Several strong storms developed across central Kentucky during the afternoon of July 21st. One storm produced a wet microburst that brought considerable damage around Bowling Green.
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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.
Several strong storms developed across central Kentucky during the afternoon of July 21st. One storm produced a wet microburst that brought considerable damage around Bowling Green.
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 Jul 21, 1:25 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
325 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2011
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)...
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED ALONG DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY AND
OUTFLOW FROM MORNING MCS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. MCV FROM
THIS CONVECTION IS CLEARLY EVIDENT WITH RUC OVERLAYED ON WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY. THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION IS CURRENTLY BEING IMPACTED AND
STORMS SHOULD SLOWLY PROGRESS SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE BOWLING GREEN
REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH SHEAR
IS VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT...SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY RANGING FROM
3000 TO 4000 J/KG WILL ALLOW FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH
WET MICROBURSTS/COLLAPSING STORMS. PERHAPS THE GREATER THREAT WILL
BE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL AS PWATS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
ARE RANGING FROM 2 TO 2.25 INCHES THROUGH THE COLUMN. COMBINE VERY
MOIST COLUMN WITH SLOW STORM MOVEMENT AND POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING AND
HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED. SO FAR...BASED ON OBS FROM THE
KENTUCKY MESONET IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...RAINFALL RATES WITH THE
STRONGEST PORTIONS OF STORMS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES PER
HOUR...ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. EXPECT THE
SEVERE THREAT TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF
DIURNAL HEATING...HOWEVER REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES COULD YIELD
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...
LEFT OVER CONVECTIVE DEBRIS SHOULD GRADUALLY CLEAR TONIGHT...
ALTHOUGH COULD SEE LOWER CLOUD DEVELOPMENT FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS CWA AS MOISTURE ADVECTS IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH IN THIS SCENARIO AND HAVE SKIES BECOMING
MOSTLY CLEAR BY DAWN. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE...EXPECT HAZE AND SOME
PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP TOWARD MORNING. THE VERY MILD LOW TREND WILL
CONTINUE AGAIN WITH THE MERCURY ONLY DIPPING INTO THE MID AND UPPER
70S IN MOST SPOTS. HOWEVER...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WHERE
OUTFLOW FROM CURRENT CONVECTION IS SWEEPING WESTWARD...EXPECT LOWS
IN THE LOWER 70S. THESE LOWS MAY OCCUR VERY CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT.
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL CONTINUE AGAIN ON FRIDAY AS HEAT INDICES
RANGE FROM AROUND 105 IN THE EASTERN CWA TO AS HIGH AS 115 WEST OF I
65. ALTHOUGH THE LOWER END OF THIS RANGE DOES NOT QUITE MEET
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING CRITERIA...WILL CONTINUE EHW DUE TO PROLONGED
NATURE OF AT LEAST ADVISORY CRITERIA. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO BE SLIGHTLY LOW THAN TODAY/S HIGHS AS SCATTERED TO BROKEN DIURNAL
CU IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FAIRLY EARLY...ALONG WITH SCATTERED
CONVECTIVE DEBRIS.
HAVE LEFT CONVECTIVE COVERAGE FORECAST GENERAL ACROSS THE CWA FOR
TOMORROW AS LIMITED CAPPING SHOULD ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP WITHOUT MUCH OF A TRIGGER. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND THREATS
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH PULSE STORMS.
.LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT - THURSDAY)...
SPRAWLING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. HEAT INDEX VALUES
SHOULD CONTINUE TO PEAK FROM ABOUT 105 TO 110 SATURDAY SO THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH THAT TIME. IN FACT...WITH
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUING SUNDAY...THE WARNING MAY HAVE TO
BE EXTENDED THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THERE IS A HINT THAT THERE MAY
BE A FEW MORE STORMS AROUND IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS...WHICH WOULD AFFECT TEMPS. THUS WILL LEAVE
WARNING THROUGH SATURDAY AT THIS TIME...BUT MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED
IN LATER FORECASTS.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE THE RULE IN THE AFTERNOON AND
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE WEEKEND...MOST LIKELY WITH A
NOCTURNAL MINIMUM OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING. PRECIP WATER VALUES
IN THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND 2 INCHES...MARGINAL STEERING WINDS ALOFT...
AND STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN PULSE
TYPE STORMS...WITH LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINS (LOCAL FLOODING
POSSIBLE) AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...POSSIBLY A FEW MICROBURSTS.
ON MONDAY...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS PREDICTED BY MODEL GUIDANCE TO
MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. THE 12Z GFS IS SLOWEST WITH
THIS SYSTEM...WHILE THE 12Z ECMWF AND GEM ARE FASTER. THE SHORTWAVE
WILL TEMPORARILY FLATTEN THE RIDGE ALOFT AND SEND A SURFACE COOL
FRONT FROM NW TO SE ACROSS THE OH VALLEY. THIS WILL SPARK
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON MONDAY (MAYBE EVEN
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT IF THE FASTER SOLUTION VERIFIES). THE STORMS AGAIN
WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AND EVEN ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE ESPECIALLY
IF A LINE OF STORMS FORMS IN THE NW FLOW ALOFT AND SURGES SE.
AFTER THE FRONT PASSES LATE MONDAY OR TUESDAY (DEPENDING ON SYSTEM
SPEED)...A WELCOME BREAK IN THE HUMIDITY SHOULD OCCUR LATER TUESDAY
AND ESPECIALLY MID PART OF NEXT WEEK). IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY
COOLER...BUT LOWER HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE THE MAIN DIFFERENCE
BEHIND THE FRONT.
