Tornado Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
848 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

KYC031-141-030315-
/O.CON.KLMK.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200303T0315Z/
Logan KY-Butler KY-
848 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...
    
At 847 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Deer Lick, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Anderson, Lewisburg, Insco, Diamond Springs, Wolf Lick, Harper
Crossroads, Silver City, Lost City, Agnes and Harreldsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3706 8705 3707 8698 3707 8694 3708 8694
      3709 8690 3710 8690 3711 8689 3712 8690
      3713 8690 3713 8691 3714 8693 3714 8677
      3695 8678 3697 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 274DEG 27KT 3700 8699 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

SCHOETTMER

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
913 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

KYC031-141-030323-
/O.EXP.KLMK.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200303T0315Z/
Logan KY-Butler KY-
913 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LOGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

Report severe weather to local law enforcement, post your report to
the National Weather Service Louisville  Facebook page, or tweet your
report using hashtag L, M, K, spotter.

LAT...LON 3706 8705 3707 8698 3707 8694 3708 8694
      3709 8690 3710 8690 3711 8689 3712 8690
      3713 8690 3713 8691 3714 8693 3714 8677
      3695 8678 3697 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 271DEG 27KT 3700 8677 

$$

SCHOETTMER

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Louisville KY
916 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

.Mesoscale Update...
Issued at 917 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

Coordinate with the Storm Prediction Center on a possible Watch for
the lone supercell getting ready to enter our CWA, and they agree
that the environment will quickly become less favorable the farther
east the cell gets. So, given the short term threat and the less
favorable environment we have elected not to issue a Watch at this
time.

SPC agreed that the storm likely intensified low level rotation as
it interacted with the warm front, and there may be a brief
wind/tornado threat into Logan county. Will handle this with
warnings as needed.

Issued at 846 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

...Strong Storm Threat Increases Over The Next 1 to 3 Hours...

A lone supercell has tracked across western KY over the past few
hours, producing a steady swath of severe hail. The overall
structure hasn't looked as good over the past hour, however the low
level rotation has recently picked up, prompting a Tornado Warning
over Caldwell county KY. It appears rotation may have occurred as
the supercell crossed over an advancing weak warm front.

As the supercell progresses east into our area over the next hour or
so, we should continue to lose our surface based instability in that
area, a trend that has been evident over the past couple of hours.
We may still have a few hundred J/KG to work with, but there will
also be some notable CIN as some low level stability has set up
after sunset. So, not overly concerned about the tornado threat for
Butler/Logan counties at this point, but also can't completely rule
it out either. Also not as concerned about the severe hail threat,
as it doesn't currently appear to have the golf ball size potential
that it had earlier this evening. The main concern will be
marginally severe hail, cloud to ground lightning, and brief heavy
rainfall.

A secondary cluster of supercells developed back to the west over
the MO bootheel, and is beginning to congeal into more of a cluster
of storms. This will steadily push east into our area, around and
after Midnight EST, likely bringing CG lightning, brief heavy
rainfall, and a continuing potential for some severe hail. Storms
should be elevated by this point, so not overly concerned about the
damaging wind or tornado threat overnight at this point.

Did want to mention one other thing. The surface low passes NE
through the Ohio River Valley by dawn, with a trailing cold front
pushing through the area. There is some data that suggests some
pretty gusty W and WNW winds Tuesday afternoon in the wake of the
system. At this point, it looks like most of the potential would be
in the 30 to 40 mph range, but will have to take a closer look at
that potential later tonight.

Issued at 539 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

A surface low is expected to move out of the MO/AR border area early
this evening, and up through the Ohio River Valley tonight. A weak
warm front associated with the surface low will try to lift north
over our area, bringing low to mid 50s dew points across our SW half
of the CWA. In addition, increasingly strong wind fields will also
be introduced as low level jetting steadily increases beneath
strong mid and upper wind fields. This should promote convection the
deeper into the evening we get, with sufficient shear for some
rotating updrafts (perhaps some splitting storms with straighter
hodographs noted).

Convection has fired near the western KY/MO bootheel border over the
past 30 minutes or so, with a few other cells trying to fire along
and ahead of a nearly stationary boundary. There is a modest amount
of surface based instability to work with across western KY, with
around 500-1000 J/KG available across our SW CWA at this time.
Storms should arrive for another 2-3 hours or so, and expect some of
this surface based capability to wane by then. Still, may have to
watch for some wind damage potential with any initial SW storms. The
deeper into the evening we get, the main threat should transition to
hail and brief heavy rainfall as storms become more elevated. The
hail threat will be driven by low wet bulb zero heights and notable
mid level instability. In addition, some elevated supercellular
structures are expected which could enhance the hail threat (perhaps
some severe hail). Already seeing one supercellular type structure
over PAH's area, so will be monitoring how things progress upstream
for the next couple of hours.

Like the Storm Prediction Center Slight and Marginal risks placed
where they are, and will be looking for potential for a Severe T-
Storm Watch later this evening if upstream convection gets going.

&&

.Short Term...(This evening through Tuesday)
Issued at 323 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

...Strong Storms Tonight with Isolated Severe Storms Possible...

An area of light to moderate rain showers continues to progress east
across the Bluegrass region this afternoon. This is what's left of
the morning convective complex/weak shortwave aloft, and this
feature will quickly move to WV by this evening.

