[KYHAM] SVR Weather Treat and Flooding

[John Betner]

     ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330
PM EDT SAT MAY 11 2002
      ...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN THREAT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA...

      A STRONG BUT SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH OUR AREA SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE CELL WILL THEN DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT
AND LOW PRESSURE CENTER...VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

      AS LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT COMBINES WITH STRONG WINDS
ALOFT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ERUPT FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH SOUTH-CENTRAL
INDIANA BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS SHOULD THEN GROW INTO A LARGE
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OUR REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING.

      THE INITIAL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND LOW
PRESSURE AREA COULD BECOME SEVERE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
WIND DAMAGE AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING THE MAIN THREATS.

      IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HIGH RAINFALL
RATES. THIS FACTOR...COMBINED WITH A RELATIVELY SLOW AREAL MOVEMENT OF THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA. WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED 4 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE
RAIN MOVES OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY MONDAY.

      IF HEAVY RAIN MATERIALIZES AS CURRENT FORECASTS SUGGEST...FLOODING
PROBLEMS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF OUR AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY...ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS OVER THE LAST WEEK OR
TWO.

      CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED IN
LATER FORECASTS IF WEATHER DATA CONTINUES TO INDICATE A HEAVY RAIN THREAT.



Please be careful out there don't drive over a road way that has standing
water over it if you have any doubt that u can't make it!!!!!!

Stay Safe

73s
KG4LHQ



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