Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1049 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

...FORECAST UPDATE...

CONVECTION IS WEAKENING AT THIS HOUR AS SHORTWAVE EVIDENT ON WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
STORMS SHOULD LINGER EAST OF I 65 THROUGH ABOUT 2 AM EDT BEFORE WAVE
PUSHES EAST. WILL KEEP AREAS WEST OF I 65 DRY THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE OVERNIGHT AND AREAS EAST OF I 65 DRY AFTER 2 AM AS SUBSIDENT
ATMOSPHERE IN WAKE OF SHORTWAVE WILL RULE. LOW TEMPERATURES LOOK ON
TRACK...ON THEIR WAY TO THE UPPER 60S IN MOST LOCATIONS. SKIES
SHOULD REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT...
HOWEVER WILL KEEP AN EYE ON CONVECTIVE DEBRIS STREAMING IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH THE INCREASING SKY COVER AND SOME
LOCATIONS STAYING SOMEWHAT MIXED DUE TO SEVERAL REMNANT OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES...AM NOT CONFIDENT IN FOG FORECAST. POTENTIAL FOR PATCHES
OF MVFR FOG SEEM MOST LIKELY IN AREAS THAT SAW RAIN AND WILL STAY
CLEAR THE LONGEST...LIKE THE BLUEGRASS.

DID MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW AS FOCUS SHIFTS
UPSTREAM TO AN ONGOING MCS ABOUT TO ENTER THE KANSAS CITY REGION.
THERE HAD BEEN SOME MODEL UNCERTAINTY ON WHETHER THIS COMPLEX WOULD
SURVIVE OVERNIGHT AND MAKE IT INTO OUR WESTERN CWA AROUND DAWN. THE
TREND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS HAS BEEN AWAY FROM THIS
POSSIBILITY AS IT DIVES STRAIGHT SOUTH. 00Z NAM SEEMS TO HAVE A
PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW SO HAVE NUDGED THE
FORECAST TO LOWER POPS WEST OF I 65 IN THE MORNING HOURS. BEST
TIMING FOR MORE CONVECTION...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG/SEVERE...
SHOULD BE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON FRIDAY AS ANOTHER
SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. BEST COVERAGE AT THIS POINT
APPEARS TO BE IN THE BOWLING GREEN REGION WITH THIS FEATURE.

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)...

NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT MAKING FORECAST DIFFICULT AGAIN...WITH MULTIPLE
RIPPLES IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW FIELD ALLOWING FOR SCATTERED STORM
DEVELOPMENT. NEXT ROUND APPEARS UNDERWAY WITH CU-FIELD CONGESTING
OVER WESTERN KY AND SOUTHERN IL. THIS ACTIVITY IS IN ADVANCE
OF ONE OF THOSE RIPPLES CURRENTLY INDICATED BY WATER VAPOR OVER
NORTHEAST MO/CENTRAL IL. AT THE SURFACE HAVE A BROAD AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE IN THE REGION. SURFACE FRONT IS DIFFICULT TO PICK OUT IN
THIS FIELD...HOWEVER DEWPOINT GRADIENT IS TIGHT OVER NORTHERN
ILLINOIS. BASED ON THESE FEATURES HAVE BUMPED UP THE POPS FOR THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE CLOUD FIELD
EVENTUALLY TO WORK ITS WAY INTO THE CLEAR AREAS NOW OVER THE
NORTHEAST TWO/THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA GIVEN GOOD HEATING AND
AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE UPSTREAM DYNAMICS MOVING IN.

WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND AS THE SHORTWAVE PASSES US BY MIDNIGHT
EXPECT STORMS TO WANE AND BE REPLACED BY SOME PATCHY FOG IN THE
AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST RAIN THIS EVENING. MAY SEE CLOUDS BREAK
UP BY DAYBREAK SO ONCE AGAIN WILL HAVE LOWS FALLING INTO THE UPPER
60S FOR MOST OF THE AREA. EXCEPTIONS LOOK TO BE THE LOUISVILLE METRO
AS WELL AS THE SOUTHWEST FORECAST AREA...WHICH SHOULD STAY AROUND 70.

FOR TOMORROW GFS/ECMWF/GEM ALL HAVE ANOTHER SHORTWAVE AMPLIFYING
FROM THE NORTHWEST AND MOVING INTO THE REGION. GIVEN DIFFICULTY IN
PINPOINTING THE STRENGTHENING OF THIS FEATURE WILL KEEP POPS IN THE
SCATTERED RANGE FOR ALL DAY FRIDAY. AS FOR THE STRENGTH OF THESE
STORMS...MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE PRETTY STEEP. SHOULD THE TIMING
MATCH IN WITH ANY KIND OF HEATING COULD SEE THE STRONGEST STORMS
WITH FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...NEAR SEVERE WINDS...AS WELL
AS POTENTIAL FOR SOME SMALL HAIL. GIVEN THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL
WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES UNDER 90 FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHERN CWA.

.LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT - THURSDAY)...

NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AS
MODERATE 500MB FLOW ROUNDS A BROAD WESTERN RIDGE AND DESCENDS INTO
A WEAK TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE NORTHEASTERN STATES. THE FIRST OF
PERHAPS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES THIS WEEKEND IS EXPECTED TO CROSS
NORTHERN MISSOURI FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GFS IS ESPECIALLY ROBUST
WITH MOISTURE RETURN AND BRINGS PWATS UP TO NEAR 1.75 INCHES LATE
FRIDAY AHEAD OF A FORECAST WEAK SURFACE LOW ACROSS MISSOURI. THE
ECMWF ALSO BRINGS ACROSS A SHORTWAVE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS
ON FRIDAY. CONFIDENCE IS GROWING IN SOME FORM OF NOCTURNAL
CONVECTION FRIDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER...LOCATION IS IN DOUBT. WILL
CONTINUE CURRENT FORECAST OF 40 TO 50% POPS DURING THE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SATURDAY.

TROUGHING WILL SHARPEN ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES LATE SATURDAY INTO
EARLY SUNDAY AS THE NOSE OF A JET DIGS SOUTH ACROSS WISCONSIN. THE
EXTENDED MODELS ARE ADMITTEDLY ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH THE TIMING
AND PLACEMENT OF A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES THAT MAY SLIDE ACROSS THE
LOWER OHIO VALLEY DURING THE SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY TIME
FRAME. IF THERE IS ANY CONSENSUS AT ALL...IT LIES IN THE POTENTIAL
FOR NOCTURNAL CONVECTION DEVELOPING YET AGAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN
INDIANA LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE NAM AND THE ECMWF
BOTH FORECAST THIS...WITH THE GFS SHOWING LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION
LATE SATURDAY. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD...THESE POTENTIAL LOW AMPLITUDE
SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW ARE NOT
CURRENTLY RESOLVED BY THESE EXTENDED MODELS. FEEL THAT OUR BEST
CHANCES FOR GOOD CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL STAY SEASONABLE...PERHAPS JUST A BIT
ON THE WARM SIDE AS OUR REGION WILL LIE IN BETWEEN THE EXCESSIVELY
HOT SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE COOLISH AIR ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES.

DURING THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...EXTENDED GUIDANCE HAS HINTED AT
TROUGHING DEVELOPING EARLY NEXT WEEK ACROSS ONTARIO AND THE GREAT
LAKES. MODELS HAVE VACILLATED FROM RUN TO RUN ON THE DEGREE THAT
ANY COOLER DRIER AIR MIGHT MAKE IT AS FAR SOUTH AS THE LOWER OHIO
VALLEY. THE OPERATIONAL GFS HAS CONSISTENTLY REMAINED ON THE WARM SIDE
OF TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HPC AND THE
ECMWF HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY COOLER. WILL GO WITH A BLEND. THINK
THAT CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL DECREASE QUITE A BIT AFTER
MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION (00Z TAF ISSUANCE)...

STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DOWNSTREAM OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED
FROM NEAR CLEVELAND SW TO SRN MISSOURI...WITH THE AID OF AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE. STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE BWG
TERMINAL HAVING THE BIGGEST THREAT. WILL KEEP A VCSH/CB OR VCTS
MENTION IN AT ALL TAFS REGARDLESS.

OVERNIGHT...CLOUDS SHOULD SCATTER OUT FROM NW TO SE WITH THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE. COULD HAVE MVFR VSBYS DEVELOP IN THE CLEARING SKIES TOWARDS
DAWN FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. SFC WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF
THE SOUTH MID-MORNING FRIDAY AHEAD OF A QUICKLY APPROACHING
SHORTWAVE. LOOKS LIKE IT MAY TAKE A SOUTHERN TURN AND MAYBE AFFECT
BWG MORE THAN ANY TERMINAL TOMORROW. HOWEVER WILL AT LEAST MENTION
CB IN AT SDF AND BWG FRIDAY AFTER 18Z...AND PERHAPS A VCTS MENTION
UNTIL MORE MODEL AGREEMENT CAN OCCUR. ANY STORMS THROUGH THIS TAF
PERIOD WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE BRIEF IFR-LIFR VSBYS/MVFR CIGS AND
GUSTY WINDS TO 30 KNOTS.

