Bluegrasspreps will now have access to NWS-Louisville conference calls about significant severe weather events. There is one scheduled for 2 pm this afternoon. All pertinent information will be posted as soon as possible after the conference call is over. This is another way BGP can keep our members and their families safe.

Good stuff!

Nice.

 

Marc Weinberg here in Louisville always tweets those out, I find them to be very beneficial when severe weather is on the way.

From the NWS-Louisville office conference call. There were around 200 people on the conference call

 

There is a very high confidence in the chance of strong to severe storms this afternoon and into the evening hours. Meterologist Joe Sullivan, NWS-Louisville Warning Coordinator says they expect 1 to 2 or more watches to be issued during this event. The main threats look to be as follows:

 

1. Damaging winds (50-60 mph)

2. Large hail up to 1 in in diameter

3. Isolated tornadoes west of I-65

4. Flooding

 

It appears there will be at least two waves this evening. The greatest threat area this afternoon is along and west of a line from around Lagrange to Elizabethtown to Bowling Green.

 

Timing, despite the showers and storms popping up at this moment the main storm threat should get going after 4 pm EDT. There is a 90-100% chance the line of storms will pass through the I-65 corridor between 4-10 pm EDT. They should then pass through the I-75 corridor between the 9 pm to 1 am time slot.

 

The threat may diminish some but there is still some uncertainty on the severity. Reason being the amount of sunshine an area may see. The more sunshine the more unstable the atmosphere will be come.

 

The main threats of the evening storms look to be:

 

1. Damaging winds

2. Hail around pea size or a little larger

3. Flooding.

 

Stay weather aware this afternoon into the night time hours. The significance of these severe storms could grow as the afternoon goes on.