WKU Meteorology

Over the next two weeks this class of WKU met students will track storms across the great plains and you can follow along using the links below. Not much in terms of hazardous weather is expected soon so I will leave this post up and we can sit back and follow there journey. By early next week chances for severe weather could increase in Nebraska and South Dakota.

Go to http://www.spotternetwork.org/feeds/grlevelx.txtUse your browser’s find function (click ‘Edit’ and then click ‘Find on this page’ on the dropdown menu or type Ctrl+F) and type in Grady Dixon or Josh Durkee (I would probably use Grady Dixon as I don’t know if Dr. Durkee is set up to be tracked yet but I know Dr. Dixon is). When you find him, the line above his name will have a set of 2 numbers. These are the latitude and longitude coordinates. Go to http://www.gorissen.info/Pierre/maps/googleMapLocation.phpand under ‘Coordinates’ type the lat and lon to find our location. And of course, go to http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ and click on our location to bring up the nearest NWS office. There should be a link for radar on the left side of each office’s page. Click on that and see if we are on some storms. Also, go to http://fastforecast.blogspot.com/. This is a blog of one of the people on the trip and we will all be updating it daily.

High pressure has dominated much of the weekend. With dry Continue reading →

Tonight the Mid-South has the potential of seeing some thunderstorms, a few of which may be severe. Continue reading →

It looks like this beautiful weather will continue to stick around at least for a couple more days. Continue reading →

After a soggy weekend to put it lightly, we should dry out nicely over the Mid-South with a great week shaping up. Continue reading →

FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH TONIGHT…

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THAT BEGAN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING…HAVE
CONTINUED TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL
RESULT IN CONTINUED WIDESPREAD AREAL AND FLASH FLOODING…MAINLY
ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

A SWATH OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES HAS
ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS THAT PART OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY EXTENDING
FROM RUSSELLVILLE…BOWLING GREEN AND BROWNSVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY THROUGH HODGENVILLE…LEBANON AND SPRINGFIELD IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY TO HARRODSBURG AND VERSAILLES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

THIS HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES…VEHICLE AND BUILDING
EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES…MUD SLIDES AND EVEN A SMALL DAM FAILURE
IN METCALFE COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCH RAIN ACCUMULATION WITH THE
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. HERE LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS AROUND 4 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS TO LIGHTEN UP AFTER A COLD FRONT
PASSAGE LATE TONIGHT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISES AGAINST ANY UNNECESSARY
TRAVEL TONIGHT…ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MANY FLOOD
RELATED DEATHS ARE DUE TO CARELESS OR UNSUSPECTING MOTORISTS WHO
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. IF YOU COME TO A FLOODED ROADWAY…

TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN!

LESS THAN TWO FEET OF WATER ON A BRIDGE OR HIGHWAY CAN FLOAT MOST
VEHICLES WHEN THE BUOYANCY FORCE OF THE WATER BECOMES GREATER THAN THE VEHICLE WEIGHT…ELIMINATING ANY FRICTIONAL FORCE BETWEEN THE
WHEELS AND THE ROAD.  A CAR…TRUCK OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE CAN BE
SWEPT OFF A ROAD INTO A STREAM IF THE WATER IS MOVING RAPIDLY.

RESIDENTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY ARE
ENCOURAGED TO STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA ALL-HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE
LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. A FULL SUITE OF WEATHER INFORMATION
IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

It’s taken a while but the thunderstorms along the leading edge of rain band have moved east of Bowling green. Rainfall totals have been over 9 inches at the mesonet site with the likelihood of flooding still high. To put this in perspective this is likely a once in 75 year event for the region. Additional rainfall should be under 1 inch of new rain by 5 pm when I expect the rain band to finally clear out. I’m sure Dr.Goodrich will some stats on this event sometime next week. In the meantime turn around, don’t drown.

– campbell lane

– college.st

– 10th avenue

are three of numerous reports tonight from STN’s flood survey at 1 am. Turn around don’t drown. A line of severe thunderstorms with numerous warnings both severe and tornado will move east into our region after 4 am.