&&

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

UPDATE.........BJS
SHORT TERM.....RJS
LONG TERM......JSD
AVIATION.......AL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1114 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-200315-
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-
1114 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011 /1014 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF I 65 UNTIL AROUND
2 AM EDT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THERE IS A
LOCALIZED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS IN THE BLUEGRASS WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS.

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

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION DURING THE
DAY FRIDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED STORMS. SHOULD
THESE STORMS DEVELOP DURING THE PEAK OF AFTERNOON HEATING...THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL BRING FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL.

A SERIES OF DIFFICULT TO TIME IMPULSES WILL BRING RECURRING
CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. COVERAGE
MAY BE GREATEST LATE SATURDAY OR EARLY SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN
INDIANA.

LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY
WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY ANY STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY HEAVY FLOODING RAIN...STRONG WINDS...OR
HAIL THEY RECEIVE OVERNIGHT. SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY.

BJS/JSD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
926 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

KYZ033-190200-
HENRY-
926 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND 50
MPH WINDS...

AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF NEW CASTLE...AND SLOWLY
DRIFTING SOUTH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  NEW CASTLE...
  SLABTOWN...
  FRANKLINTON...
  DELVILLE...
  BETHLEHEM AND DEFOE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN
AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS.

BE AWARE THAT A GUST FRONT PRECEDING THIS STORM WILL GENERATE STRONG
AND GUSTY WINDS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANY RAIN.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 8502 3852 8498 3851 8497 3849 8499
      3846 8494 3847 8492 3846 8490 3844 8492
      3842 8488 3841 8488 3833 8501 3834 8507
      3846 8527 3855 8500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 043DEG 3KT 3843 8499

AL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1038 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

KYZ032-033-190300-
HENRY-TRIMBLE-
1038 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND 50 MPH WINDS THREATENING TRIMBLE AND NORTHERN HENRY
COUNTIES...

AT 1032 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND ONE
INCH PER HOUR REDUCING...NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS
TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  BEDFORD...
  PROVIDENCE...
  CAMPBELLSBURG...
  TURNERS STATION AND LACIE...
  INTERSTATE 71 ALONG THE TRIMBLE HENRY COUNTY LINE...

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 3861 8521 3859 8521 3860 8514 3859 8513
      3852 8511 3851 8532 3864 8536 3865 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 265DEG 10KT 3859 8527

13

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1116 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

KYZ042-043-190345-
BOURBON-NICHOLAS-
1116 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

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

AT 1113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARIS...AND MOVING EAST AT
10 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 STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 TO 50
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  LITTLE ROCK...
  PLUM AND JACKSTOWN...
  BUNKER HILL AND EAST UNION...

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 3819 8398 3818 8398 3812 8408 3813 8418
      3824 8420 3828 8390 3825 8390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 260DEG 8KT 3816 8410

AMS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1124 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

KYZ034-035-190400-
FRANKLIN-SHELBY-
1124 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 50 MPH WINDS...

AT 1123 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
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...HALF INCH HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  BAGDAD...
  GRAEFENBURG...
  HATTON AND JACKSONVILLE...
  BENSON AND BRIDGEPORT...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
43 AND 48.

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 3832 8492 3813 8489 3815 8510 3824 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 263DEG 11KT 3821 8507

AMS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1150 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

KYZ043-190415-
NICHOLAS-
1150 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...HALF
INCH HAIL...AND 50 MPH WINDS...

AT 1147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CARLISLE TO
BETHEL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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...HALF INCH HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 TO 50
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  ELLISVILLE...
  SPROUT AND MYERS...
  PLEASANT VALLEY...
  MILLTOWN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 8392 3831 8403 3836 8413 3846 8406
      3844 8400 3844 8397 3842 8394 3837 8391
      3837 8388 3835 8385 3831 8383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 242DEG 13KT 3835 8403 3826 8390

AMS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1221 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

KYZ035-036-040-190445-
FRANKLIN-SCOTT-WOODFORD-
1221 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

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

AT 1219 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANKFORT...AND MOVING EAST 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 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  WOODLAKE...
  WATKINSVILLE...
  WHITE SULPHUR AND WALLACE...
  MIDWAY AND DAVISTOWN...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
58 AND 65.

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 3810 8463 3810 8464 3814 8486 3823 8487
      3826 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 277DEG 15KT 3819 8481

AMS