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Southern Kentucky experienced multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms July 6-7, 2016 that resulted in widespread damaging winds and flash flooding. The atmosphere was characterized by very warm and moist air that interacted with passing upper level systems and stalled surface boundaries. Multiple thunderstorm complexes tracked over generally the same areas which brought several inches of heavy rain. The first complex developed during the afternoon hours July 6th and tracked through south central Kentucky. This brought 1 to 2 inches of rain and locally damaging winds. Later that evening and into the early morning hours July 7, more storms developed and very slowly tracked across the same area. Another 1 to locally 3 inches of rain fell, which resulted in localized flash flooding and rising rivers. Finally, a 3rd round of storms developed during the afternoon hours July 7 and again tracked through south-central Kentucky. This resulted in more widespread damaging winds, toppled trees and power lines and caused some structural damage to buildings and roofs. |
5 day Rainfall Totals Ending 7 am July 7, 2016 (check back later for updated maps) |
July 6 Afternoon Severe Storms:
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Louisville, KY | Louisville, KY | Louisville, KY |
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| Butler County, KY |
Warren County, KY | Warren County, KY | Anna, KY |
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| Warren County, KY |
Elizabethtown, KY | Warren County, KY |
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
901 PM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG BOWLING GREEN 36.97N 86.44W
07/06/2016 WARREN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN
BOWLING GREEN AND ACROSS THE COUNTY.
0307 PM TSTM WND GST 1 ESE BOWLING GREEN 36.96N 86.42W
07/06/2016 M50 MPH WARREN KY ASOS
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0315 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NW CECILIA 37.68N 85.97W
07/06/2016 M54 MPH HARDIN KY MESONET
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0330 PM TSTM WND DMG CECILIA 37.67N 85.95W
07/06/2016 HARDIN KY BROADCAST MEDIA
POWER OUTAGES.
0333 PM TSTM WND DMG ELIZABETHTOWN 37.70N 85.87W
07/06/2016 HARDIN KY BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE ELIZABETHTOWN AND
GLENDALE AREAS.
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE CECILIA 37.70N 85.92W
07/06/2016 HARDIN KY BROADCAST MEDIA
DOWNED TREE BLOCKING ST JOHN RD.
0358 PM TSTM WND DMG WOODBURY 37.18N 86.63W
07/06/2016 BUTLER KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY INCLUDING THE
WOODBURY AREA. .
0409 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ENE RICHARDSVILLE 37.12N 86.42W
07/06/2016 WARREN KY PUBLIC
METAL SIDING AND A ROOF BLOWN OFF A BUILDING
NEAR ANNA.
0409 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE ROUNDHILL 37.17N 86.43W
07/06/2016 BUTLER KY EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN AND SIDING AND
FENCING BLOWN DOWN.
0410 PM TSTM WND GST 4 SW WINDYVILLE 37.19N 86.39W
07/06/2016 M61 MPH EDMONSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER OUTAGE.
0424 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S RHODA 37.11N 86.23W
07/06/2016 EDMONSON KY EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE
CHALYBEATE AND RHODA AREAS AND NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF HWY 101 AND HWY 743.
0425 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NE RUSSELLVILLE 36.85N 86.87W
07/06/2016 LOGAN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
0442 PM TSTM WND DMG FRANKLIN 36.72N 86.58W
07/06/2016 SIMPSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY INCLUDING
TURNERTOWN RD AND ELLIOTT RD. .
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG AUSTIN 36.82N 86.02W
07/06/2016 BARREN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL DOWNED TREES AND A BARN BLOWN DOWN.
0454 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW SWEEDEN 37.24N 86.29W
07/06/2016 EDMONSON KY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
LARGE TREE ON A TRAILER IN LINDSEYVILLE. .
0454 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNE HARDYVILLE 37.26N 85.80W
07/06/2016 HART KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
DOWNED TREE BLOCKING SHADY LANE CHURCH RD.
0456 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE GRADYVILLE 37.11N 85.37W
07/06/2016 ADAIR KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN ON KY 61.
0506 PM TSTM WND DMG EDMONTON 36.98N 85.62W
07/06/2016 METCALFE KY EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0522 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ESE HADLEY 37.03N 86.56W
07/06/2016 WARREN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARN FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AT 7753
MORGANTOWN RD.
