Special Weather Statement – Harrison (Kentucky)

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
445 PM EST (345 PM CST) TUE FEB 5 2008
…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT…
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-
CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT…VERY STRONG
WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY COULD
RESULT IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME
OF THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOP INTO SUPERCELLS AND BOWING LINE
SEGMENTS WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS…A FEW
TORNADOES AND SOME SMALL HAIL.
A BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS EXISTS LATER TONIGHT…MOST LIKELY
AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT…WHEN A SEPARATE LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY. THIS LINE WILL ALSO CONSIST OF SUPERCELLS
AND BOWING LINE SEGMENTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND
TORNADOES.
ADDITIONALLY…VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
TONIGHT…WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AS WELL.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THE BEST THREAT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT. PLEASE SET YOUR NOAA
ALL-HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO TO ALERT MODE IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS
ISSUED AT NIGHT WHILE YOU ARE ASLEEP.
STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT BY
MONITORING LOCAL MEDIA OR BY VISITING OUR WEBSITES AT
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE AND WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.
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AL/MJ
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