Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- August 17, 2:25 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd County, New Albany
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 38.300, -85.800
Trees were downed on State Street.
Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 17, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 17, 2:30 AM EST, 11 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 2:30 AM EST, 11 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003 CORRECTED TIMING MENTIONED FOR SUNDAY FRONT SHORT TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY): CURRENT ANALYSIS SHOWS A FRONT SWEEPING DOWN INTO THE OHIO VALLEY...HAS A BACK DOOR LOOK...IT WILL ENTER THE FA LATE THIS MORNING. THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA WILL SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTION EARLY SUNDAY WITH THE FRONT MOVING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE CWA AND PUSHING THE FOCUS TO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE FA BY EARLY EVENING. VORT MAX MOVING SOUTH OUT OF NORTHERN IL/IN WILL PROVIDE THE MECHANISM FOR TSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTN...AS WELL AS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL CARRY SCATTERED STORMS THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE IN THE EXTREME SE CORNER OF THE CWA AS ISSUED BY SPC...WITH THE RISK BEING FOR STRONG WINDS MOSTLY. STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING DEWPTS DOWN TO MORE COMFORTABLE LEVELS...HI TEMPS ON MONDAY MAY BE 4 TO 6 DEGREES COOLER. RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE FA TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SLIGHT INCREASE IN TEMPS. LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY): RIDGE STILL MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY WILL PROVIDE WARM TEMPS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. RETURN FLOW WEDNESDAY AFTN INTO THURSDAY WILL USHER INCREASING MOISTURE FROM THE GULF AS THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE EASTERN PLAINS THURSDAY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH FA THURSDAY EVENING WITH STORMS/SHWRS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...WHEN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE MORE SCATTERED SHWRS/TSTORMS. DRYING OUT FOR SATURDAY. TEMPS WILL BE SEASONAL TO JUST BELOW NORM DURING THE LATE WEEK WITH THE ASSOCIATED RAINFALL AND CLOUDS. .LMK...NONE. SCHOTT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 4:00 AM EST, 10 hours 25 minutes before
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-181100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 500 AM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS KENTUCKY TODAY...WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SHIFTS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AROUND OUR REGION...IN RESPONSE TO THESE WEATHER FEATURES. MEANWHILE RATHER ROBUST WINDS IN THE HIGHER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...SUGGESTS A FEW OF STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... WHERE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TODAY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. ANY LEFT OVER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT WILL DIMINISH OR END... AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE WEATHER PICTURE ON THURSDAY OR FRIDAY...AS A NEW COLD APPROACHES THE OHIO VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. STUREY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:23 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, August 17 to 23, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, August 17, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Guam, August 17, 2003
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 17, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 17, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, August 17, 2003
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 17, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 17, 2003
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 17, 2003
- Heat in Kansas, August 17 to 23, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 17, 2003
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5376860.