Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS Louisville, KY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
720 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS
MORNING AND WAS SPARKING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF IT OVER
EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. THIS WAVE IS EXPECTED TO HEAD TO THE
SOUTHEAST TODAY...REACHING THE OHIO VALLEY BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE
ATMOSPHERE IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS PROGGED TO
BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUNDINGS SHOW DRY MID
LEVELS WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND LITTLE IF ANY CAPPING BY
THE HEAT OF THE DAY...ALONG WITH MDPI VALUES APPROACHING ONE
SUGGESTING SOME DOWNBURST POTENTIAL. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL BE
STEEP ENOUGH FOR THUNDER. WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS ARE LOW ENOUGH TO
SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS. THE
BIGGEST LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE A LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE...WITH PWATS
NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. MOS POPS ARE ACTUALLY IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS TODAY FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. HOWEVER WITH THE UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE AND AN UPPER WAVE COMING IN AT A DIURNALLY
FAVORABLE TIME OF DAY...WILL KEEP A 20% POP IN THE FORECAST. THIS IS
IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. WILL HAVE THE 20 POP
GOING ALL DAY SINCE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
ONGOING EARLY THIS MORNING AS WELL.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE AROUND THE 90 DEGREE MARK WITH LIGHT
WSW BREEZES.

WILL CARRY THE SMALL POP INTO THIS EVENING AS THAT UPPER WAVE MOVES
BY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE AROUND 70 IN LOUISVILLE AND THE MID TO
UPPER 60S ELSEWHERE.

.LONG TERM (FRIDAY - WEDNESDAY)...

IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD...MODELS SEEM TO HAVE CAUGHT ON TO THE
FIRST OF SEVERAL SHORT WAVES TO CROSS THE REGION.  THEREFORE DID
MAKE SOME POP ADJUSTMENTS FOR FRI NIGHT/EARLY SAT.  BEYOND THE FIRST
SHORT/WV HOWEVER...THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE AND A WIDE RANGE OF MODEL
SOLNS ON THE TIMING OF SHRT/WVS AND FRONTS THROUGH THE AREA SAT-MON.
THE QUESTION OF HOW COOL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WILL BE IS ALSO
UNCERTAIN AS LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO FLIP-FLOP ON THE STRENGTH
AND LOCATION OF TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN CONUS.

0Z GFS/0Z NAM/0Z GEM/AND 12Z ECMWF HAVE ALL CAUGHT ON TO A POTENT
SHORT/WV SCHEDULED TO SHOOT EAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES
TONIGHT...BRINGING A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX TO OUR REGION BY FRIDAY
NIGHT.  CONVECTION MAY CREEP INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES AS EARLY AS
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  THIS POTENT WAVE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A
SFC FRONT AS WELL AS A DECENT LLJ AND SOME UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. AS A
RESULT...WE SHOULD SEE SHOWERS AND STORMS PRIMARILY BETWEEN 0Z TO 6Z
SAT.  AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE
40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WITH SMALL HAIL.  STORM STRENGTH WILL LARGELY
DEPEND ON CLOUD COVER/DESTABILIZATION AHEAD OF THIS COMPLEX OF
STORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S FOR FRIDAY/SATURDAY
WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S.

BEYOND THE FIRST WAVE/FRONTAL BOUNDARY...MODEL SOLNS VARY ON THE
TIMING AND STRENGTH OF SUBSEQUENT WAVES/FRONTS.  THE 12Z ECMWF HAS
ANOTHER SHRT/WV AND SFC FRONT BARRELING THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY
WITH COOLER DRIER WEATHER TO FOLLOW MON-WED.  THE 0Z GFS AND 0Z GEM
HOWEVER...SHOW ONLY SMALL CHANCES OR DRY CONDITIONS FOR LATE
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH A WEAK SFC FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL
SHORT/WV PASSING THROUGH ON MONDAY.  IN ADDITION...THE GFS CONTINUES
IT/S TREND OF WARMER TEMPS FOR TUES-WED AS OPPOSED TO THE ECMWF COOL
DOWN.  HAVE NOT MADE TOO MANY CHANGES TO GRIDS SAT AND BEYOND DUE TO
ALL OF THESE UNCERTAINTIES.   LOW CHANCE POPS LOOK LIKE A GOOD BET
THROUGH MONDAY AND SOME COOL DOWN SEEMS POSSIBLE FOR THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEEK BUT THE EXACT MAGNITUDE IS TOO DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY AT
THIS TIME.

&&

.AVIATION (12Z TAF ISSUANCE)...

