Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 13th across southern Indiana. Some of these storms produced gusty winds and frequent lightning.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 13th across southern Indiana. Some of these storms produced gusty winds and frequent lightning.
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 13, 7:28 PM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 828 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2014 ...Forecast Update... Issued 825 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2014 Just did a quick update to higher-resolution products to reflect lower POPs over most of the area for the next few hours. Thunderstorms over southern Indiana remain disorganized after failing to generate a cold pool, so would not expect this line to march south through Kentucky as previously advertised. Zone Forecast shows most areas under a likely POP for the night, and this still has a good shot at verifying. Next wave upstream is generating convection along the east-west oriented surface trof over SE Missouri, and with this boundary hanging up somewhere over the Ohio Valley, expect precip chances will be on the increase again after midnight. Still a low-end likely, as locations that do not end up close enough to the boundary could well miss the action. Not yet ready to tone down the HWO at the moment, as there is still quite a bit of downdraft CAPE and storms over southern Indiana still appear capable of producing near-severe winds. .SHORT TERM (Now through Monday Night)... Issued at 300 PM EDT Sun July 13 2014 A weak cold front draped across central Indiana will slowly sag south this evening across southern Indiana. It will then stall out overnight across north central Kentucky before finally pushing south towards Tennessee on Monday. This boundary will serve as a focus for repeated episodes of convection this evening and overnight, with a possibility of isolated damaging winds this evening and localized heavy rain through Monday. For the rest of this afternoon and evening, expect that scattered to numerous thunderstorms will congeal into a line of storms by late afternoon or evening, then slowly sag south towards I-64 by mid to late evening. It will be this line that has a potential to produce isolated severe weather, mainly in the form of damaging winds. Farther south across central Kentucky, clusters of scattered thunderstorms will produce brief heavy rainfall and gusty winds through late afternoon. Overnight, a weak upper-level wave will move east and allow showers and storms to continue. High PWATs and possibly training storms, may bring localized excessive rainfall. Indeed, expect an west-east strip along the axis of heaviest rain to average 1 to in excess of 2 inches somewhere across southern Indiana or central Kentucky overnight. Across our southern counties, widespread thunderstorm coverage will likely not develop until after midnight, and may continue in some fashion through the mid-morning hours. Temperatures will stay warm overnight, especially prior to any thunderstorm activity. Lows will likely range from the upper 60s north to the lower 70s south. The focus for any additional thunderstorm development Monday afternoon will be across our southern counties, which will lie under the axis of greatest precipitable water and have the potential for adequate instability. Depending on instability and cloud cover, some storms may become severe across our south during the afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms also have the potential to develop across southern Indiana during the afternoon as well, prompted by an approaching strong cold front. Highs Monday will range from the mid to upper 80s. Showers will end across the south Monday evening. A unseasonably strong cold front will drop south of the Ohio River early Tuesday morning. Cooler temperatures and much lower dewpoints will already be noticeable by dawn Tuesday morning along and north of the Ohio. .LONG TERM (Tuesday through Sunday)... Issued at 254 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2014 A deep upper low over the Great Lakes at the start of the period will pull off to the northeast but its parent upper trof will remain in place, extending back to the Tennessee Valley. The trof will then get reinforced by a new, weaker, trof coming in from the west, resulting in general upper troffing through the work week. At the surface, high pressure having originated over the Canadian Archipelago will be entering the northern Plains at the start of the long term, build into the Ohio Valley, and then proceed on to the East Coast. This surface high in concert with the upper trof will bring unseasonably cool air into the region. Afternoon readings will peak in the 70s Tuesday and Wednesday, and right around 80 on Thursday. The current forecast highs at the four main climate record sites in central Kentucky are only 0 to 2 degrees warmer than the record cool highs for July 16. Wednesday morning and Thursday morning we'll enjoy temperatures in the 50s. The Wednesday morning forecast is currently 3 to 6 degrees warmer than the record lows, and on Thursday morning is 2 to 7 degrees warmer than the records. Friday into the weekend the upper troffing will relax and we'll be on the west side of the Canadian high so we'll see a moderate return of warmth and moisture. Still, daytime highs will only be in the lower and middle 80s with morning lows in the 60s -- not bad for July. Also, the chances for scattered storms will increase and we could definitely use the rain. The most recent drought analysis shows most of southern Indiana and central Kentucky in the "abnormally dry" category, and local residents have been telling us that things are starting to look dry out there... && .AVIATION (00Z TAF Update)... Issued at 715 PM EDT Sun Jul 13 2014 Scattered thunderstorms have developed along a pre-frontal trof not too far to the north of SDF and LEX. No direct impact on either terminal but likely just close enough to alter approaches, so will initialize both with VCTS. However, the storms have failed to develop a cold pool or do anything to start a southward push anytime soon. Therefore we are hard pressed to include prevailing TSRA this evening, but that will be a last-minute decision before issuance time. Winds have veered westerly and cranked up to 12-15 kt, and that should continue at least an hour or two past sunset. Will keep VCTS in all three terminals for much of the night, as the boundary will be hung up somewhere across Kentucky and an upper-level wave will pass overhead. This remains a fairly low-confidence forecast given how many times expected precip has failed to materialize this season, and the difficulty in timing anything into each of the terminals. Light SW winds and VFR conditions outside of any T-storms overnight. Showers and storms should diminish in coverage near SDF and LEX by mid-morning, but could continue for much of the day in BWG with the effective boundary hung up over southern Kentucky. Timing remains too uncertain to include even a TEMPO for T-storms, so the potential seems best conveyed with VCTS. Prevailing conditions will be VFR outside of storms, with winds gradually becoming more westerly around 10 kt. