Category: Weather

SLEET
AND SNOW NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY TONIGHT. THE
Wintry MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE SOME DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.
KYZ036-037-040>043-047>049-055>057-066-067-171015-
/O.NEW.KLMK.SN.Y.0002.080117T0600Z-080117T1400Z/
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-
NICHOLAS KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-
MADISON KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…GEORGETOWN…CYNTHIANA…VERSAILLES…
LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…HARRODSBURG…NICHOLASVILLE…
WINCHESTER…DANVILLE…LANCASTER…RICHMOND…LIBERTY…STANFORD
939 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008
…SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY…
A Wintry MIX OF LIGHT RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO
MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND
AN INCH IS LIKELY BY MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL A LITTLE BELOW
FREEZING…ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS WILL LIKELY BE HAZARDOUS DURING THE
LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS.
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM CST.
ICY PATCHES WILL FIRST DEVELOP ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MOTORISTS
SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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AB
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 FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 516 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR… ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN… NELSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY…

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 511 PM EST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A SERIES OF STORMS FROM BARDSTOWN TO LAWRENCEBURG TO FRANKFORT TO GEORGETOWN TO CYNTHIANA. THIS AREA IS NEARLY SATURATED WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING..AND UP TO 1 MORE INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 630 PM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CYNTHIANA… FRANKFORT…BARDSTOWN…AND GEORGETOWN

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY…COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS…STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT…LON 3831 8428 3828 8445 3820 8443 3812 8464 3818 8470 3815 8486 3796 8483 3790 8521 3756 8552 3755 8563 3769 8560 3782 8574 3799 8550 3797 8518 3835 8496 3834 8475 3856 8441 3858 8421 3845 8410 TIME…MOT…LOC 2216Z 180DEG 0KT 3825 8487

 457 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR… ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… BOYLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON… FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… GARRARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… WESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… NICHOLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN… WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY… EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… ADAIR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… CASEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY… EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY…

* UNTIL 800 PM EST/700 PM CST/…

* AT 457 PM EST/357 PM CST/ BANDS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN OCCURING EAST OF I 65…WITH MOST AREAS IN GOOD SHAPE AND SOME LOW SPOTS HAVING MINOR FLOODING. THE RAIN IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AND ANY LOW LYING FLOODING SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH TO AS MUCH AS 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

SOME MINOR LOW LYING FLOODING IS OCCURING IN ANDERSON COUNTY… FRANKLIN COUNTY IN FRANKFORT…AND HARRISON COUNTY JUST EAST OF CYNTHIANA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

LAT…LON 3812 8407 3805 8403 3733 8453 3735 8457 3712 8491 3698 8485 3685 8506 3677 8500 3661 8500 3663 8574 3693 8546 3837 8492 3835 8475 3857 8441 3858 8421 3849 8416 3844 8395 3833 8384 TIME…MOT…LOC 2157Z 180DEG 0KT 3826 8469

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…EDMONTON
109 PM EST THU JAN 10 2008 /1209 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008/
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND RAINFALL RATES UP
TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS…AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF PEA SIZE HAIL.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY FROM THE HEAVY RAIN.
ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING AND ARE DANGEROUS.
LIGHTNING OFTEN STRIKES AS FAR AS 10 MILES AWAY FROM THE
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH
THAT IT COULD STRIKE YOUR LOCATION AT ANY MOMENT.
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CMC
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

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
1153 AM EST THU JAN 10 2008 /1053 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008/
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY
AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA BY 1PM EST. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
RAINFALL RATES UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS…AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF
PEA SIZE HAIL.
THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING CITIES AND TOWNS IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA…LOUISVILLE…LEXINGTON…
SHELBYVILLE…CORYDON…NEW ALBANY…JEFFERSONVILLE…SALEM…
MADISON…AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS…BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN
REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY FROM THE HEAVY RAIN.
ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING AND ARE DANGEROUS.
LIGHTNING OFTEN STRIKES AS FAR AS 10 MILES AWAY FROM THE
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH
THAT IT COULD STRIKE YOUR LOCATION AT ANY MOMENT.
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CMC
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

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
912 AM EST THU JAN 10 2008 /812 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008/
…BUSY WEATHER DAY FOR THE REGION…
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WEATHER
HAZARDS TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA TODAY AND
TONIGHT.
THIS STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING AMPLE MOISTURE TO THE
REGION MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE EXPECTED
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BRING GENERALLY A
HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL TO THE REGION. SOME LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH TRAINING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS…POSSIBLY UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL OR MORE IN A
FEW AREAS. THIS COULD CREATE ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING…ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
PORTIONS OF THE BLUEGRASS OF KENTUCKY WHERE AMPLE RAIN HAD FALLEN
ON TUESDAY.
IN ADDITION…THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE
REGION LATER THIS EVENING. MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS MAY BE
POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT…PARTICULARLY BETWEEN 3 AND 8 PM
EST ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BOWLING GREEN TO
LEXINGTON…WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.
LASTLY…WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT…WINDS WILL BE
GUSTY AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20
MPH WILL BE COMMON…WITH GUSTS UP TO AND POSSIBLY OVER 30 MPH FOR
A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…OR OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS BUSY WEATHER
SITUATION.
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AL
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Chris Bailey wrote earlier in his blog:

The first TORNADO WATCH of 2008 is out for much of western and west central Kentucky. The watch includes Shelbyville, Bardstown and Etown in our coverage area.

The Storm Prediction Center issued the watch at 14:30 EST. This is the 9th tornado watch issued in the US this year.
I am so excited! Wonder how things will progress as the storms move this way…

Chris Bailey wrote earlier in his blog:

The first TORNADO WATCH of 2008 is out for much of western and west central Kentucky. The watch includes Shelbyville, Bardstown and Etown in our coverage area.

The Storm Prediction Center issued the watch at 14:30 EST. This is the 9th tornado watch issued in the US this year.
I am so excited! Wonder how things will progress as the storms move this way…

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
1130 AM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 /1030 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008/
…WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
WEDNESDAY…
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
WEDNESDAY.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL
OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE
REGION. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT…BEFORE WINDS DECREASE EARLY IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
MOTORISTS…ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES…SHOULD
USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR
CROSS WINDS AS TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES.
WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS.
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