Subsidence behind the morning wave has helped dry out the lower
levels, resulting in a healthy amount of clearing over western and
now central KY. This is an interesting development just downstream
of a 1006 mb sfc low over the MO/AR border. In general, coarser
models are likely still underestimating the sfc based and MLCAPE
that will be available until 02-04z tonight.

Looking aloft, central KY remains in the left exit region of a
straight jet streak over OK/AR/TN. 250 mb divergence increases over
the Lower Ohio Valley from 00-06z tonight, resulting in a modest
deepening of the sfc low as it tracks northeast along the Ohio
River. Convective initiation is expected over the MO Bootheel region
between 21-00z. Instability and shear parameters in this region will
initially support supercells, but upscale growth into a MCS appears
likely over KY/TN after 03z.

As sfc low pressure moves northeast after 00z, increasing low level
convergence will help force numerous showers and scattered
thunderstorms tonight. Southerly flow will help push sfc dewpoints
into the mid 50s in central and southern KY. The latest HRRR/RAP and
HREF guidance suggests around 500 J/kg of MLCAPE will be present
across central KY through 03-04z. Up to 1000 J/kg MLCAPE cannot be
ruled out across the far southwestern CWA through 03z. After 03z,
MLCAPE will slowly wane but there could be a window for a severe
wind threat. The higher wind potential remains across southern KY,
where storms could remain sfc based longer.

Deep layer shear around 40 kts will certainly be sufficient for
rotating storms and sustaining strong updrafts. WBZ heights around
7500 ft, mid level dry air entrainment, and 3-6 km lapse rates
approaching 8 C/km will all promote hail growth as far north as
southern Indiana. Storm rotation will only increase the potential
hailstone residence time, so the Marginal Risk was expanded
northward. Other threats with these storms certainly include
lightning and locally heavy rainfall. If significant rainfall rates
were able to persist/train over the same area, then perhaps an
isolated flash flood threat could develop.

Low pressure will quickly move off to the northeast Tuesday morning,
with dry and breezy conditions expected for the afternoon.

.Long Term...(Tuesday night through Monday)
Issued at 250 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

Our area will be in a quasi-zonal flow pattern midweek, with a
system heading by to our north Wednesday and then one moving into
the TN Valley Thursday. That second system will force a surface low
to deepen across the northern Gulf coast, and model guidance differs
on just how far north a precip shield gets into our southern KY
counties. Early look at the extended time of the NAM period shows
some phasing with a northern stream trough, enough to bring that
precip all the way to the Ohio River. This forecast will go dry for
Wednesday areawide, and then bring some chance-range rains (i.e.,
above 25 percent) as far north as the KY Pkwys for Thursday and then
east of I-65 Thursday night. Uncertainty remains into Friday, as the
GEFS shows a large spread of heights aloft. Will keep in some pops
for a cold rain then. Cannot rule out a brief mix of rain/snow with
these lower-end pops over our northern counties early Friday.

As we get into the weekend, there is good support for a dry one, as
high pressure builds into the Ohio Valley. In fact, we may have a
carbon copy of this past weekend, with colder temperatures Saturday
and then southerly winds warming us up quickly for Sunday. A few
models bring rain chances back in for Monday, though we may be able
to keep that just west of I-65, based on the latest Euro and
Canadian solutions.

&&

.Aviation...(00Z TAF Issuance)
Issued at 642 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

The TAF sites are currently in the VFR range, although this should
be pretty short-lived as MVFR ceilings are expected to take back
hold of the area this evening. In addition, shower and storm chances
are expected to ramp up toward Midnight EST as a surface low moves
into the Ohio River Valley. Have depicted the best expected time of
any t-storm impacts at the TAFs with TEMPO groups, with otherwise
prevailing SHRA and VCTS for much of the overnight. Low MVFR
ceilings and even IFR vis may be possible at times tonight,
especially in any storm.

There may be a brief return to VFR in the pre-dawn hours in the wake
of the main convection, however this will be short-lived as low MVFR
and maybe even IFR ceilings return with the cold frontal passage
through the morning hours. Behind the front, expect gusty W winds
that may push up into the 30-35 mph range at times. Skies will
gradually try to clear behind the front by the deeper into Tuesday
afternoon we get.

&&

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

Mesoscale...BJS
Short Term...EBW
Long Term...RJS
Aviation...BJS

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
359 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-032100-
Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison-
Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt-
Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford-
Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Mercer-Jessamine-Larue-Marion-Boyle-
Garrard-Madison-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln-
Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-Russell-
Cumberland-Clinton-
Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper,
English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport,
Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield,
Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford,
Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana,
Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle,
Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester,
Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Morgantown,
Brownsville, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty,
Stanford, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence,
Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown,
Burkesville, and Albany
359 PM EST Mon Mar 2 2020 /259 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

As a low pressure system approaches the lower Ohio Valley tonight, scattered
thunderstorms are expected. Large hail, heavy rain and lightning are
the main hazards from these storms. In addition, strong gusty winds
are possible especially over west central and south central Kentucky.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are asked to report any significant weather, including
heavy rainfall and flooding, strong or damaging winds, and hail.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and
climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville.

EBW/RJS