NEVERTHELESS...ANY RELIEF TO THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY MID NEXT WEEK
WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS EXTENDED MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE UPPER
RIDGE WILL BUILD RIGHT BACK INTO THE OH VALLEY BRINGING MORE HEAT
AND HUMIDITY BACK TO THE AREA LATE NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION (18Z TAF ISSUANCE)...
EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD OUTSIDE
OF ANY BRIEF THUNDERSTORM AT BWG AND BRIEF VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
TOWARD DAWN. SCATTERED CU AROUND 3 K FEET ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY. BWG WILL HAVE THE BEST SHOT AT A STRAY
THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 4 PM OR AFTER. SURFACE WINDS
SHOULD GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE WEST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH WITH
VARIABLE WINDS POSSIBLE AT BWG LATER THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW.
GRADUALLY CLEARING SKIES THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW FOR HZ/BR TO FORM
AGAIN TOWARD DAWN AT ALL THE TAF SITES. CANNOT RULE OUT IFR
CONDITIONS AT BWG OR LEX AT THIS POINT...HOWEVER WILL LET LATER
FORECASTS NAIL DOWN DETAILS. EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP AGAIN ON FRIDAY.
&&
.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082.
IN...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092.
&&
SHORT TERM........BJS
LONG TERM.........TWF
AVIATION..........BJSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 346 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2011 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-222000- 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- 346 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2011 /246 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS OVER THE EASTERN BLUEGRASS COUNTIES AS WELL. ANY STORM THAT FORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS. OUTSIDE OF ANY COOLING THUNDERSTORMS...DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. HIGHEST HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE AROUND 110 DEGREES...WITH THE HIGHER VALUES EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AND POSSIBLY ON SUNDAY AS WELL. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL TOP OUT FROM ABOUT 105 TO 110 IN THE AFTERNOON IN MOST LOCATIONS. THEREFORE CONTINUE TO USE EXTREME CAUTION IF OUTSIDE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS MAY BE ON MONDAY AS A COOL FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM ANY STORMS WILL BE EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...PARTICULARLY ON MONDAY AS THE COOL FRONT APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY STRONG WINDS...AND FLOODED ROADS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BJS/TWF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
247 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2011
KYZ077-211915-
ADAIR-
147 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
...THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY
WINDS...
AT 140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLUMBIA...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL
RATES OF AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
COLUMBIA...
BLISS...
FLATWOOD AND MILLTOWN...
GRADYVILLE AND WEED...
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3694 8542 3694 8545 3696 8545 3702 8551
3710 8553 3713 8548 3717 8538 3723 8531
3702 8519 3694 8533 3693 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 063DEG 6KT 3709 8536
DKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
222 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
KYZ076-211945-
METCALF-
222 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
...THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY
WINDS...
AT 218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EDMONTON...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL
RATES OF AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
EDMONTON...
NEW LIBERTY AND CURTIS...
CEDAR FLATS AND WISDOM...
GOODLUCK AND RANDOLPH...
SUMMER SHADE AND BEAUMONT...
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3685 8574 3691 8574 3692 8575 3700 8575
3706 8576 3711 8553 3702 8551 3699 8548
3691 8550 3684 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 043DEG 12KT 3700 8561
DKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
256 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
KYZ074-212030-
BARREN-
256 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
GUSTY WINDS...
AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GLASGOW...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL
RATES OF AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
GLASGOW...
GLASGOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND STOVALL...
OIL CITY AND CARDEN...
PRITCHARDSVILLE AND APPLE GROVE...
BON AYR AND BRISTLETOWN...
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3699 8614 3706 8610 3706 8607 3710 8607
3716 8603 3715 8591 3715 8586 3714 8579
3708 8576 3687 8577 3675 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 043DEG 12KT 3706 8591
DKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
338 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
KYZ062-071-212115-
EDMONSON-WARREN-
338 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
GUSTY WINDS...
AT 332 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF BROWNSVILLE...AND MOVING WEST AT
20 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL
RATES OF AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
PLUM SPRINGS...
BROWNSVILLE...
CHALYBEATE AND RHODA...
TUCKERTOWN AND OAKLAND...
NICK AND SUNNYSIDE...
GIRKIN AND GLENMORE...
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3691 8638 3717 8642 3725 8608 3721 8605
3708 8607 3705 8608 3706 8611 3697 8615
3695 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 078DEG 25KT 3715 8617
DKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
340 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
KYZ072-212115-
SIMPSON-
340 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
GUSTY WINDS...
AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANKLIN...AND MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL
RATES OF AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
FRANKLIN...
NEOSHEO AND PROVIDENCE...
PRICES MILL...
MIDDLETON...
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8659 3665 8661 3665 8677 3675 8674
3682 8670 3678 8652 3664 8653 3664 8654
3663 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 092DEG 13KT 3669 8664
DKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
421 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
KYZ071-212145-
WARREN-
421 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011
...THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG
WINDS...
AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREENWOOD...AND MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL
RATES OF AROUND TWO INCHES PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE HALF MILE...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
BOWLING GREEN
THREE SPRINGS...
PLUM SPRINGS...
MOUNT VICTOR...
MEMPHIS JUNCTION...
DELAFIELD...
RICH POND...
BARREN RIVER...
BLUE LEVEL AND ROCKFIELD...
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3683 8658 3687 8661 3700 8667 3707 8665
3704 8631 3686 8632 3682 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 092DEG 13KT 3696 8643
DKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An ASOS site at the Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport measured a wind gust of 74 mph.
Local law enforcement reported scattered trees and power lines downed across Bowling Green.
Strong winds associated with a thunderstorm overturned two small planes at the Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport.
Local law enforcement reported that several trees were downed in Browning, which is located 6 miles south of Bowling Green.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, July 2011
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: 317971, 317966, 317967, 317969.