[KYHAM] Ky ARES ADVISORY UPDATE!!! Expect Severe Storms AFTER Midnight

[Ron Dodson]

CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER
OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EDT WED MAY 8 2002

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS FORECAST
A SLIGHT 
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY
AND 
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SLIGHT
RISK 
AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE
65...INCLUDING THE 
LOUISVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN, BOWLING GREEN, CORYDON, JASPER,
AND 
SCOTTSBURG AREAS.

LATE TONIGHT...A STRONG TO SEVERE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
JUST 
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA
AFTER 
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL
INCREASE 
THEREFORE THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER...MAINLY 
IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME LARGE HAIL.

FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...THE STORM PREDICTION
CENTER HAS 
FORECAST A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF
SOUTH 
CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AS THE COLD FRONT
PUSHES 
THROUGH THE AREA...THERE IS FORECAST TO BE ENOUGH
INSTABILITY AND 
COLD AIR ALOFT FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.
ALSO 
JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THE LOW LEVEL WIND SPEEDS WILL
BE HIGH 
ENOUGH FOR SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO 
STATIONS...OR THE INTERNET FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SKYWARN
SPOTTER 
ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.