Heavy Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorm Threats for the Plains and Southeast

A frontal boundary extending from the western High Plains to the Southeast will focus additional showers and thunderstorms this weekend. Some of these storms may become severe, alongside frequent lightning, and isolated instances of flash flooding. Meanwhile dry conditions will continue for the Great Basin where fire weather concerns linger. For the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, seasonable weather. Read More >

Overview

Strong to severe thunderstorms moved across portions of central Kentucky during the afternoon hours July 4th. Thanks to a moist air mass and a lingering surface front, storms brought some damaging winds and localized flooding.

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Lexington, KY	Lexington, KY	Brownsville, KY	Brownsville, KY

Metcalfe County

(Emory Kidd)

Paris, KY

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
832 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1212 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SW GLENSBORO          37.98N 85.09W
07/04/2016                   ANDERSON           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STRUCTURE AND TREE DAMAGE... PUBLIC REPORT
            RELAYED BY SPOTTER.

1245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S VERSAILLES          38.02N 84.72W
07/04/2016                   WOODFORD           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND BLOCKING ROADWAY ON
            KY 33.

1254 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 S PILOT KNOB          38.27N 86.35W
07/04/2016  M3.60 INCH       CRAWFORD           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL SINCE 8 AM SUNDAY.

0102 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W LEXINGTON           38.04N 84.54W
07/04/2016                   FAYETTE            KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF LARGE TREES DOWN...
            APPOMATTOX DRIVE...WOLF RUN RD...AND RED
            MILE ROAD. .

0127 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PARIS                   38.20N 84.26W
07/04/2016                   BOURBON            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN.

0212 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW IBERIA            37.32N 86.19W
07/04/2016                   EDMONSON           KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE REPORTED DOWN ON BRIER RUN ROAD.

0212 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SMITHS GROVE            37.06N 86.21W
07/04/2016                   WARREN             KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TREES DOWN NEAR SMITHS GROVE. 1 ON OTTER
            GAP ROAD AND 1 ON HYDRO PONDSVILLE ROAD.

0219 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W MAMMOTH CAVE        37.20N 86.14W
07/04/2016                   EDMONSON           KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A COUPLE OF TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN
            MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK.

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FRANKLIN                36.72N 86.58W
07/04/2016                   SIMPSON            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TREES DOWN IN FRANKLIN.

0233 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW GOLD CITY          36.78N 86.50W
07/04/2016                   SIMPSON            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TREES DOWN ON KY 1171 AT MILE MARKERS 5
            AND 7.

0244 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW UNO               37.17N 85.85W
07/04/2016                   HART               KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN IN THE AREA.

0257 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S THREE SPRINGS       37.14N 85.75W
07/04/2016                   METCALFE           KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA .

0257 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W CENTER              37.14N 85.72W
07/04/2016                   METCALFE           KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            METAL ROOL PEELED OFF BARN.

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE EXIE              37.18N 85.50W
07/04/2016                   GREEN              KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES DOWN IN THE AREA.

0323 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSE BLACK GNAT        37.25N 85.41W
07/04/2016                   GREEN              KY   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN.

0328 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SE BLACK GNAT         37.25N 85.39W
07/04/2016                   TAYLOR             KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL DOWNED TREES BLOCKING E LEMON BEND
            RD.

0335 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 NW YUMA               37.30N 85.22W
07/04/2016                   TAYLOR             KY   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL PUBLIC REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD IN
            EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY.

0350 PM     FLOOD            MAGNOLIA                37.45N 85.75W
07/04/2016                   LARUE              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROAD FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE AT 4131 HAWKINS
            ROAD.

0350 PM     FLOOD            1 WSW BUFFALO           37.51N 85.72W
07/04/2016                   LARUE              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROAD FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF BROOKS RD AND HALL GADDIE
            RD.

0402 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N PHIL                37.26N 84.97W
07/04/2016                   CASEY              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNED TREE BLOCKING HWY 127 NEAR HENSON
            RIDGE RD.

0404 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNE PHIL              37.26N 84.96W
07/04/2016                   CASEY              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN.

0414 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ESE WAYNESBURG        37.32N 84.66W
07/04/2016                   LINCOLN            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A DOWNED TREE ON A CAR ON 220 IKE SINGLETON
            RD AND SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE WAYNESBURG
            AREA. .

0424 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LANCASTER               37.63N 84.58W
07/04/2016                   GARRARD            KY   911 CALL CENTER

            TREES AND LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES.

0521 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 ENE ALBANY            36.71N 85.03W
07/04/2016                   CLINTON            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 696 NEAR THE
            CLINTON/WAYNE COUNTY LINE.


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NWS LOUISVILLE KY
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