0541 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW OLGA 36.96N 85.17W
07/06/2016 RUSSELL KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
A COUPLE OF LARGE LIMBS HAD TO BE REMOVED
FROM ROADWAYS.
July 6-7 Overnight Flash Flooding
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Storm Reports Late Evening July 6 - Early Morning July 7, 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1045 PM FLASH FLOOD MORGANTOWN 37.22N 86.70W 07/06/2016 BUTLER KY EMERGENCY MNGR 4 TO 6 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER ON HWY 231 NEAR WOODBURY LOOP RD. 0102 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 NNE ABERDEEN 37.30N 86.66W 07/07/2016 BUTLER KY EMERGENCY MNGR MCKENDREE CHAPEL RD NEAR HWY 79 IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. 0102 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 S WELCHS CREEK 37.29N 86.57W 07/07/2016 BUTLER KY EMERGENCY MNGR LOVE BROOKLYN RD NEAR BROOKLYN RD IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. 0112 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 WNW BOWLING GREEN 36.98N 86.46W 07/07/2016 WARREN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT VETERANS MEMORIAL UNDERPASS AT THE RAILROAD ON RUSSELLVILLE RD IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. 0120 AM FLASH FLOOD FRANKLIN 36.73N 86.58W 07/07/2016 SIMPSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. 0406 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 NNW RAPIDS 36.71N 86.49W 07/07/2016 SIMPSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT KENTUCKY STATE POLICE REPORTED SEVERAL AREAS ON SCOTTSVILLE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 0314 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 W RUSSELLVILLE 36.84N 86.91W 07/07/2016 LOGAN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ON EMERSON BYPASS. VEHICLE WAS SUBMERGED UP TO THE ROOF WITH WATER. A SMALL HOUSE IN A VALLEY THAT WAS RAISED UP 3 FEET WAS FLOODED. STILL PLENTY OF ROADS IN THE AREA SHUT DOWN. 0624 AM FLOOD 1 S ELLA 37.13N 85.13W 07/07/2016 ADAIR KY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT OF FLOODED ROADWAY BETWEEN CHESTNUT CORNER ROAD AND SULPHUR CREEK ROAD. HAVE A REPORT OF VEHICLE AND PERSON STRANDED IN THE WATER. 0616 AM FLOOD 2 SSE HADLEY 37.02N 86.61W 07/07/2016 WARREN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR INTERSECTION OF JACKSON BRIDGE AND HAMMETT ROAD. && $$ NWS LOUISVILLE KY IRIS SYSTEM
July 7 Afternoon Severe Storms and Flash Flooding
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Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
847 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 NNW RAPIDS 36.71N 86.49W
07/07/2016 SIMPSON KY EMERGENCY MNGR
SCOTTSVILLE ROAD, HIGHWAY 100E, CLOSED AT
THE 5000 BLOCK BY HIGH WATER.
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 WSW GOLD CITY 36.74N 86.49W
07/07/2016 SIMPSON KY EMERGENCY MNGR
GOLD CITY ROAD CLOSED BY HIGH WATER.
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE JACKTOWN 37.40N 84.99W
07/07/2016 CASEY KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE SNAPPED NEAR ITS BASE. LARGE LIMBS DOWN
BETWEEN LIBERTY AND THE MARION COUNTY LINE.
LARGE TREE BLOCKING HIGHWAY 49 NORTHWEST OF
LIBERTY.
0519 PM TSTM WND DMG BARDSTOWN 37.81N 85.47W
07/07/2016 NELSON KY BROADCAST MEDIA
LARGE TREE UPROOTED.
0518 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ENE FREEDOM 36.92N 85.08W
07/07/2016 RUSSELL KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON CLIFTY CREEK ROAD.
0516 PM TSTM WND DMG JAMESTOWN 37.00N 85.07W
07/07/2016 RUSSELL KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON GREEN ACRES ROAD.
0512 PM TSTM WND DMG OLGA 36.95N 85.15W
07/07/2016 RUSSELL KY PUBLIC
RADIO ANTENNA SNAPPED JUST ABOVE THE BASE.
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S CAMPBELLSVILLE 37.30N 85.35W
07/07/2016 TAYLOR KY TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE LIMBS FELL AND DAMAGED A SWING
SET ON BLUE HOLE ROAD.
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMPBELLSVILLE 37.35N 85.35W
07/07/2016 TAYLOR KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY. MANY
ROADS BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES. ROOF DAMAGE
TO A BUILDING NEAR THE ADAIR COUNTY LINE.
