3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 21, 2:30 AM EST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 ...MAIN QUESTIONS CONCERN PRECIPITATION CHANCES TODAY AND THE TRACK OF EXISTING MCS...SLOWING OF FRONTAL PASSAGE. MCS OVER CENTRAL IL MOVING SE THIS MORNING CAUSES SOME TIMING AND TRACKING ISSUES...SHOULD MAKE ITS AWAY ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES BY 11Z. POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS...DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN THOSE STORMS. MESO ETA SHOWS AXIS OF HIGH CAPES ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA TO NEAR LOUISVILLE. MCS SHOULD RIDE ALONG THIS AREA INTO SOUTHERN IN...WILL GO NEAR CAT POPS IN THOSE COUNTIES TO COVER THIS SCENARIO. REST OF AREA WILL KEEP TO LIKELY NORTH KY AND HIGH CHANCE SOUTH KY. SOME DISAGREEMENT ON THE TIMING OF THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT...WILL GO WITH SLOWER ETA MODEL AND KEEP SOME CLOUDS AND PRECIP IN REGION THROUGH WED MORN AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SWINGS THROUGH BY EARLY MORN WED. CLEARING WILL COME QUICKLY WITH DRY AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS FROM MID WEEK UNTIL THE WEEKEND...AS THE STRONG NORTHERLIES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL KICK IN THROUGH FRIDAY AS WE WILL THEN START TO CREEP BACK UP TO MORE LATE JULY LIKE TEMPS AND HUMIDITY. MOS TEMPS NOT IN AGREEMENT EARLY...WENT ABOVE THE ETA A FEW DEGREES. MOS BLEND FOR MID AND LATE WEEK. .LMK...NONE. SCHOTT
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-220930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 545 AM EDT MON JUL 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES THAT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIAN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD ALSO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND END TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL. THE NEXT THREAT OF ANY STORMS WILL COME ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED ON TUESDAY. SCHOLZ
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:27 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were downed over the northern half of the county.
Power lines were downed.
Highway 56 was blocked by a fallen tree and another large tree limb. Pea size hail was also reported west of Jasper.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2003
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: 5370292, 5370291, 5370293.