Tag: Weather

 ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY…
BOURBON 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…
HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY…
JESSAMINE 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…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY…
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT FRIDAY
* AT 615 AM EDT…RAIN WAS DECREASING IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA…HOWEVER WIDESPREAD AREAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS WATER
CONTINUES TO RUNOFF INTO STREAMS…CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
NUMEROUS ROADS WILL REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY DUE TO
FLOWING AND STANDING WATER.
LESS THAN AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
TO REPORT FLOODING…HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT…LON 3812 8407 3795 8397 3784 8403 3792 8428
3774 8458 3783 8471 3773 8472 3769 8503
3764 8505 3763 8528 3769 8539 3783 8530
3790 8516 3836 8496 3835 8475 3855 8448
3858 8421 3849 8416 3844 8395 3833 8383
TIME…MOT…LOC 1017Z 180DEG 0KT 3814 8446
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DK
_@_WWA_FLOOD_WRN.WWAPROD–!
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

 THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SHELBY…
FRANKLIN…SCOTT AND HARRISON COUNTIES…
CALLS TO LOCAL ROAD MAINTENANCE FACILITIES AND EMERGANCY MANAGERS
INDICATE THAT SEVERAL RURAL ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER
IN SHELBY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. IN HARRISON COUNTY…SEVERAL LOW
WATER CROSSINGS THAT NORMALLY FLOOD AFTER HEAVY RAIN ARE UNDER
WATER.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON…BUT AN AREA
OF LIGHT RAIN WILL ARRIVE LATER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAIN
AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY THROUGH
EARLY MORNING.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING…HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT…LON 3831 8532 3834 8490 3830 8477 3854 8433
3845 8417 3822 8455 3816 8491 3814 8498
3813 8532
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JSD
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

 FRANKFORT…GEORGETOWN…CYNTHIANA…
VERSAILLES…LEXINGTON…PARIS…CARLISLE…NICHOLASVILLE…
WINCHESTER…LANCASTER…RICHMOND
232 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008
…WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS…
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION THROUGH 330 PM EDT. SOME OF THESE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.
ALTHOUGH THESE SHOWERS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST…THEY
ARE WIDESPREAD. SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION WILL
RECEIVE ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH PRIOR TO 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
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JSD
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1138 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008
..AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY…

A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL KENTUCKY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE HEAVY RAIN AREA WILL
MOVE INTO LEXINGTON AROUND NOON EDT AND ON TO WINCHESTER AND
RICHMOND BY 1230 PM EDT. THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS
OVER WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 1130 AM EDT.

THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL LAST AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF ONCE
THE HEAVIER RAIN BEGINS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO BEFORE THE
RAIN DIMINISHES. THE RAIN COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS.

DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER. THE WATER MAY BE TOO
DEEP TO DRIVE THROUGH SAFELY. DO NOT TAKE A CHANCE…TURN
AROUND… DO NOT DROWN.
SCHOLZ

WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED.
THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY.
THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE SUBSIDED.RAIN HAS MOVED INTO THE AREA & A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST WITH GUSTS TO INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH BUT STAY WELL BELOW THE STRONG GUSTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE NIGHT AND WELL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
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SCHOLZ

 LEITCHFIELD…ELIZABETHTOWN…
FORT KNOX…MOUNT WASHINGTON…SHEPHERDSVILLE…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
358 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 /258 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008/
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON…
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL BE SHIFTING FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHWEST THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSES.
WINDS THIS STRONG MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS…ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH-PROFILE
VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OR
CROSS WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
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AML
Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

Seems fitting, considering the rainy weather we’re having/expecting…

…head over to the NWS page linked above for flood safety information.