0505 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBIA 37.10N 85.31W
07/07/2016 ADAIR KY TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF DAMAGED AT A BUSINESS.
0505 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SSE CANE VALLEY 37.15N 85.29W
07/07/2016 M52 MPH ADAIR KY MESONET
MEASURED AT THE ADAIR COUNTY KENTUCKY
MESONET SITE.
0457 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE CAMPBELLSVILLE 37.34N 85.34W
07/07/2016 TAYLOR KY TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER LINES DOWN NEAR THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT
CENTER.
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG GREENSBURG 37.26N 85.50W
07/07/2016 GREEN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE ON A STRUCTURE ON WATER STREET IN
GREENSBURG. OTHER TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
0440 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE CREAL 37.42N 85.64W
07/07/2016 GREEN KY BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE SNAPPED ON DESPAIN ROAD.
0435 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SE CANMER 37.27N 85.77W
07/07/2016 M51 MPH HART KY MESONET
KENTUCKY MESONET SITE IN HART COUNTY.
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE EASTVIEW 37.58N 86.04W
07/07/2016 HARDIN KY NWS EMPLOYEE
TREES DOWN ON ROADWAYS NEAR US 62 AND KY 84.
0430 PM TSTM WND DMG TOMPKINSVILLE 36.70N 85.69W
07/07/2016 MONROE KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. .
0430 PM TSTM WND GST BONNIEVILLE 37.38N 85.90W
07/07/2016 M64 MPH HART KY TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN HORSE CAVE AND
MUNFORDVILLE.
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG GLASGOW 37.00N 85.92W
07/07/2016 BARREN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
PART OF A ROOF BLOWN OFF A BUILDING.
0418 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE BIG CLIFTY 37.53N 86.14W
07/07/2016 GRAYSON KY PUBLIC
LARGE TREES SNAPPED ALONG MORRISON ROAD.
0415 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ESE HAYS 37.02N 86.10W
07/07/2016 M50 MPH BARREN KY MESONET
BARREN COUNTY MESONET SITE.
0415 PM TSTM WND DMG LEITCHFIELD 37.48N 86.29W
07/07/2016 GRAYSON KY BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE UPROOTED.
0409 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW ROCKFIELD 36.96N 86.57W
07/07/2016 WARREN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWNED.
0400 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NE MCQUADY 37.72N 86.49W
07/07/2016 M51 MPH BRECKINRIDGE KY MESONET
MEASURED AT THE BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY KENTUCKY
MESONET SITE.
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG SCOTTSVILLE 36.75N 86.20W
07/07/2016 ALLEN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MANY ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO HIGH WATER.
0355 PM TSTM WND DMG FRANKLIN 36.73N 86.57W
07/07/2016 SIMPSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN. SOME COUNTY ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE
TO HIGH WATER. MANY TREES DOWNED BLOCKING
ROADS IN FRANKLIN.
0355 PM TSTM WND GST MORGANTOWN 37.22N 86.70W
07/07/2016 M60 MPH BUTLER KY EMERGENCY MNGR
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0350 PM TSTM WND DMG SUNFISH 37.30N 86.37W
07/07/2016 EDMONSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
100 POUND ROOF BLOWN OFF LIVESTOCK BUILDING
AND BLOWN 50 FEET. TREES WITH 5 TO 6 INCH
BRANCHES WERE DAMAGED.
0350 PM TSTM WND GST 3 ENE PROVIDENCE 36.68N 86.61W
07/07/2016 M50 MPH SIMPSON KY MESONET
FROM THE SIMPSON COUNTY KENTUCKY MESONET
SITE.
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG RUSSELLVILLE 36.84N 86.89W
07/07/2016 LOGAN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN MULTIPLE
LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY.
0335 PM TSTM WND GST 3 NE HARTFORD 37.48N 86.85W
07/07/2016 M60 MPH OHIO KY MESONET
AT OHIO COUNTY KENTUCKY MESONET SITE.
0328 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ENE LEWISPORT 37.94N 86.89W
07/07/2016 HANCOCK KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWNED ON A POWER LINE BLOCKING SAND
HILL ROAD.
0325 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 WSW CORINTH 36.75N 86.86W
07/07/2016 LOGAN KY CO-OP OBSERVER
TREES DOWN BETWEEN RUSSELLVILLE AND
ADAIRVILLE.
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