A very warm and moist environment interacted with a stationary boundary across southern Indiana. This sparked a round of strong to severe storms which produced torrential rainfall and damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A very warm and moist environment interacted with a stationary boundary across southern Indiana. This sparked a round of strong to severe storms which produced torrential rainfall and damaging winds.
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 14, 11:55 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Louisville KY 1255 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...Forecast Update... Issued at 1148 AM EDT Tue Jun 14 2016 Given temperature trends this morning, and the fact that BWG made it all the way to 96 yesterday, decided to bump afternoon highs up 1-3 degrees generally along and west of I-65 despite expected cloud and thunderstorm development. With oppressive dew points in the lower and middle 70s, western portions of central Kentucky will see heat index readings of 99-104 this afternoon, just shy of advisory level. Precipitable water values are already in the 1.5 to 1.8 inch range, and may rise above 2 inches this afternoon. This combined with K Index in the mid and upper 30s as well as expected slow forward motion of storms, torrential downpours will be possible. So, we added heavy rain wording to the grids with the storms this afternoon. .SHORT TERM (Now through Wednesday)... Issued at 245 AM EDT Tue Jun 14 2016 A very moist airmass is poised to move into the region today. Model precipitable waters seem high, they are showing record values for the data according to the SPC sounding climatology. A look at 00Z observed soundings show they are a little high, but fairly close, with values near 2 inches just to our west. Convective temperatures should get reached around lunchtime west of I-65 and a general southwest to northeast flow should allow those storms to spread into the rest of the forecast area later in the afternoon. Given the moist airmass in place, today's storms will be heavy rain-ers. Wind field is not too impressive for the threat for stronger winds and freezing levels are fairly high. High temperatures look to be short-circuited by the storms that develop, but in general most places should at least briefly get into the lower 90s. Tonight, lingering boundaries in that moist airmass will mean continued isolated to widely-scattered storm coverage. Wednesday we are just a little bit drier, but with the ridge aloft flattening out and a vortmax crossing the area, we should see good coverage of storms again. Forecast soundings show a little bit stronger winds aloft, but more unidirectional, from the west northwest. This should result in faster storm motions. Convective temperatures are a little lower, so timing of new storms could be late morning and then through the afternoon hours. The main threat should be torrential rainfall reducing visibilities as well as gusty winds. Freezing levels remain fairly high, but if storms can get organized we could see some small hail. Highs should be a little cooler than today, given earlier cloud cover, but it still will feel pretty warm with the higher dewpoint air over us. .LONG TERM (Wednesday Night through Monday)... Issued at 300 AM EDT Tue Jun 14 2016 Flow aloft becomes more northwesterly Wednesday night, allowing our deeper moisture to start heading east. Surface dewpoints will stay up some to make Thursday a muggy day. During the day Thursday, a stronger trough will move south across the Great Lakes and into Ohio. The GFS solution paints a wide area of light precip ahead of this trough, whereas the NAM looks more realistic, with a band of storms developing across south central KY with peak heating. The question mark will be how fast that trough gets close to our region, as the ECMWF/GEM both keep it north enough to miss out on peak heating Thursday afternoon. Merging this uncertainty with less moisture in the area, will go with slight chances east of SDF/BWG and low-end chances over the Bluegrass and Lake Cumberland regions. Beyond any lingering light rain chances Thursday night, we should stay dry through the weekend. Monday, the latest GFS is hinting at another cool front moving into the northern area. The GEM is a little slower with this feature and the Euro has not come in as of this writing. A blended model solution gives slight rain chances across our southern Indiana counties, and that seems reasonable this far out. && .AVIATION (18Z TAF Update)... Issued at 1255 PM EDT Tue Jun 14 2016 A very moist air mass combined with daytime heating and a nearby surface boundary will promote scattered to numerous showers and storms across central Kentucky this afternoon. The highest coverage of storms looks to impact SDF and BWG. Storms will be capable of producing torrential downpours and locally gusty winds. At LEX, the environment isn't as supportive so will hold off on prevailing in the TAF for now. Storm coverage will wane with loss of daytime heating, so ending around 00-02z giving way to mostly clear skies overnight. Depending on how rainfall plays out, there could be fog or stratus form at the TAF sites. Statistical guidance points to this happening at BWG the most. For Wednesday, expect generally southerly to southwesterly flow and a greater chance of storms during the late morning into the afternoon. && .LMK Watches/Warnings/Advisories... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && Update.........13 Short Term.....RJS Long Term......RJS Aviation.......ZT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1154 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-151600- ORANGE-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-JEFFERSON-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-HARRISON- FLOYD-CLARK-HANCOCK-BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-OHIO-GRAYSON-HARDIN-BULLITT- OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-SHELBY-FRANKLIN-SPENCER-ANDERSON-WOODFORD- FAYETTE-BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-MERCER-JESSAMINE-LARUE-MARION-BOYLE- GARRARD-MADISON-BUTLER-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN- LOGAN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL- CUMBERLAND-CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...ENGLISH...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...LEWISPORT...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG... BRANDENBURG...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN... SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...MILTON... NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA... TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS... CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...HORSE CAVE...GREENSBURG... CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN... FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE... EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1154 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 /1054 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, WITH LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAIN IN THE STRONGER STORMS. MINOR PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS AS WELL. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL PEAK IN THE 99 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY...MAINLY OVER THE BLUEGRASS AND LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND HAIL. HEAT INDEX VALUES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM 95 TO NEAR 105 DURING EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE INVITED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. 13
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1249 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
KYZ026-141815-
OHIO-
1249 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN OHIO
COUNTY...
AT 1248 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LIVERMORE TO NEAR CENTRAL CITY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARTFORD...BEAVER DAM...CENTERTOWN...MCHENRY...ROCKPORT...SANDEFUR
CROSSING...NINETEEN...HEFLIN...COFFMAN AND TAFFY.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3736 8712 3738 8709 3746 8710 3748 8713
3749 8712 3748 8711 3756 8704 3760 8699
3763 8691 3737 8675 3725 8695 3726 8696
3726 8697 3727 8698 3732 8699 3736 8703
3737 8707 3733 8711 3734 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 244DEG 31KT 3752 8717 3728 8702
ZTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 155 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 INZ090-091-KYZ025-141830- FLOYD-HARRISON-MEADE- 155 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HARRISON...SOUTH CENTRAL FLOYD AND NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTIES... AT 153 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BRANDENBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CORYDON...LANESVILLE...ELIZABETH...NEW MIDDLETOWN...LACONIA...NEW AMSTERDAM...CENTRAL...LOTTICK CORNER...CEDAR FLAT AND DOGWOOD. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3797 8609 3812 8633 3830 8615 3821 8591 TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 223DEG 30KT 3810 8615 ZT
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported that windows were blown out of the Walmart store in Corydon.
Local law enforcement reported trees down.
Trees were reported down in the area.
Local broadcast media reported trees down in the area.
Local broadcast media reported trees down in the area.
State officials reported trees down on powerlines on North Sycamore Street. This resulted in power outages.
Trees were reported down near Highway 1040 and 150 North.
The Orange County emergency manager reported trees down blocking portions of US 150 westbound.
The Orange County emergency manager reported 170 people lost power for approximately 2 to 3 hours due to trees down on power lines. Some lines and power poles were broken.
Trees were reported down in the area.
Broadcast media reported trees down in the area.
The Dubois COunty emergency manager reported trees and power poles down.
The Dubois County emergency manager reported trees down blocking the road near the intersection of East County Road 300 North and North Kellerville Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 630733, 630734, 630735, 630736, 630737, 630738, 630739, 630740, 630741, 630745, 630743, 630742, 630744.