Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 20, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
240 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2003

.THE HERE AND NOW...
TODAY KIND OF HAS THAT MUGGY THUNDERSTORM TYPE FEEL TO IT, AND SURE
ENOUGH, A LINE OF BKN TSRA DEVELOPING OVER SWRN IND ATTM ALONG WITH
ANOTHER SCT AREA OVER WRN KY/WRN TN. PARAMETERS COMING TOGETHER
AHEAD OF STG 500MB WAVE FOR A BKN AREA OF TS TO AFFECT THE LMK FA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVE HOURS. AXIS OF RELATIVELY HIGH 3KM
CAPE AND SFC-6KM SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPING CONVECTION FROM
WRN TN NWD INTO SWRN IND. PER 15Z RUC PW/OMEGA FIELDS, TS SHOULD
COALESCE INTO LINEAR ELEMENTS AND TRANSLATE E/SEWD THRU FA OVER NEXT
6-9 HOURS. WITH DECENT AMOUNT OF DRY AIR ABOVE 800MB DAMAGING
DOWNDRAFTS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR
ROTATION/SUPERCELL STRUCTURE OUT OF THESE INITIAL STORMS DEVELOPING
ON CONVECTIVE ROLLS, COLOCATED WITH LCLS AOB 1KM AND 0-1KM
ENVIRONMENTAL SRH AOA 150.

.REST OF SHORT TERM...
PER 12Z ETA, MID-LEVEL WAVE KICKS DIMINISHING CONVECTIVE SYSTEM OUT
OF FA AFTER 5Z/MON, WITH A SOLID INVERSION TRAPPING MOISTURE BELOW
800MB A GOOD PART OF MON, WHERE ILL GO WITH A 70% SKY COVER. WEAK
LIFT ASSOC SECONDARY 500MB TROF AXIS SWINGS THRU FA MON NIGHT,
COUPLED WITH A REGIONAL INCR IN PW VALUES AND SOME LOW-LEVEL CAPE
(GFS FCSTS 44 J/KG AT 2AM TUE FOR KSDF), COULD YIELD SOME -SHRA OVER
NRN PARTS OF LMK FA. HWVR FORCING WOULD HAVE TO PENETRATE RATHER STG
INVERSION, LIMITING PCPN POTENTIAL, BUT WILL KEEP LOW CHC -SHRA AS
IN CURRENT FCST FOR MON NIGHT. INVERSION HOLDS IN GFS/ETA FCST RAOB
DATA HINTING THAT SKIES MAY BE SLOW TO CLEAR, ESP ACROSS NRN KY/SRN
IND ON TUE. PER GFS, LOW-LEVELS DRY OUT TUE NIGHT AND WITH SFC HIGH
OVER FA, COULD BE A FROSTY START TO WED? FORECASTING SUNSHINE WED AS
MID-LEVEL RIDGE MOVES INTO REGION.

.EXTENDED PORTION...
RIDGING PATTERN ALOFT WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY KEEPING THINGS QUIET WEATHERWISE. HOWEVER BY LATE THURSDAY
STRONG 500 MB LOW PRES EJECTS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WITH STRONG
SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING BY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THE SOUTHERN TN
VALLEY. 12Z GFS SUGGESTS INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH INTO CENTRAL KY THU
NIGHT WITH WAA PATTERN RAINS SPREADING INTO SRN KY AND TO A LESSER
DEGREE NRN KY AND SRN IN. WILL HAVE A LOW CHANCE POP THU AFTN ACROSS
THE FAR SOUTH...THEN CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE FA THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
GIVEN ABUNDANT AVAILABLE GULF MOISTURE SOME GENEROUS RAINFALL
AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN FA. THE FORECAST
PERIOD FROM FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BE DRY WITH VERY
SEASONABLE AND PLEASANT TEMPS.

.LMK...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
200 PM EDT SUN APR 20 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
A COLD FRONT DRAPED FROM CHICAGO TO MEMPHIS THIS AFTERNOON WILL
REACH TO NEAR THE OHIO RIVER AFTER DARK. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE SOUTHERN INDIANA
PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BETWEEN 5 TO 7 PM EDT (4 TO 6 PM EST).
THE LINE WILL SLOWLY PUSH EAST AND REACH INTO THE LOUISVILLE AND
BOWLING GREEN AREAS BETWEEN 7 TO 9 PM EDT...AND INTO THE LEXINGTON
AND COLUMBIA AREAS TOWARDS MIDNIGHT.

A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN
THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER. HEAVY RAINFALL AND
INTENSE LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES EAST THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
DURING THE EVENING...THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DIMINISH DUE TO THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL
BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ALTHOUGH THE
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END BY THAT TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

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