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