Severe Storm Warning!!!!

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Issuing Office: Louisville

Source: The National Weather Service

8:43am EDT, Wed Jun 22

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 9:30AM EDT WED

… A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT FLOYD… CLARK… JEFFERSON… SOUTHWESTERN HENRY… OLDHAM… NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN… CENTRAL SPENCER AND SHELBY COUNTIES…

AT 843 AM EDT… A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PROSPECT TO NEAR NEW ALBANY… AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… LOUISVILLE… JEFFERSONVILLE… NEW ALBANY… JEFFERSONTOWN… ST. MATTHEWS… SHIVELY… SHELBYVILLE… LYNDON… LA GRANGE AND MIDDLETOWN.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS… AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

TIME… MOT… LOC 1243Z 282DEG 29KT 3848 8568 3831 8591