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 May 14, 2:00 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... MAIN WX IN SHORT TERM WL BE NEXT 24 HOURS AS CD FNT AND SLOW MOVG TROF ALOFT COMBINE TO PRODUCE INCRSG PRECIP ACRS FCST AREA. CURRENTLY...A COUPLE LINES OF SHWRS AND TSTMS MOVING INTO WRN PORTION OF FCST AREA...WHERE LAPS SFC WINDS INDICATE CNVRGNC AXIS AHEAD OF MAIN CD FNT. SFC BASED LI VALUES NOT IMPRESSIVE...ONLY ABOUT -1 TO -3...BUT GIVEN OVERALL FORCING...ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT...AND WEAK INSTBLTY...LINES SHOULD PROPAGATE ACRS THE AREA PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS SOME GUSTY WINDS ALONG THOSE PORTIONS OF LINES EXHIBITING TIGHTER REFL GRADIENT. FOR LATER TNGT AND AT LEAST FIRST HALF OF SAT...ETA/GFS/NGM ALL DEPICT EVOLUTION TOWARD AN ANTICYCLONICALLY CURVED MSTR STREAM ACRS OH VLY AHEAD OF MAIN TROF AXIS ALOFT. CURRENTLY...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A NICE S/WV OVR ERN TX (PERHAPS EVEN CNVCTVLY- ENHANCED) THAT WL LIFT NNEWD TNGT. THUS...MODEL SOLUTIONS LOOK REASONABLE AT THIS TIME. GFS IS A BIT FASTER OVERALL WITH ETA/NGM QUITE SIMILAR. EITHER WAY...RESPECTABLE UPR-LVL JET ENTRANCE REGION AND SLIGHT ANTICYCLONIC CURVATURE WL PROMOTE WAVY SLOW MOVING SFC FRONT AND OVERALL INCRS IN AREA OF SHWRS AND TSTMS TNGT INTO SAT. SETUP IS RIGHT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH TRAINING CELLS AS WELL GIVEN DEEP SSWLY FLOW AND RELATIVELY SLOW MOVEMENT OF SYSTEM. SYSTEM SHOULD FINALLY EASE EWD LATE SAT AND SAT NGT ALTHOUGH WEAKENING SFC FNTL BNDRY MAY LINGER ACRS SERN PART OF FCST AREA. THUS WL INCLUDE CHC OF SHWRS SERN SECTIONS SAT NGT. BY SUN...MRNG CLDS AND/OR AREAS OF FOG (GIVEN LGT WIND AND RESIDUAL BNDRY LYR MOISTURE) WL GIVE WAY TO A PTLY TO MOSNY DAY. LO-LVL FLOW QUICKLY BECOMES SLY AGN BY MON...SO A RETURN TO WARM MORE HUMID WX IN ORDER. TEMPS ON SAT MAY EXHIBIT LARGE CONTRAST ACRS AREA. TEMPS IN AREAS OF POST-FNTL RAIN AND CLDS OVR N-CNTRL KY/S-CNTRL MAY NOT RISE MUCH DURING DAY...PERHAPS LATE. AT SAME TIME...SERN SECTIONS COULD SEE READINGS REACH 70 OR A LTL ABOVE. THIS WL PROMOTE ADDTNL SHWRS/TSTMS ALG/AHD OF FNT SAT. .EXTENDED TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... 00Z MDLS CONT TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THRU THE EXTENDED PERIOD. FRONTAL BNDRY WILL APPROACH THE AREA DURING THE DAY TUE BEFORE STALLING OUT ALONG KY/TN BORDER. MODELS KEEP FRONTAL BNDRY IN THE VCNTY OF OHIO RIVER THRU REMAINDER OF PERIOD. THIS BNDRY SHOULD BE A FOCUS OF RENEWED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOONS. THUS...WILL CONTINUE TO GO WITH LOW CHC POPS TUE-FRI. 00Z TEMP GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD AND WILL GO WITH A HPC/OPERATIONAL BLEND...WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO ONGOING EXTENDED FCST. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && FUNK/JARVIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 400 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2004 INZ076-077-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>030-038-039-045>048-053>057- 061>067-070>078-081-082-151100- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOYLE KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY- BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK IN-CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN- CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY-FLOYD IN-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY- GREEN KY-HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON IN-HART KY-JEFFERSON KY- JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-MADISON KY-MARION KY- MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALF KY-MONROE KY-NELSON KY-OHIO KY-ORANGE IN- PERRY IN-RUSSELL KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY-TAYLOR KY-WARREN KY- WASHINGTON KY-WASHINGTON IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...STANFORD... RUSSELLVILLE...RICHMOND...HARRODSBURG...HARDINSBURG...GLASGOW... FRANKLIN...ELIZABETHTOWN...DANVILLE...COLUMBIA...BARDSTOWN... NEW ALBANY...JASPER AND CORYDON 400 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. OVERNIGHT..EXPECT MORE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PERSISTS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY WATER PONDING PROBLEMS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. INZ078-079-KYZ031>037-040>043-049-151100- BOURBON KY-CLARK KY-FAYETTE KY-FRANKLIN KY-HARRISON KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON IN-NICHOLAS KY-OLDHAM KY-SCOTT KY-SCOTT IN-SHELBY KY- TRIMBLE KY-WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...WINCHESTER...VERSAILLES... SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT AND CYNTHIANA 400 PM EDT FRI MAY 14 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND A PART OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. OVERNIGHT..EXPECT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PERSISTS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY WATER PONDING PROBLEMS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. TWF
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A couple of homes had roof damage near Alvaton School.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, May 2004
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