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Special Weather Statement, NWS Louisville, KY

September 11, 2011Henry County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this special weather statement at Sep 11, 2011, 7:31 PM EDT for Henry County, Oldham County, Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 11, 2011, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Sep 11, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY

Counties Henry County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Shelby County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1035 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 11, 7:06 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 7:06 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
706 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND MONDAY)...

THE AXIS OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM OHIO
SOUTHWEST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THIS TROUGH WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE
FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. WITH DAYTIME HEATING TODAY SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE POPPED UP ALL ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. STORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MOST WIDESPREAD
COVERAGE WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND FAR NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. WITH FREEZING LEVELS BETWEEN 10-11 KFT A FEW OF THE
STRONGEST STORMS MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT AND AS
THE TROUGH MOVES EASTWARD.

CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR TONIGHT FROM THE NORTHWEST. WITH LIGHT
WINDS TONIGHT THINK SOME AREAS MAY SEE SOME PATCHY FOG...ESPECIALLY
WHERE THE MOST RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
HOWEVER...THIS WILL BE SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON HOW FAST CLOUDS CLEAR
OUT TONIGHT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S.

TOMORROW WE WILL SEE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AS WEAK
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SPRAWLS ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH TEMPS WILL TOP
OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS THE AREA.

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

THIS PERIOD BEGINS WITH A SURFACE LOW CROSSING OVER OR JUST NORTH OF
LAKE SUPERIOR AND A TRAILING COLD FRONT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. OUR
REGION WILL BE IN BETWEEN THAT SYSTEM AND THE CURRENT ONE CROSSING
THE REGION TODAY. SHOULD BE A RELATIVELY NICE NIGHT WITH SHORTWAVE
RIDGING ACROSS THE REGION AND TEMPERATURES JUST A LITTLE ABOVE
NORMAL.

BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE FRONT SHOULD DROP TO JUST NORTH OF THE
CWA...WITH CONFIDENCE PRETTY HIGH IN THIS LOCATION BASED ON
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN OPERATIONAL AND ENSEMBLE MODELS. PRECIPITABLE
WATERS ARE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE GFS OVER THE
NORTH...POOLING OF MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY. HOWEVER...THE
SREF AND THE NAM DO NOT IMPLY AS MUCH MOISTURE WILL GET INTO THE
REGION. WILL LEAVE IN LOW CHANCES FOR PRECIP OVER THE NORTH...AS PUT
IN BY PREVIOUS SHIFT.

TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY STILL LOOK TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR
STORMS AS THE FRONT SLOWS ACROSS OUR REGION AND MULTIPLE WAVES MOVE
THROUGH THE FLOW ALOFT. PRECIPITABLE WATERS STILL ARE NOT OVERLY
IMPRESSIVE...SO WILL KEEP IN LOW-END CHANCE POPS FOR NOW.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT ANOTHER IMPULSE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. WITH
THE FRONT WELL TO OUR SOUTH...MODELS DO CALL FOR SOME OVERRUNNING
RAINS...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THINK ENOUGH DRY AIR WILL HAVE WORKED INTO THE
REGION FROM THE NORTH TO STOP OUR RAIN CHANCES.

HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD DOMINATE MOST OF THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD. GFS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE 00Z ECMWF AND 06Z
DGEX ALL HINT AT A WEAKNESS IN THIS RIDGE IN THE FORM OF AN INVERTED
TROUGH OVER THE APPALACHIANS. FOR NOW WILL MAINTAIN A DRY
FORECAST...THOUGH IF THE TREND CONTINUES MAY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING
IN OVER THE SOUTHEAST CWA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

AFTER A WARM DAY TUESDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S...REST
OF THE PERIOD SHOULD GO BELOW NORMAL. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOK TO BE
COOL...WITH TEMPERATURES 10-15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY MORNING HAVE LOW TEMPERATURES 5-10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION (00Z TAF ISSUANCE)...

MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS TAF PERIOD. THE ONLY
EXCEPTIONS TO THIS WILL BE BRIEF IFR/MVFR VSBYS/CIGS FROM ANY
SHRA/TSRA AND LOWERED VSBYS TOWARDS MONDAY DAWN FROM LIGHT FG OR BR.
OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO THREATEN THE BWG
AND SHORTLY THE SDF TERMINALS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE
STORMS JUST NORTH OF SDF ARE MOVING SE AND MAY EVENTUALLY AFFECT LEX
SO WILL CARRY A VCSH/CB GROUP THERE. FOR SDF AND BWG...WILL KEEP A
PREVAILING VCSH/VCTS AND HANDLE ANY CONVECTION OVER THE AIRPORTS
WITH A TEMPO AND WILL UPGRADE TO PREVAILING IF NEEDED. STORMS N/NE
LOOK CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. A GUST
FRONT AHEAD OF THESE WILL SHIFT WINDS TO THE NORTH AS WELL.

SHRA/TSRA SHOULD START TO DISSIPATE AFTER 01Z. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT WITH A FEW CLOUDS. WITH THE EXPECTED BREAKS
IN THE CLOUD COVER...THINK LIGHT FG/BR MAY OCCUR TOWARDS 12Z MONDAY
AGAIN...MORE SO AT BWG THAN ANYWHERE.

FOR MONDAY THE UPPER TROUGH CAUSING CURRENT WEATHER COULD GENERATE
MORE SHOWERS/STORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON BUT THESE WOULD ONLY THREATEN
THE LEX TERMINAL. MAY CARRY A VCSH THERE. WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL OUT
OF THE WEST 5-10MPH.

