Posted on 01/17/2012 8:17:01 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
The "meat horns" (air raid sirens) just went off.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1054 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE...
WESTERN OLDHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
CENTRAL HARRISON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EST...
* AT 1049 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BYRNEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT...
ST. MATTHEWS...
PROSPECT...
LYNDON...
ANCHORAGE...
MIDDLETOWN...
SAINT JOSEPH...
OAK PARK AND CLARKSVILLE...
UTICA AND RIVER BLUFF...
ORCHARD GRASS HILLS AND BROWNSBORO...
Hope all goes well - I don’t want a repeat of April 3, 1974.
Thanks, me either. Was in that one too.
Still under warning at 11:14 AM. Some damage being report, don’t know if there’s a touch down or not.
Thanks, me either. Was in that one too.
Still under warning at 11:14 AM. Some damage being reported, don’t know if there’s a touch down or not.
The Storm went by here about an hour ago. Wind was fierce.
Stay safe.
Hope you all remain untouched!
For the curious, here is a great archive of coverage of the 4/3/74 tornadoes by WHAS (scroll down the page). Fascinating listening!
Foolishly, many towns and cities tore down their sirens. Too noisy when they went off every noon hour. Now there is a new awakening to their value. Not everyone is sitting in front of a radio, a TV set, or a computer waiting for weather reports. What better way is there to immediately notify an entire community of an impending threat. Personally, the siren’s single test blare at noon time in the small hamlet located a few miles from my country farm is music to my ears. There is a watchman looking out for me.
Stay safe!
Heads down, Elsie
That is one of the dangers of wintertime in the south, the danger of tornados, just as it is in southern New England, in the summertime because of the heat and humitty, with the t-storms that come afterwards.
Tornado season starting already, eh?
Prayers up for FReepers in the area.....
Sirens are going off here in E-Town now.
Dangerous weather bump!
Many of my relatives came from E-town...stay safe. Still no all clear yet, but seems to be winding down here in the Middletown area.
It’s 24º warmer in Lexingon, KY, which the front has not yet reached, than in St. Louis, where the front has already passed through. That says there’s a lot of energy in that line of storms.
Very odd weather, for sure. Louisville getting reports of wind damage, but no confirmation of tornado touch downs. It should be hitting Lexington in about an hour.
All clear called for the Louisville area—parts east will probably be getting it. A fast moving one for sure.
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