Author: kg4vma

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
129 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
…STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS
REGION…INCLUDING LEXINGTON…GEORGETOWN…AND SCOTT AND HARRISON
COUNTIES…

AT 124 AM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BROOKSVILLE TO 7 MILES WEST OF HARRODSBURG…AND MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING…AND HEAVY RAIN REDUCING
VISIBILITIES…ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* THESE STORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT…
GEORGETOWN…
LEXINGTON…
VETERANS PARK…
FAYETTE MALL…
U K ARBORETUM…
SOUTH ELKHORN AND LORADALE…
NEALTON AND CATNIP…
FENWICK AND ELLISVILLE…
WALNUT HILL AND SIDVILLE…

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.

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BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 633
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
810 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 633 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
KY
. KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAIR ALLEN ANDERSON
BARREN BOONE BOURBON
BOYLE BRACKEN BRECKINRIDGE
BULLITT BUTLER CAMPBELL
CARROLL CASEY CLARK
CLINTON CUMBERLAND EDMONSON
FAYETTE FRANKLIN GALLATIN
GARRARD GRANT GRAYSON
GREEN HANCOCK HARDIN
HARRISON HART HENRY
JEFFERSON JESSAMINE KENTON
LARUE LEWIS LINCOLN
LOGAN MADISON MARION
MASON MEADE MERCER
METCALF MONROE NELSON
NICHOLAS OHIO OLDHAM
OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
RUSSELL SCOTT SHELBY
SIMPSON SPENCER TAYLOR
TRIMBLE WARREN WASHINGTON
WOODFORD
ATTN…WFO…MEG…OHX…ILN…LMK…

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1041 AM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012
…SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT…

AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES WARM AND UNSTABLE TODAY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS…LARGE
HAIL…AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL
BE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.

LATE THIS EVENING A POWERFUL SQUALL LINE IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE LINE SHOULD REACH
DUBOIS COUNTY AROUND 9 PM EDT…THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR
AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT…AND THE BLUE GRASS AROUND 2 AM EDT. DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. A FEW
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL…ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN
INDIANA BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED. LARGE HAIL WILL NOT BE AS MUCH OF A THREAT BUT ISOLATED
INSTANCES OF SEVERE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO REVIEW AND PRACTICE YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY
PLAN TODAY BEFORE THE STORMS STRIKE.

BE SURE TO PERIODICALLY CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS IN CASE THERE
IS A CHANGE IN THE TIMING OF THE STORMS OR IN THE MAIN EXPECTED
THREATS.
BJS/AMS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
346 AM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012
…SEVERE SQUALL LINE EXPECTED THIS EVENING…

AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES WARM AND UNSTABLE TODAY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCES FOR
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM
THESE INITIAL STORMS.

THIS EVENING A POWERFUL SQUALL LINE IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE LINE SHOULD REACH
DUBOIS COUNTY AROUND 8 PM EDT…THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR A
COUPLE HOURS LATER…AND THE BLUE GRASS AROUND MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. A FEW
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL…ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN
INDIANA BETWEEN 8 PM AND 11PM. TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED AS
WELL. LARGE HAIL WILL NOT BE AS MUCH OF A THREAT BUT ISOLATED
INSTANCES OF SEVERE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO REVIEW AND PRACTICE YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY
PLAN TODAY BEFORE THE STORMS STRIKE.

BE SURE TO PERIODICALLY CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS IN CASE THERE
IS A CHANGE IN THE TIMING OF THE STORMS OR IN THE MAIN EXPECTED
THREATS.
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