blah.... I'm tired... I'm feverishly rubbing the sleep out of my eyes... Well, I have no idea yet as to what happened in the area last night, in respect to the weather--I haven't looked at any news or reports yet. I had stayed up until roughly a quarter past eleven last night, and then resigned myself to sleep, awaiting to be awakened by news of disastrous weather. I had awoke for a moment, at 5:57a.m. this morning, and thought, "Well, it's over. We made it." The thought had two emotions--one of happiness, where I was still tired and wanted to sleep, and a feeling of disappointment, where I get a nice cheap thrill from dangerous weather. I had prepared my bags and equipment last night, before going to bed, in the event that something happened and that I was called upon to work in the office or in the field with the EMA[1]. My bags still sit quietly, on the floor, undisturbed, in front of the desk. I had moved the scanner upstairs, and took advantage of the weather alert function during the night. It had gone off three times that I recall, last night; once around 10:30p.m., when the tornado watch was extended to cover this region, and twice more, to alert of severe thunderstorms in nearby counties. It's been silent since. Now, I sit, trying to get myself to wake up, trying to get moving. I'm so tired. I wonder how much more Bailey's blog grew last night, while I slept. It had been quite fun to read--fun watching the comments grow nearly every minute. I think I'll check his blog first, then go to the NWS, and finally check my inbox to see what news of last night's events there is available. I also want to see if the threat of not-as-sever-but-still-severe weather is still around, as predicted last night.
1: https://web.archive.org/web/20160516213749/http://www.harrisonema.com:80/
Tags: #Weather
Here a list of all Chris' entries in relation to last night's events: Severe Weather Update[1], Tornado Watch Western Ky[2], LIVE Severe Weather Tracking[3], LIVE Severe Weather Tracking 2[4], Eastern KY Severe Threat[5], Thanks Bloggers[6].
1: http://wkyt.mis.net/weatherblog/?p=1320
2: http://wkyt.mis.net/weatherblog/?p=1322
3: http://wkyt.mis.net/weatherblog/?p=1326
4: http://wkyt.mis.net/weatherblog/?p=1330
5: http://wkyt.mis.net/weatherblog/?p=1332
6: http://wkyt.mis.net/weatherblog/?p=1333
The NWS has issued a statement that they will be conducting surveys of areas that received damage last night/this morning. The statement reads:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY WILL BE
CONDUCTING SEVERAL STORM SURVEYS TODAY TO ASSESS THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE FROM SEVERE STORMS YESTERDAY ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. LOCATIONS WHERE STORM SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTEDINCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS...CANNELTON INDIANA AND HAWESVILLE KENTUCKY...THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA...NORTHERN BULLITT COUNTY KENTUCKY...EASTERN CLARK COUNTY INDIANA...AND EASTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY KENTUCKY.
AS SOON AS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE RESULTANT DAMAGE...UPDATED PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED. THESE STORM SURVEYS WILL TAKE THE BETTER PART OF TODAY...SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE`S PATIENCE AND COOPERATION.
The NWS has also listed the storm reports on their site[7].
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