Cold air funnels possible north of Louisville

Cold air funnels rarely touch down and are very small. There is the possibility of some of these north of Louisville into early evening.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE LOUISVILLE NWS

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS...HALF INCH HAIL AND A
POSSIBILITY OF A COLD AIR FUNNEL WILL MOVE ACROSS WASHINGTON...SCOTT
AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA...

AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SCOTTSBURG TO SCOTTSBURG TO WESTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND HALF INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SOME STORMS SIMILAR TO THESE HAVE
PRODUCED COLD AIR FUNNELS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN INDIANA AND
ILLINOIS.

 ...COLD AIR FUNNELS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET...

THROUGH 9 PM...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND INTO TRIMBLE AND HENRY COUNTIES IN
KENTUCKY. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF COLD AIR
FUNNELS UNTIL SUNSET. THESE FUNNELS USUALLY DO NOT TOUCH
DOWN...BUT IN RARE INSTANCES THEY CAN REACH THE GROUND AND CAUSE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE.

COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT FORM IN DEEP...COLD CORE...LARGE SCALE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS.
THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE SMOOTH AND NARROW. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT THESE FUNNELS FORM FROM ARE NOT PARTICULARLY
TALL OR INTENSE. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS NORMALLY REACH A FEW
HUNDRED FEET DOWNWARD FROM THE CLOUDS...ROTATE OR SPIN LIKE A
TOP...AND LAST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE DISSIPATING.

STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A
FUNNEL CLOUD APPROACHES THE GROUND.


SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NWS IN INDIANAPOLIS

..COLD AIR FUNNELS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING...

TRAINED SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE SPOTTED A
FEW COLD AIR FUNNELS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. TWO
COLD AIR FUNNELS WERE SPOTTED BY RUSH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE AT 410 PM WITH A SMALL THUNDERSTORM.

COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THAT FORM IN DEEP...COLD CORE...LARGE SCALE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS.
THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE SMOOTH AND NARROW. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT THESE FUNNELS FORM FROM ARE NOT PARTICULARLY
TALL OR INTENSE. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS NORMALLY PRODUCE A FEW
HUNDRED FEET DOWNWARD FROM THE CLOUDS...ROTATE OR SPIN LIKE A
TOP...AND LAST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE DISSIPATING.

IN RARE INSTANCES THESE FUNNELS MAY BRIEFLY TOUCHDOWN AND CAUSE
MINOR WIND DAMAGE. STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QU