[KYHAM] KuARES Update - KATRINA Coming to the Bluegrass Tue/Wed

[Ron Dodson]

DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WILL MAKE ITS WAY
NORTHWARD UP THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SPREAD ACROSS THE EMTIRE
REGION.

ALL AMATEURS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY AND TAKE EXTRA HEED
IF YOU LIVE IN, NEAR OR TRAVEL THROUGH FLOOD PRONE AREAS THE NEXT 72
HOURS OR SO. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE AS MUCH AS 5 OR MORE INCHES ON
SOME AREAS AND WITH THE RAINS WE ARE ALREADY SEEING FROM OTHER SYSTEMS,
THIS COULD CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION ABOUT WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK.  STAY
ON TOP OF IT WITH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE MEDIA! BE PREPARED FOR
IMMEDIATE ACTION! CHECK YOUR AMATEUR RADIO GEAR NOW AND MAKE SURE THOSE
BATTERIIES ARE FULLY CHARGED.

73, 
Ron Dodson, KA4MAP 
Ky Section Emergency Coordinator

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CURRENT WEATHER SUMMARIES BY REGION (WEST TO EAST) 
AS OF 7 AM AUGUST 29:


WESTERN KY AREA

FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-
MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-
HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAN
D...
BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...
MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...
OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON
457 AM EST MON AUG 29 2005 /457 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005/

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND
  SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
  WATCH AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS AS HURRICANE KATRINA
  MAKES ITS WAY NORTHWARD UP THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND ITS
  EFFECTS SPREAD ACROSS THE QUAD STATE. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
  ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY...ESPECIALLY
  MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. 

* STORMS ALREADY FIRING ACROSS THE PENNYRILE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY
  MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING TODAY. IN ADDITION...RECENT HEAVY
  RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR A QUICK
  INUNDATION OF CITY STREETS IF A STORM DEVELOPS THERE. OTHERWISE
  EXPECT MORE WIDESPREAD AND UNIFORM RAINFALL TO RESULT IN A
  STEADY APPROACH OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF TOTAL RAIN...AGAIN PRIMARILY
  MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF
  STREAMS...CREEKS...DITCHES...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCALES
  ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
  POSSIBLE...WHICH WOULD ONLY EXAGGERATE THE POTENTIAL FOR
  WIDESPREAD FLOODING.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

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CENTRAL KY. 

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
432 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE KY HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

.A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY AND UPPER-LEVEL SUPPORT WILL PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. GIVEN THE
HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS FROM SUNDAY...SOME FLOODING MAY OCCUR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE
MOST RAINFALL ON SUNDAY. REMNANTS FROM HURRICANE KATRINA WILL
AFFECT THE REGION FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BRINGING AN
ADDITIONAL THREAT FOR FLOODING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.

HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT
KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...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
332 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 /432 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005/

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR INDIANA...NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...SOUTH 
  CENTRAL KENTUCKY...SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...EAST CENTRAL 
  KENTUCKY AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

* FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TODAY TO WEDNESDAY MORNING

* NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND
  TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO
  TWO INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE
  THROUGH TONIGHT. REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ARE THEN EXPECTED
  TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN KENTUCKY LATE TONIGHT...AND WILL
  OVERSPREAD THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL
  TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AREAWIDE MAINLY
  ON TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE
  THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS.

* SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH
  ANY SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THAT TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS.
  URBAN AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY AS THE
  MOST WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER SATURATED
  GROUNDS. SINCE HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY MORNING...RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL.
  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE REGION.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

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NORTHERN KY

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
444 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005


CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-
GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...
WARSAW...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...
WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...
MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...WEST UNION...
344 AM EST MON AUG 29 2005 /444 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005/

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM EST/ TODAY TO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTH 
  CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST OHIO

* FROM NOON EDT /11 AM EST/ TODAY TO WEDNESDAY MORNING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TODAY
  ALONG A STATIONARY BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. THE
  BEST CHANCE OR RAIN WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE
  OHIO RIVER. THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING
  BUT THEN INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF
  HURRICANE KATRINA BEGIN TO PUSH NORTH INTO THE AREA. SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
  NIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF ON WEDNESDAY. AS A
  RESULT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES TODAY
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN
THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED
FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A
FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED.
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SOUTHEASTERN KY

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
316 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

FLEMING...ROWAN...BATH...ELLIOTT...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...MENIFEE...
POWELL...WOLFE...ESTILL...LEE...JACKSON...OWSLEY...ROCKCASTLE...
PULASKI...LAUREL...WAYNE...WHITLEY AND MCCREARY...

...THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING UNTIL 600 AM
EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK FROM THE GULF
COAST STATES AND INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY TUESDAY...AND THEN
ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND INTO THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FROM THIS STORM. 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION...IF HEAVY
RAIN MATERIALIZES...RISES ON LARGER CREEKS AND AREA RIVERS WOULD BE
POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER
AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING
OCCUR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA
FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR
INTERNET WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/JKL.

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EASTERN KY

I checked the Charleston site this morning, no KATRINA related info
cited there at this moment.  There is a DENSE FOG ADVISORY for this
morning thru 11 AM EDT.