&&

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

SHORT TERM........EER
LONG TERM.........RJS
AVIATION..........AL

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 3:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-121930-
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-
330 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011 /230 PM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE AREA. THE BEST COVERAGE
OF STORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN
INDIANA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGHOUT THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION.
ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN UPPER
WAVE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY
THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

EER/RJS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 5:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
402 PM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011

KYZ026-061-112130-
BUTLER-OHIO-
402 PM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011

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

AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF CENTRAL CITY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...UP TO PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  COOL SPRINGS AND SIMMONS...
  MCHENRY...
  HIGHVIEW AND SHULTZTOWN...
  PRENTISS...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN KENTUCKY (FORD) PARKWAY BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 75 AND 77...AND THE NATCHER PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 34 AND 41.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3749 8677 3730 8662 3717 8692 3718 8693
      3719 8691 3722 8691 3724 8693 3723 8694
      3727 8699 3732 8699 3734 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 237DEG 11KT 3728 8691

AL

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 5:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
426 PM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011

INZ077-112215-
WASHINGTON-
526 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

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

AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSTOWN...OR NEAR
MEDORA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HALF INCH HAIL...AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  SALEM...
  RUSH CREEK VALLEY AND PROWSVILLE...
  PLATTSBURG AND KOSSUTH...
  HIGHLAND...
  PUMPKIN CENTER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3877 8604 3876 8601 3877 8599 3876 8598
      3877 8595 3875 8589 3863 8589 3853 8598
      3859 8620 3875 8630 3877 8628 3878 8619
      3877 8613 3879 8608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 316DEG 16KT 3878 8615

AL

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 5:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
555 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

KYZ026-027-061-062-071-112245-
BUTLER-EDMONSON-GRAYSON-OHIO-WARREN-
455 PM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...UP
TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND 40 MPH WINDS...

AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF
HARTFORD...TO 10 MILES EAST OF MORGANTOWN...TO DELAFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...UP TO PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  PLUM SPRINGS...
  DELAFIELD...
  BROWNSVILLE...
  HORSE BRANCH AND WELCHS CREEK...
  WHITE RUN AND ROUNDHILL...
  GLENMORE AND GIRKIN...
  JUGVILLE AND SUNNYSIDE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3744 8681 3759 8656 3731 8624 3706 8614
      3698 8649 3720 8659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 245DEG 13KT 3743 8668 3724 8649
          3705 8643

AL

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 6:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
515 PM CDT SUN SEP 11 2011

INZ077-092-112245-
CLARK-WASHINGTON-
615 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
50 MPH WINDS...

AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SALEM...TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF SCOTTSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND
40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  NEW PEKIN AND BLUE RIVER...
  BLUE LICK...
  DAISY HILL AND OTISCO...
  MEMPHIS AND CHESTNUT HILL...

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 16 AND 22.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE AWARE THAT A GUST FRONT PRECEDING THESE STORMS MAY GENERATE
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANY RAIN OR THUNDER.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 8548 3846 8552 3843 8568 3844 8596
      3857 8616 3860 8588 3858 8588 3858 8585
      3856 8584 3856 8583 3861 8579 3861 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 300DEG 8KT 3854 8601 3852 8588
          3854 8575

AL

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 6:58 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
658 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

INZ092-KYZ030-031-034-112345-
CLARK-JEFFERSON-OLDHAM-SHELBY-
658 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

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

AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PROSPECT...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...UP TO PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  ST. MATTHEWS...
  PROSPECT...
  LYNDON...
  ANCHORAGE...
  MIDDLETOWN...
  ORCHARD GRASS HILLS...
  BROWNSBORO...
  CRESTWOOD AND PEWEE VALLEY...
  FLOYDSBURG...

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT I-64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND
8...AND I-71 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 9.

ANOTHER STORM NEAR GOSHEN WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARDS LA GRANGE AND
WILL PRODUCE SIMILAR WEATHER AS THE STORM NEAR PROSPECT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE AWARE THAT A GUST FRONT PRECEDING THESE STORMS MAY GENERATE GUSTY
WINDS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANY RAIN OR THUNDER.

&&

LAT...LON 3845 8534 3844 8533 3840 8532 3838 8530
      3820 8531 3823 8571 3849 8561
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 271DEG 13KT 3832 8559

AL

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 7:31 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
731 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

KYZ030-031-033-034-120015-
HENRY-JEFFERSON-OLDHAM-SHELBY-
731 PM EDT SUN SEP 11 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND 45 MPH WINDS...

AT 727 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LA GRANGE TO
MIDDLETOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...UP TO
PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
  ANCHORAGE...
  NEW CASTLE...
  MIDDLETOWN...
  LA GRANGE...
  SLIGO...
  PENDLETON AND TODDS POINT...
  SMITHFIELD AND SIMPSONVILLE...
  CHESTNUT GROVE AND MONTCLAIR...

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT I-64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28
AND 32...AND I-71 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 28.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. 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 THESE STORMS MAY GENERATE
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WELL BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANY RAIN.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 8509 3830 8513 3818 8528 3825 8558
      3834 8552 3850 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 279DEG 12KT 3846 8536 3832 8538
          3827 8545

AL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 10, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	30 min
Sep 10, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	36 min
Sep 10, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	49 min
Sep 10, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	48 min
Sep 10, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	43 min
Sep 11, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	43 min
Sep 11, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	27 min
Sep 11, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	28 min
Sep 11, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Warren	50 min
Sep 11, 6:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	47 min
Sep 11, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Shelby	37 min
Sep 11, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	33 min
Sep 11, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	36 min
Sep 11, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	49 min
Sep 11, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	30 min
Sep 11, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Floyd, Harrison	50 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.