1 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 29, 1:30 PM EST, 10 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 2004 ...STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT... SURFACE ANALYSIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON PLACES A STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHING SOUTHEAST FROM SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH WESTERN KENTUCKY INTO EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. VERY HUMID AIRMASS NOTED SOUTH OF THE FRONT WITH 70 DEWPOINTS IN WESTERN TENNESSEE. NORTH OF THE FRONT...SHALLOWER MOISTURE ALLOWING JUST SOME AFTERNOON CUMULUS TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. EXPECT TWO CHANCES OF CONVECTION OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. FIRST WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT AS FRONT TO THE SOUTH BEGINS TO LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. AS THIS FRONT MOVES NORTH THROUGH NORTHERN KENTUCKY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET WILL LIFT HUMID AIR OVER THE RETREATING BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION...A WEAK UPPER FEATURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ELEVATED CAPES ARE FORECAST TO APPROACH 1000 JOULES AND EXPECT SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. FEEL THE BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION TONIGHT WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON CWA WILL BE UNDER WARM SECTOR OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A STRONG JET STEAM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...THE UPPER TROUGH WILL TAKE A NEGATIVE TILT AS STRONG DYNAMICS ALOFT MOVE EAST ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM A LINE ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS STRONG FORCING AND COLD FRONT MOVES INTO HUMID AIR. BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN FORM OF A SQUALL LINE EXPECTED TO CROSS REGION DURING THE LATE EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AHEAD OF THIS LINE...LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN CONSIDERABLY. WITH FORECAST 2000FT WINDS APPROACHING 50 KNOTS JUST AHEAD OF THIS LINE...POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS EXISTS WITH THIS LINE. SKIES WILL CLEAR RAPIDLY MEMORIAL DAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THIS LINE AS MUCH DRIER AIR ARRIVES. EXPECT DRY AND COOLER CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY. IN THE EXTENDED (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) BY LATE TUESDAY STRONG ZONAL UPPER AIR FLOW WILL EXTEND FROM THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AS A TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN CANADA AND THE GREAT LAKES BEGINS TO DEEPEN AND SAG SOUTH. A DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE BASE OF THE GREAT LAKES TROUGH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY...MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AS UPPER AIR TROUGH ROTATES EAST TOWARDS THE MID ATLANTIC. AS THIS HIGH MOVES SOUTH OUT OF THE UPPER MIDWEST, NORTH WINDS WILL BRING IN DRIER AIR AND END ANY CHANCE OF RAIN. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD. SATURDAY WILL WARM SOMEWHAT AS WINDS SWITCH TO THE SOUTH AS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS MOVES EAST. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SCHOTT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-310900- 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 330 PM EDT (230 PM CDT) SAT MAY 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK ARE IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WHILE THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK. THE DIVISION IS BASICALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 65. A LATE SPRING STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPAWN A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. BY SUNDAY EVENING...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WIND SHEAR...INSTABILITY AND LINEAR LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER A SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELL STORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. SEVERE STORMS MAY INHABIT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE LINE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE. LARGE HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH SUPERCELLS IS LIKELY AS WELL. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS WILL BE FAST MOVING SOME MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SO LOCAL FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRIOR TO THIS EVENINGS THUNDERSTORMS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE ALONG A WARM FRONT WHICH WILL LIFT NORTH DURING THE DAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT. JA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 944 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 2004 KYZ061-070>073-300400- ALLEN KY-BUTLER KY-LOGAN KY-SIMPSON KY-WARREN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...RUSSELLVILLE 844 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 A BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MARCH OUT OF TENNESSEE AND ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGER OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN, GUSTY WINDS TO 25 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTING. THE ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT THE RUSSELLVILLE-BOWLING GREEN- FRANKLIN-MORGANTOWN CORRIDOR. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER-COVERED ROADS. JB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1204 AM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 KYZ026-027-061>063-071-300700- BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-GRAYSON KY-HART KY-OHIO KY-WARREN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...LEITCHFIELD 1104 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 AN ARE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTIES SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO GRAYSON, EDMONSON, AND OHIO COUNTIES THROUGH 2 AM CDT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS AND VIVID CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF DRIVING WATCH FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE OVER WATER-COVERED ROADS. JA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed over northern parts of the county.
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