A cold front set off some thunderstorms over central Kentucky. Although little severe weather was reported, a Jessamine County man was struck and killed by lightning while riding a lawn mower.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A cold front set off some thunderstorms over central Kentucky. Although little severe weather was reported, a Jessamine County man was struck and killed by lightning while riding a lawn mower.
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 May 2, 2:25 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 325 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 .SHORT TERM TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... AT 18Z A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. ONE OF THE CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST WILL BE HOW FAR SOUTH THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE BEFORE SHIFTING NORTH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTH INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINS OVER MISSOURI. THIS SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN AS ANOTHER LOW TRACKS FROM ARIZONA EAST INTO THE WESTERN GULF COAST STATES. STILL THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER MISSOURI WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH SUPPORT TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND WE DO EXPECT IT TO DROP SOUTH TO AT LEAST THE OHIO RIVER. WE WILL MENTION HIGHER POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWFA THAN THE SOUTH TONIGHT WITH LIKELY POPS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY. WITH PW VALUES ABOVE 1.3 INCHES AND WEAK MID LEVEL WINDS WE WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN CWFA TONIGHT. --JA .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... THURSDAY NIGHT THRU SATURDAY... VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS WITH RESPECT TO THIS PERIOD...WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINING THE MAIN PLAYER AS IT MEANDERS ACROSS THE REGION THRU THE PERIOD...ALONG WITH A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT IS SLOWLY MOVING FROM THE MS VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THRU THE PERIOD. FAIRLY HIGH PWATS NEAR 1.5 INCHES AND SIGNIFICANT WARM CLOUD LAYERS AROUND 9000 TO 9500 FEET WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY PRECIP AND THE LIGHT WINDS WILL MEAN THAT THE STORMS WILL BE VERY SLOW MOVERS ALLOWING FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL MENTION IN THE ZONES ON BOTH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY FOR NOW. DEPENDING ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS...FLASH FLOODING MAY BECOME A DISTINCT CONCERN. WILL KEEP THE POPS AROUND THE 70 PERCENT LEVEL...WITH A DROP ON SATURDAY DOWN TO THE CHANCE CATEGORY FOR SATURDAY AS THE FRONT STARTS TO WASH OUT AS INCREASED MID LEVEL RIDGING DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS AROUND 60. SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SUNDAY MORNING THE AMPLIFIED RIDGING...A NEAR OMEGA BLOCK BUT NOT EXACTLY...WILL BE IN PLACE FROM EAST CENTRAL CANADA AND HUDSON BAY TO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WITH ITS AXIS JUST TO THE WEST OF THE MID OHIO VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE LARGE HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL SLIDE DOWN THE NE COAST TOWARDS THE MID ATLC COAST. BY MONDAY THE RIDGE AXIS WILL SLIDE SLIGHTLY EAST INTO THE REGION...WOULD THINK THAT BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY WOULD BE DRY UNDER THE HEART OF THE RIDGE. ALSO THE SURFACE HIGH SLIDES FURTHER INTO THE SE COASTLINE...STARTING TO BRING WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION. EACH DAY SHOULD BE CLOSE TO 5 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AT LEAST. TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY THE RIDGE STARTS TO WEAKEN BUT STILL HOLDS ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES...WITH THE SURFACE HIGH STILL PUMPING MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION FROM THE GULF. AS THE RIDGE SLIDE FURTHER EAST...THE CAPPING WILL LESSEN WITH ISOLATED TO SCTD CONVECTION POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...BETTER CHANCES AREAWIDE ON WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIP SHOULD BE FAIRLY DIURNAL...WITH BEST CHANCES IN THE AFTERNOON AND THE EARLY EVENING. TEMPS LOOK TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THRU THE END OF THE PERIOD. --SCHOTT .AVIATION (18Z TAFS)... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINED ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AT 17Z WITH LITTLE PROGRESSION SOUTH EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL MAINLY AFFECT SDF AND LEX. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH VCTS FOR THESE SITES AND UPDATE TAFS WHEN AND IF STORMS APPROACH. BWG WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO SEE PRECIPITATION AND WE WILL MENTION CBS FOR THIS SITE. JA .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1245 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-030830- 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- 1245 PM EDT (1145 AM CDT) WED MAY 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A BETTER CHANCE OVERNIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY AND BLUEGRASS PARKWAYS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WEATHER FEATURE WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE PERIOD. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION BY SATURDAY...HOWEVER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 13/MJ/JA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 211 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 INZ076-077-021900- ORANGE-WASHINGTON- 211 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PAOLI...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 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. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR CLAYSVILLE BY 220 PM EDT. NEAR LIVONIA BY 225 PM EDT. NEAR SMEDLEY BY 230 PM EDT. NEAR ROSEBUD BY 235 PM EDT. NEAR HITCHCOCK BY 240 PM EDT. NEAR BECKS MILL BY 245 PM EDT. 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. JSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 255 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 KYZ036-040>042-048-049-056-057-067-021950- BOURBON-CLARK-FAYETTE-GARRARD-JESSAMINE-LINCOLN-MADISON-SCOTT- WOODFORD- 255 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WEST OF LEXINGTON THROUGH 400 PM EDT... AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A GROUP OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF VERSAILLES TO STANFORD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN TO 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT FAYETTE...JESSAMINE...MERCER...AND WOODFORD COUNTIES. 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 THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR GEORGETOWN BY 305 PM EDT. NEAR LEXINGTON BY 315 PM EDT. NEAR RICHMOND BY 330 PM EDT. 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. JSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 328 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 INZ077>079-092-022030- CLARK-JEFFERSON-SCOTT-WASHINGTON- 328 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...STRONG...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CLARK...JEFFERSON...SCOTT AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA THROUGH 430 PM EDT... THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THEY WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. IN ADDITION...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING. EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND TURN ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS IF ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAINS. JSD
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 55 year old man was struck by lightning and killed instantly as he was mowing his lawn.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Jessamine | 2007-05-02 | 55 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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