Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees in southern Kentucky.
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Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few trees in southern Kentucky.
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 Aug 6, 5:50 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 750 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS OVER THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE. ADDED HEAVY RAINFALL WORDING TO AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST EXPECTED...SOME OF THE STORMS THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR WITH WARM RAIN PROCESSES IN SOME STORMS. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)... CURRENTLY...AREA SFC OBS INDICATE THAT A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED FROM ROUGHLY STL TO IND...BASICALLY IN THE SAME PLACE IT WAS LOCATED THIS MORNING. THIS STALLED FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH TOWARD THE CWA OVERNIGHT HELPED BY AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE...AND EVENTUALLY THE FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE CWA BY THURSDAY AFTN. HOWEVER AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...THERE REMAINS A CHC FOR DIURNALLY-DRIVEN ISLD-SCT SHOWERS/STORMS MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN KY. LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE FRONT ARE CAPPED FROM MID-LEVEL WARMING FOUND ON RECENT ACARS SOUNDING OUT OF SDF. THEREFORE WILL LOWER POPS TO SLIGHT CHC OVER THE NORTH HALF OF THE CWA THINKING THAT WE WILL REMAINED CAPPED. FURTHER SOUTH...CU FIELD IS DEVELOPING CLOSE TO THE TN BORDER...SO LEFT CHC POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR THIS AFTN-EVE. IF ANY OF THESE STORMS FORM...ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. IF ANY SHOWERS/STORMS CAN BREAK THE CAP...THEN THEY SHOULD WANE AROUND SUNSET. OVERNIGHT...SHORT-TERM MODELS PUSH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR FAR SRN CWA BY 12Z THURSDAY. BEHIND THIS...AMPLE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD HELP FORM A POSSIBLE FOG/STRATUS SITUATION. MAY ADD IN PATCHY FOG TO OUR NORTHERN CWA. IF BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS ARE TOO STRONG THOUGH...THEN STRATUS IS MORE LIKELY THAN FOG. ALSO AMPLE MID-LEVEL CLOUDS COULD HINDER FOG FORMATION. HELD OVERNIGHT LOWS CLOSE TO MOS...WITH MID 60S TO LOW 70S FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. SHORT-TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO OVERDO PRECIP WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW. THUS FOLLOWED ENSEMBLES AND ONLY KEPT IN SMALL CHC POPS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH IN CASE THE FRONT GETS HUNG UP FURTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED. HOWEVER MOST AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY TOMORROW. CONCERNING HIGH TEMPS...WENT A TAD BELOW MOS GUIDANCE FOR THURSDAY. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... AT THE START OF THE LONGER TERM THE AIRMASS THAT BROUGHT THE RAIN IS BEING REPLACED BY DRIER AIR AND A LITTLE COOLER AIR BROUGHT SOUTH BY HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. A DEEP TROUGH TO OUR EAST AND RIDGE TO OUR WEST WILL KEEP NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. MODELS ARE SIMILAR WITH THIS PART OF THE FORECAST. BEGINNING SUNDAY...MODELS START TO DIVERGE. GFS AND GFS ENSEMBLE KEEP THE HIGH AND NORTHWEST FLOW OVER OUR AREA THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE FLOW BECOMING LESS AMPLIFIED TOWARD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE ECMWF FLATTENS THE AMPLIFIED PATTERN BEGINNING SUNDAY...BRINGING A SHORTWAVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN STATES SUNDAY AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY MONDAY MORNING. THIS SCENARIO BRINGS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE FORECAST AREA STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT WHILE THE GFS KEEPS US DRY THROUGH TUESDAY. ATTM WILL STAY CLOSER TO THE RECOMMENDED ECMWF SCENARIO BUT WITH MODIFICATIONS MADE BY HPC. WITH UNCERTAINTY IN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS WILL KEEP POPS LOW. HIGH PRESSURE AND COOLER NORTHERLY WINDS WILL KEEP HIGHS IN THE LOWER AND MID 80S AND LOWS IN THE 50S THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL STAY LIGHT WITH ONLY SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER THE AREA. FOLLOWING THE ECMWF SCENARIO...CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY WITH A TRAILING WEAK COOL FRONT SETTLING TO OUR SOUTH BY TUESDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED OVER THE AREA MONDAY AND WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE FRONT JUST TO OUR SOUTH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S. && .AVIATION (00Z TAFS)... SDF AND LEX LIKELY TO REMAIN UNAFFECTED BY STORMS THIS EVENING SO LEFT THOSE TAFS DRY. BWG STANDS A BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDER SO INCLUDED VCTS FOR THE FIRST HOUR ON ACCOUNT OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST AND THEN A CB CLOUD TYPE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER THAT. FOG FORMED UPSTREAM THIS MORNING AND LOOKS LIKE IT WILL FORM IN KENTUCKY TOMORROW MORNING...ESPECIALLY WHERE RAIN FALLS THIS EVENING. WILL ACCOUNT FOR THIS IN THE TAFS. VFR FLYING CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && UPDATE...13 SHORT TERM...AL/SLD LONG TERM....MBS AVIATION.....13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 341 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-070830- 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- 341 PM EDT (241 PM CDT) WED AUG 6 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THOUGH MOST AREAS WILL REMAIN DRY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY THROUGH SUNSET. IF ANY STORMS FORM...THEY COULD CONTAIN BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES...THEN BECOMES STATIONARY TO OUR SOUTH DURING THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MBS/SLD/AL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 712 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 KYZ024-027-028-070000- BRECKINRIDGE-GRAYSON-HARDIN- 612 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...STRONG STORM TO MOVE ALONG THE GRAYSON/HARDIN COUNTY LINE... AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF LEITCHFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 27 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR BIG CLIFTY BY 635 PM CDT. NEAR SUMMIT BY 740 PM EDT. NEAR WHITE MILLS BY 750 PM EDT. HUDSON...CLARKSON...EASTVIEW...AND MADRID ARE ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...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. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 752 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2008 KYZ028-053-063-070030- HARDIN-HART-LARUE- 652 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING HARDIN...HART AND LARUE COUNTIES... AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF LEITCHFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR UPTON BY 810 PM EDT. NEAR BONNIEVILLE BY 715 PM CDT. NEAR HAMMONVILLE BY 720 PM CDT. NEAR LINWOOD BY 730 PM CDT. MAGNOLIA IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 76. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...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. 13
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few large limbs were reported down on the east side of Bowling Green.
Spotter reported 12 to 14 inch diameter trees downed by winds.
Dispatch reported trees down in Albany.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, August 2008
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: 132442, 132443, 132444.