1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 17, 2:30 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2003
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THRU MON-TUE AND DAY ON WED):
MAIN FOCUS IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WX DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. VERY MOIST AND UNSTBL AIR IN PLACE ACRS MUCH OF FA...WK
CDFNT CONT TO DRFT SLOWLY S ACRS SCNTRL KY...TROUGH DROPPING S ACRS
NRN IL/IN SUPPORTS INCRSG TSTMS FOR A TIME TONIGHT. LATEST
WATCHES COVER THIS SITUATION WELL.
REMAINDER OF SHORT TERM LOOKS TO BE VERY WARM...A LITTLE LESS HUMID
BUT DRY W.R.T. TO PCPN AS WARM RIDGE OVERSPREADS THE REGION AGAIN.
LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY):
BY THURSDAY...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE
WESTERN GREAT LAKES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS WISCONSIN
AND ILLINOIS...APPROCHING SOUTHERN INDIANA BY LATE IN THE EVENING.
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. EXPECT
SCATTERED CONVECTION THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY ALONG THIS FRONT.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION FRIDAY
EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING IN COOLER...DRIER AIR ON
FRIDAY...LASTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
.LMK...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF FA UNTIL 7PM
EDT TONIGHT.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 Louisville radar (KLVX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:50 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused a partial roof collapse in western Louisville.
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