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && Update.........RAS Short Term.....JSD Long Term......13 Aviation.......RAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 308 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-141915- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON... PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG... NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE... GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE... BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE... EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 308 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 /208 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL ARRIVE OVERNIGHT...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH PONDING OF WATER OR MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES MONDAY WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. STRONGER STORMS MAY BE DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE REGION FRIDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR STORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FIRST THERE AND THEN TO THE ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING THROUGH TOMORROW. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. JSD/13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
329 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
INZ079-132000-
JEFFERSON IN-
329 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS
ENTERING JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA...
AT 323 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
DUPONT AND FIVE POINTS...
MIDDLEFORK AND WIRT...
BELLEVIEW AND BRYANTSBURG...
CANAAN AND CHINA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3890 8528 3878 8532 3881 8569 3883 8568
3883 8562 3885 8562 3886 8558 3888 8558
3889 8554 3892 8554 3892 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 282DEG 26KT 3890 8556
13SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
411 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
INZ078-132040-
SCOTT IN-
411 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
...STRONG STORM WITH GUSTY WINDS NEAR SCOTTSBURG...
AT 409 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBURG...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL IMPACT...
SCOTTSBURG...
VIENNA...
GOSHEN...
LEXINGTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3860 8562 3861 8579 3860 8580 3860 8588
3870 8589 3871 8561
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 279DEG 22KT 3865 8584
13SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
816 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
INZ076-140045-
ORANGE IN-
816 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND 50 MPH WINDS
ENTERING ORANGE COUNTY...
AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF SHOALS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND
45 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
PAOLI...
ORANGEVILLE AND PROSPECT...
ABYDEL AND ORLEANS...
BRAXTONS SIDING...
WOODLAWN GROVE AND SYRIA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS...AND AVOID USING CORDED
TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
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 3869 8642 3855 8630 3853 8631 3840 8654
3854 8669 3869 8669 3869 8668 3869 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 309DEG 21KT 3867 8664
RASSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
908 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
INZ079-092-140140-
CLARK IN-JEFFERSON IN-
908 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND 50 MPH WINDS...
AT 907 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM EAST OF HENRYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND
45 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
NEW MARKET AND ROLLING HILLS...
VESTA AND OWEN...
HIBERNIA AND NEW WASHINGTON...
PAYNESVILLE...
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
16 AND 22.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS...AND AVOID USING CORDED
TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
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 3860 8544 3855 8541 3852 8544 3850 8548
3847 8550 3845 8558 3842 8562 3841 8578
3857 8581 3859 8580 3861 8572 3861 8557
3863 8557 3865 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 262DEG 24KT 3851 8567
RASSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
912 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
INZ077-140140-
WASHINGTON IN-
912 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND 40 MPH WINDS...
AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SALEM TO 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PAOLI...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN REDUCING VISIBILITIES...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40
MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT...
SALEM...
FARABEE AND SOUTH BOSTON...
NEW PEKIN AND FREDERICKSBURG...
BLUE RIVER AND DAISY HILL...
MARTINSBURG...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3855 8585 3854 8587 3852 8587 3852 8588
3850 8589 3850 8595 3849 8596 3849 8600
3842 8600 3842 8631 3854 8630 3863 8607
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 294DEG 16KT 3855 8606 3847 8627
RASThe Louisville radar (KLVX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:22 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a church just east of Salem, starting a fire. Damage was contained to just a portion of the building, but water and smoke damage was extensive.
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