A TAF SITE THIS
AFTERNOON...IT WILL PRIME THE MESOSCALE ENVIRONMENT WITH PLENTY OF
LL MOISTURE FOR FOG FORMATION TONIGHT.  THEREFORE WENT AHEAD AND PUT
MVFR BR IN BWG/LEX...6SM AT SDF.

WINDS SHOULD BE GENERALLY LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD OUT OF A WESTERLY
DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING NNE FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

&&

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

SHORT TERM........AMS
LONG TERM.........JDG
AVIATION..........AMS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1056 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-311500-
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-
1056 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2011 /956 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A TROPICAL AIRMASS AHEAD OF A SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER TODAY WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AFTERNOON THE BEST COVERAGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. THE STORMS
TODAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE VERY FAST...SO THE MAIN THREAT WILL
BE LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL
KENTUCKY ON SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE
REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY PROVIDING ANOTHER CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE THIS AFTERNOON.

RJS/MJP