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 Nov 12, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003 SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ONGOING LINE OF STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY FORECAST AREA WILL DROP RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. CURRENTLY MUCH DRIER AIR JUST TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST WILL SWEEP INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE COLDER AIR IS STILL WELL TO THE NORTHWEST IN IOWA. WITH THIS IN MIND WE WILL TIME PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH RAPIDLY CLEARING SKIES. THE CONCERN FOR THE OVERNIGHT WILL BE WIND GUSTS. BEHIND THE FRONT WE MAY SEE A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BUT FOR THE MOST PART WE EXPECT WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION THURSDAY WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SOME 15 TO 20 DEGREES COLDER THAN TODAY. LOWS FRIDAY MORNING DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S. AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF RAIN INTO THE CFA SATURDAY. ...LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... 00Z EXTENDED MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THIS CYCLE. BROAD ZONAL UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL QUICKLY AMPLIFY AS POTENT SHORT WAVE DIGS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON MONDAY. FULL LAT WAVE WILL HEAD EAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY. DECENT MOISTURE RETURN IS EXPECTED AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SO A DECENT RAIN EVENT COULD MATERIALIZE IN THE TUE/WED TIME FRAME. AS TO THE FORECAST...PREVIOUS EXTENDED FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. BASED ON THE NEW MODEL RUNS...HAVE BUMPED UP POPS A BIT ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AS FOR TEMPS A BLEND OF HPC AND 00Z GFS ENSEMBLE MOS WAS USED. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN MILD EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60 AHEAD OF THE INCOMING SYSTEM FOLLOWED BY A COOLDOWN BY LATE WEEK. .LMK...NONE. JA/MJ
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-131000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 444 AM EST NOV 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...THEN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA. THERE IS A THREAT OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING WIND GUSTS TO SEVERE LEVELS...UP TO 60 MPH OR SO. THIS THREAT WILL DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION...GENERAL WINDS WILL BE STRONG FOR MUCH OF THE DAY WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION IF ENCOUNTERING THE STRONG WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY. MUCH COLDER CONDITIONS WILL BE NOTED BY THURSDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE MID 40S. LOWS FRIDAY MORNING ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. THESE WILL LIKELY BE THE COLDEST READINGS SO FAR THIS SEASON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JB
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were downed over the northern portion of the county.
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