[KYHAM] Re: UPDATED! Ky ARES Wx Advisory!

Ron Dodson [email protected]
Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:28:54 -0400


UPDATE!!!

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER
OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1115 AM EDT SAT APR 27 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK
OF 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
CENTRAL 
KENTUCKY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CASEY TO ALLEN COUNTY. THE
POTENTIAL 
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL DEEPEN
AS IT 
TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT. A WARM
FRONT WILL 
MOVE THROUGH OUR REGION TONIGHT WITH WARM ...MOIST AND
INCREASINGLY 
UNSTABLE AIR. A COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
TO 
DEVELOP LATE TODAY OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS AND 
TRANSITION INTO A SQUALL LINE AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY EAST INTO
SOUTHERN 
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY TONIGHT. 

THE EXPECTED INSTABILITY ALONG WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS IN
THE 
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA.
DAMAGING 
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...WITH LARGE
HAIL 
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES A LESSER THREAT BUT STILL POSSIBLE. 

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FROM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
SKYWARN 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.