[KYHAM] Ky ARES Advisory: Sev. Wx Risk for Northern Ky

Ron Dodson [email protected]
Mon, 06 May 2002 06:37:07 -0400


CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER
OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
435 AM EDT MON MAY 6 2002...CORRECTED...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT RISK
OF 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS EXTREME NORTH-CENTRAL
KENTUCKY 
AND ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AND
AGAIN 
LATER TONIGHT. THE AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK IS NORTH OF A
LINE FROM 
TELL CITY AND BRANDENBURG TO LEXINGTON.

A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN STORE THE NEXT 24
HOURS. 
TODAY...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE
WESTERN GREAT 
LAKES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
TODAY... 
AHEAD OF THIS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. SOME OF THE STRONGER
STORMS 
WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL TO PARTS OF
NORTH-CENTRAL 
KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. 

STORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
MID-MISSOURI 
VALLEY AND MOVE OVERNIGHT INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHERN 
INDIANA. MID-LEVEL WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 50 TO 60 MPH. THESE
WINDS 
MAY MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS 
TONIGHT...LEADING TO ISOLATED CASES OF WIND DAMAGE. 

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE 
ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.

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 WEATHER SITUATION. SKYWARN SPOTTER
ACTIVATION 
MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR LATE TONIGHT.