A WEAK WAVE SPARKED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY THIS MORNING...ALL OF WHICH MISSED SDF AND BWG AND JUST GRAZED
LEX. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO WANE BY MID MORNING AS THE WAVE
RESPONSIBLE FOR GENERATING THEM MOVES OFF.

THEN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING RENEWED DEVELOPMENT IS FORECAST AS
THE NEXT UPPER WAVE SLIDES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. AGAIN COVERAGE IS
ANTICIPATED TO BE WIDELY SCATTERED SO WILL NOT INCLUDE A VCTS IN THE
TAFS QUITE YET. MOISTURE IS QUITE LIMITED AND SOME MODEL DATA
SUGGEST NO CONVECTION AT ALL. HOPEFULLY THE PICTURE WILL BE MORE
CLEAR FOR THE 18Z PACKAGE.

&&

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

SHORT TERM........13
LONG TERM.........AMS
AVIATION..........13

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
341 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-190745-
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-
341 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011 /241 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY
EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL BE CAPABLE OF HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A WEAK COLD FRONT IS SCHEDULED TO CROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT.
A COMPLEX OF SCATTERED STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT IS
FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH AREA FRIDAY EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY BE
STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT AS MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES AND ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY CROSS THE REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

13/AMS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
715 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

KYZ062-181145-
EDMONSON-
615 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND 40
MPH WINDS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS EDMONSON COUNTY...

AT 612 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BROWNSVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
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
THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  BROWNSVILLE...
  ARTHUR AND RHODA...
  CHALYBEATE AND STOCKHOLM...
  PIG AND ELKO...
  CEDAR SPRING AND SLOANS CROSSING...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3708 8619 3710 8622 3710 8625 3720 8635
      3733 8631 3733 8628 3721 8605 3705 8607
TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 305DEG 22KT 3720 8625

AMS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
730 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

KYZ041-042-048-049-057-181215-
BOURBON-CLARK-FAYETTE-JESSAMINE-MADISON-
730 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

...A WIDESPREAD AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION...GENERALLY
ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 75...

AT 726 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAYETTE AND BOURBON COUNTIES.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LEXINGTON...
  VETERANS PARK...
  FAYETTE MALL...
  U K ARBORETUM...
  DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL...
  COLUMBUS AND WALNUT HILL...
  PINE GROVE AND CLINTONVILLE...
  TEBBS AND OLD PINE GROVE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF ONE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3818 8398 3812 8407 3806 8404 3771 8426
      3784 8468 3818 8450 3821 8440 3829 8444
      3821 8433 3835 8420 3828 8411 3826 8410
      3827 8408 3826 8406 3823 8406 3820 8397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1128Z 290DEG 18KT 3804 8441

AMS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
744 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

KYZ062-074-181215-
BARREN-EDMONSON-
644 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CEDER
SPRINGS AND SOUTHERN EDMONSON COUNTY AND INTO NORTHWEST BARREN
COUNTY...

AT 640 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  ROCKY HILL...
  HIGHLAND SPRINGS...
  APPLE GROVE AND PARK CITY...
  MERRY OAKS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3696 8612 3700 8614 3706 8611 3707 8618
      3709 8619 3718 8607 3709 8590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1143Z 319DEG 15KT 3711 8614

AMS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
803 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

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

0714 AM     TSTM WND DMG     7 WSW CYNTHIANA         38.35N  84.41W
08/18/2011                   HARRISON           KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWNED
            ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 1842.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LMK1101108

AML

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
814 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

INZ089-KYZ024-181245-
BRECKINRIDGE-PERRY-
714 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND 40
MPH WINDS...

AT 708 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF HAWESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  HARDINSBURG...
  ROME AND AMMONS...
  STEPHENSPORT...
  SAMPLE...
  MYSTIC...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS...AND AVOID USING THE
TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3787 8632 3775 8650 3793 8667 3799 8659
TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 313DEG 13KT 3792 8657

RS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
740 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2011

KYZ027-062>064-074-076-077-181300-
ADAIR-BARREN-EDMONSON-GRAYSON-GREEN-HART-METCALF-
740 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2011

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY
RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
WESTERN HART...NORTHERN BARREN...AND METCALFE COUNTIES...

AT 736 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED AROUND 11 MILES WEST OF
MUNFORDVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSEBURG...IN WESTERN HART COUNTY.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES
OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE
MILE...HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  MUNFORDVILLE...
  EDMONTON...
  WINESAP...
  MAMMOTH CAVE...
  ROSEBURG
  NORTHTOWN AND ROWLETTS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE STORMS ARE TRAINING AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL.
EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3711 8542 3689 8568 3730 8627 3745 8611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 305DEG 14KT 3728 8608

AMS