SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1041 AM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

…SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT…

AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES WARM AND UNSTABLE TODAY SCATTERED

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. A

FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS…LARGE

HAIL…AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL

BE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.

LATE THIS EVENING A POWERFUL SQUALL LINE IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS

SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE LINE SHOULD REACH

DUBOIS COUNTY AROUND 9 PM EDT…THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR

AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT…AND THE BLUE GRASS AROUND 2 AM EDT. DAMAGING

WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. A FEW

TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL…ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN

INDIANA BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. TORRENTIAL RAINS CAN ALSO BE

EXPECTED. LARGE HAIL WILL NOT BE AS MUCH OF A THREAT BUT ISOLATED

INSTANCES OF SEVERE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO REVIEW AND PRACTICE YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY

PLAN TODAY BEFORE THE STORMS STRIKE.

BE SURE TO PERIODICALLY CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS IN CASE THERE

IS A CHANGE IN THE TIMING OF THE STORMS OR IN THE MAIN EXPECTED

THREATS.

BJS/AMS

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