A nearly stationary front over the lower Ohio valley served as a focus for severe thunderstorms to develop through the afternoon and evening hours.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A nearly stationary front over the lower Ohio valley served as a focus for severe thunderstorms to develop through the afternoon and evening hours.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 23, 12:56 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 256 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2007 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY)... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS AFTERNOON. ONE BATCH IS MOVING TOWARD THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY WHILE MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION WAS NOTED ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THIS AFTERNOON. ALL THE MODEL GUIDANCE INCLUDING OUR LOCAL WRF RUN SUGGEST CONVECTION WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH SOME RENEWED DEVELOPMENT LATER TONIGHT. THIS COULD BE A SIGNAL FROM THE MODEL BRINGING IN UPSTREAM CONVECTION. OUR LOCAL WRF RUN SUGGEST BEST CHANCES OF PRECIP EXTENDING FROM BWG NE THROUGH THE LEXINGTON AREA BETWEEN 03-09Z TONIGHT AND THEN QUICKLY DYING OUT BY SUNRISE. FOR THIS FORECAST WE PLAN ON KEEPING CHC POPS IN TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF REGION. NOT EVERYONE WILL SEE RAIN...BUT SOME WILL AND THOSE WHO GET IT...COULD GET A NICE AMOUNT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE RATHER MILD BUT TYPICAL FOR SUMMER. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO THE LOWER 70S SEEM REASONABLE. FOR SUNDAY...MODELS HAVE INCREASED PRECIPITATION CHANCES OVER THEIR 00Z COUNTERPARTS. BAGGY H5 TROF TO OUR WEST IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS MO. THIS FEATURE WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO US...ALONG WITH SFC BOUNDARY TO PROMOTE SCT CONVECTION ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW. TEMPS WILL BE WARM AGAIN WITH MID TO UPPER 80S ACROSS THE NORTH WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH. -MJ .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... SUN NGT THRU TUE NGT... STILL A CHC OF STORMS THRU MON...AFTERWARD...DRY...HOT AND HUMID. SOUTHWARD SAGGING/DETACHED SHRTWV TROF AT THE START OF THIS PD...IN THE SEMO/SRN IL VCNTY. THIS FCST POSITION FARTHER EAST THAN PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS. TROF IS STILL PROGGED TO WEAKEN/RETROGRADE INTO MON AS UPR LEVEL HGTS INCREASE...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE SE U.S.. THIS SHUD LIMIT CNVCTN BY MONDAY NIGHT THRU THE END OF THE PD...TIL THEN... ...HOWEVER...THE PROXIMITY OF THIS UPR LVL FEATURE COMBINED WITH SLOW MOVG NEWD MOVG BNDRY WILL PROVIDE WEAK FORCING MECHS IN AN UNSTABLE AMS TO EXTEND CHC POPS INTO THE FORECAST FOR SUN NGT AND MON. STRENGTHENING UPR LVL RIDGE CONTS INTO TUE WITH TROF REMNANTS STILL RETROGRADING TO THE CENTRAL U.S. AND RIDGE AXIS POSITIONED ACRS THE LOWER OH/TN VLYS. WITH PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE AND COMBO OF LOWER TO MID 90 MAX TEMPS AND MID/UPR 60 DEGREE DEWPOINTS...WELL SEE QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE AFTN HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. DK WED THRU SAT... A CHANGE OF AMS WILL OCCUR IN THIS PD (EARLY FRI WITH FROPA) WITH A RETURN TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABV NORMAL TEMPS. ALL MEDIUM RANGE GUID INDICATES HEIGHT FALLS BEGINNING THU...CONTG THRU SAT...WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF LNWV RIDGE ACR THE ROCKES/PLAINS AND LNWV TROF OVER THE ERN OH VLY/NEW ENGLAND. WITH STRENGTHENING NW FLO...FRONT WILL PUSH THRU OUR FA...FOLLOWED BY CANADIAN HIGH PRES FCST TO BE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OH VLY BY SAT. FOR WED...THU AND FRI...WILL CONT CHC POPS FOR SCT TSTMS...MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN WED AS RIDGE WEAKENS...HOWEVER FORCING FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT SHUD BE MORE FOCUSED...ESPECIALLY LATE THU AS CANADIAN CDFNT APPROACHES OUR FA. WILL GO WITH HIEST POPS (40) AT THAT POINT...LEANING TOWARD THE ENSEMBLE MEAN. THE MEAN ALSO SHOWS A PREFNTL MAX OF QPF THU AFTN/EVE. THE ENSEMBLES ARE A LITTLE SLOWER WITH FRONTAL MOVEMENT THAN THE OPS GFS AND TRENDED THAT WAY...KEEPING CHC POPS IN THE FCST THRU FRI...THIS CLOSE TO HPC NUMBERS. WILL CONT TO FAVOR HIGHER MAX TEMPS THRU THE PD...CLOSE TO HPC... TIL SOIL MOISTURE MOVES CLOSER TO NORMAL VALUES. DK && .AVIATION (18Z TAF ISSUANCE)... SMALL BATCH OF CONVECTION NOW MOVING THROUGH THE KSDF AREA. WILL CARRY TSRA IN THE TAF THROUGH 19Z. OTHERWISE VERY ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...RELATIVE COVERAGE LOOKS TO BE LOW...SO WILL NOT INCLUDE VCTS IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. CONVECTION IS FCST TO END WITH SUNSET THIS EVENING AND THEN AREAS OF LIGHT FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE. BEST CHANCE OF SEEING THIS WILL BE THE BWG TERM WITH VSBYS FALLING INTO THE MVFR RANGE BETWEEN 09-13Z SUN. -MJ && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1100 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2007 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-240800- 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- 1100 AM EDT SAT JUN 23 2007 /1000 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A COOL FRONT APPROACHES THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. CURRENTLY THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS LOOKS TO BE THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MJ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 307 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2007 KYZ076-231930- METCALFE- 207 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 ...STRONG STORM AFFECTING METCALFE COUNTY... AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDMONTON...OR 37 MILES NORTH OF CELINA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR EDMONTON BY 225 PM CDT. 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. SCHOTT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 313 PM EDT SAT JUN 23 2007 KYZ071>075-232015- WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE 213 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007 ...STRONG STORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING BENEFICIAL LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN TO SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY FROM BOWLING GREEN AND FRANKLIN EAST TO GLASGOW AND TOMPKINSVILLE. THOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY QUITE A BIT...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL DROP UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN. && ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DEADLY LIGHTNING. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY 13
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof was blown off a porch. The roof was blown off a shed as well. Numerous trees and power lines were downed.
Trees were downed along the Cumberland Parkway.
Penny size hail covered the ground in spots.
Several trees were downed.
Trees and power lines were downed.
Trees were downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 28370, 28371, 28366, 28372, 28375, 28373, 28367, 28368, 28369, 28374.