1 lightning, 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 Jun 18, 1:45 AM EST, 11 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 245 AM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 ALL PRECIP HAS JUST ABOUT MOVED INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE INDICATES THAT WEAK WAVE THAT BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS TO EAST HALF OF CWA THIS EVENING HAS MOVED EAST INTO SOUTHERN OHIO. LOW STRATUS HAS FORMED IN THE MOIST AIR BEHIND THIS DISTURBANCE AND FEEL THAT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SOME LIGHT FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING PROBLEMATIC AT BEST...AND DEPENDENT ON EVENTUAL EVOLUTION OF STRONG MCS MOVING INTO EASTERN KANSAS. FORECAST MODELS DOWNPLAY PRECIP CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS COMBINED WITH THE LOCATION OF A FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TENNESSEE VALLEY...SHOULD RESULT IN THE LACK OF ANY FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...CURRENT CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IN EASTERN KANSAS WAS NOT FORECAST WELL BY THE MODELS...AND MAY HOLD TOGETHER AS IT MOVES ESE...INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY BY EARLY EVENING. FEEL THE MOST OF TODAY WILL BE DRY...WITH INCREASING CHANCES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN CWA. WILL PLACE PRECIP IN CHANCE CATEGORY OVERNIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WITH ORIGINS IN CANADA WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE TODAY AND NOSE INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES SUNDAY. DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO LOWER OHIO VALLEY DURING THE AFTERNOON SATURDAY. FORECAST RH FIELDS HINT THAT CLOUDINESS MAY BE SLOW TO DEPART SOUTHERN KENTUCKY...POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS SATURDAY. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL CERTAINLY FEEL COOLER AS DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST TOWARDS THE MID ATLANTIC SEABOARD EARLY MONDAY...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE SOUTH MONDAY AND MOISTURE WILL START TO INCREASE. A DISTURBANCE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY LATE MONDAY WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE OF PRECIP MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && JSD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 12 NOON EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-190900- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK KY-CLARK IN- CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY- FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY- HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON KY-HARRISON IN-HART KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON KY-JEFFERSON IN-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALF KY-MONROE KY- NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT KY-SCOTT IN-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY- TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON KY-WASHINGTON IN- WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISVILLE...LEXINGTON...BOWLING GREEN... WINCHESTER...VERSAILLES...STANFORD...SHELBYVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE... RICHMOND...HARRODSBURG...HARDINSBURG...GLASGOW...FRANKLIN... FRANKFORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...DANVILLE...CYNTHIANA...COLUMBIA... BARDSTOWN...NEW ALBANY...JASPER AND CORYDON 12 NOON EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WITHIN A CONTINUED WARM, MOIST, AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS, THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. WHILE ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME TODAY, THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE AFTER 5 PM. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS FORECAST WEST OF I-75. SHOULD ANY STORMS ORGANIZE IN THIS AREA, HIGH WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION, PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN STORMS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING AND PONDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED SATURDAY, MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY, AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THEN RETURN MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. JA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike at the Jasper Water Treatment Plant damaged a control panel and a surge protector. The time of occurrence was estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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