Possible Tornado???

Just got report from police scanner about a funnel with debris near Smyrna road....
Cedar creek road and Mt Washington road under tornado warning

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2:30pm update
Possible tornado has touched down in the Fern Creek area...Report of a house has been either heavily damaged or destroyed...

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3:15pm update
Just saw pictures of damage to the area near Brook Chase ct bordered by Cooper Chapel rd and Cedar Creek rd...EF-1 damage looks likely...only to isolated area; was not a heavily populated area; no injuries being reported, although house pet was injured.

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3:25pm update...Last update
More police reports of damage coming in from the Cedar creek rd area. Saw pics of damage on local news station showing a few structures which sustained heavy damage...

LGE trying to reach area...wires down. Again this is in a limited area near Cooper Chapel rd, Independence School, Brook Chase ct, Cedar Creek rd.


MS

Indiana's Severe Weather Test Alarms

As part of severe weather preparedness month, the test alarms are going off as I speak right now. There are no tornadoes. It is just a test. Still, this may fray a few nerves out there for some of us. Nevertheless, the test sirens are necessary...

MS

Cold Front Pushing Through...(3/8/12)

Currently, here at 11:00am, radar shows a widespread shield of steady, at times, heavy rain across much of Kentucky.

Also, I'm seeing what could be the cold front pushing through parts of southern Indiana now. A line of heavier showers, perhaps accompanied by gusty winds, is passing through Dubois county, and northeast near Seymour in Jackson county.

Temperatures are falling off rapidly behind the front, some 8-10 degrees in about an hour's time.

I expect the front to pass through the Louisville area within the next 2 hours or so. Expect temperatures to fall from the mid and upper 50's to the upper 40's and near 50 by 2pm est.

Rainfall amounts at my location have been less than 0.50" so far, but I do expect at least another 0.25" here before it tapers off later this afternoon.

MS

Enjoying the Snow...While it Lasts

I know it's not going to last very long, but I took my little girl out in the yard, built a little snow community (with castles of course), and even Mommy and Daddy had their picture taken with her...

....Actually, my eyes are blue, but everything else is about right.

MS

Power Outage Update from Snow Primarily

It was indeed a beautiful snow, coated everything in sight, except for a few area roadways. Unfortunately, power lines were coated as well, tree limbs hanging over those wires were coated as well...a recipe for power outages when 2-5" wet, heavy snow have collected on these objects. This may include some counties affected by severe storms the other day.

Here's the latest I could gather from various power companies...
DUKE ENERGY:(8:30am)
Floyd county IN - 924 outages
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LGE/KU/ODP(8:40am)
Jefferson county - 946 outages
Scott county - 957
Franklin - 357
Fayette - 297
Woodford - 179
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CLARK ENERGY COOP(5:40am)
Clark county - 839
Bourbon - 362

MS

Snowfall Reports 3/3/12 0400

What a beautiful sight. The snow here at my location has ended as of this writing but measured 2.3" on my snowboard. The NWS office here in Louisville has compiled a nice list of snowfall reports.

In general, 3-4" fell across parts of Jefferson county in Kentucky. Yet, the roadways are not impacted as much, but currently, slushy roads can at least be expected on secondary roads (untreated).

Snow is still ongoing to my east, but it looks like it is beginning to taper off as well. Reports of 4" or so coming in from Lexington. Amounts may still add up in some of those locations near and east of Lexington.

Pleasant surprise for many but looks like it won't 'stick' around very long.

MS

Now Snow Is in the Forecast???

What a turbulent pattern of weather we've seen this late winter. The battle is on between surging spring and the 'no-show' (or should I say 'no-snow') winter for many of us.

After spring swung and landed a violent punch across a large swath of our region, winter is trying to counter-punch with a possible band of accumulating snow, primarily across north-central through east/southeast Kentucky.

Depending on ground and pavement temperatures, snow could accumulate 1 to as much as 4" across those areas.

Quick update on the storm surveys still ongoing (and may be ongoing for quite a while)...

Preliminary results so far include:
Between New Pekin and Henryville Indiana, 2 tornadoes followed nearly the same path.
Tor #1 EF-4 damage to Henryville including the school and several homes
Tor #2 EF-3 damage near New Pekin 

In Jefferson county of Indiana, near Chelsea, EF-4 damage

In Trimble county, Kentucky, 2 tornadoes:
EF-2 and EF-3 damage, including a fire station house

MS