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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 2:40 PM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 340 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON)... CURRENTLY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH WERE REPORTED ALL ALONG THE LINE. VORT MOVING SLOWLY NORTH OUT OF TN INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT...THIS VORT IS HELPING STORMS/SHWRS FORM IN THE SOUTHERN FA ATTM...CONTINUING INTO THE NIGHT. ALSO TEMPS REACHED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...WITH HEAT INDEXES RUNNING NEAR 100 THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS SLOWLY DROP THE FRONT INTO CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT...THEN NUDGE IT SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH ALONG A LINE FROM CENTRAL OH INTO SOUTHERN IN AND SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN MO BY EARLY MORNING. VORT WILL SUSTAIN A FEW SHWRS/TSTMS INTO THE EVENING. SHRTWV MOVING ALONG THE WSW FLOW WILL REACH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR ISOLD TO SCTD TSTMS/SHWRS OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE AREA...BETTER CHANCES NORTH. FRONT REMAINS JUST NORTH OF THE AREA...SCTD TSTMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTN WITH ENERGY MOVING NORTH OUT OF THE GULF ALONG WITH THE SIGNIFICANT HEATING/INSTABILITY AND BOUNDARIES LEFT FROM CONVECTION DURING THE PREVIOUS EVENING/OVERNIGHT. BETTER CHANCES AGAIN TO THE NORTH THOUGH STORMS COULD DEVELOP ANYWHERE OVER THE ENTIRE FA WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND NO CAPPING. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTN WITH MICROBURST INDEXES AT MODEST TO SIGNIFICANT LEVELS. ALSO PW VALUES REMAIN NEAR 2 INCHES THEREFORE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. TEMPS WILL REMAIN VERY WARM WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN H850 TEMPS/AIR MASS...MID TO UPPER 90S SOUTH AND LOWER TO MID 90S NORTH...PRODUCING HI READINGS AGAIN AROUND 100 TO 105. .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... NOT TOO MANY CHANGES WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE AS SUMMERY WEATHER CONTINUES. GEM...ECMWF...AND NOGAPS ENSEMBLE START THE PERIOD OFF AT 500HPA WITH A TROF OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND A FLAT RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WITH GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW ABOVE THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. THE WESTERN TROF STARTS TO MAKE SOME EASTWARD PROGRESS WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY...POSSIBLY MAKING IT INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY THE END OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER WITH THE RIDGE HOLDING STEADY OVER THE SOUTHEAST IT APPEARS THE BULK OF THE ADVANCING TROF WILL STAY TO OUR NORTH. AT THE SURFACE OPERATIONAL GFS AND NAM BRING THE FRONT THATS TO OUR NORTH TODAY SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY LOSE MUCH OF ITS IDENTITY MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT. GFS ENSEMBLE BASICALLY AGREES WITH THIS THOUGH THE SURFACE TROF IS QUITE WEAK. NEVERTHELESS...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FRONT IN THE AREA WILL INCREASE POPS ABOVE THE USUAL DIURNAL NUMBERS INTO THE 40S FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST THE DIURNAL CYCLE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO CONTINUE AS THE GFS ENSEMBLE ANCHORS THE BERMUDA HIGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. OPERATIONAL GFS BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS FRIDAY BUT THIS IS NOT WELL SUPPORTED BY THE GFS ENSEMBLE OR ECMWF SO WILL NOT COUNT ON THAT TOO MUCH. MOS TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN RUNNING COOL LATELY SO WILL AGAIN GO ON THE WARM SIDE FOR AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES.--13 && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...NONE. .KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 830 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-140830- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK IN-CLARK KY- 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 IN-HARRISON KY-HART KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON IN-JEFFERSON KY-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALFE KY-MONROE KY- NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT IN-SCOTT KY-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY- TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON IN-WASHINGTON KY- WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBANY...BARDSTOWN...BEAVER DAM... BOWLING GREEN...CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA... DANVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...ENGLISH...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN... GEORGETOWN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG...HARRODSBURG...JAMESTOWN... JASPER...JEFFERSONVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON... LOUISVILLE...MADISON...MOUNT WASHINGTON...MUNFORDVILLE... NEW ALBANY...PARIS...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SCOTTSVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...STANFORD...TAYLORSVILLE...TELL CITY... TOMPKINSVILLE...VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 830 PM SAT AUG 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS TOWARD MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. EXPECT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS AND ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING FRONT. THE WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL SOMEWHERE NEAR THE OHIO RIVER BY MONDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL WEAKEN BY MID WEEK... THOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN ALLOWING FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. DK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1118 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1112 PM TSTM WND GST CAREFREE 38.24N 86.36W
08/13/2005 60 MPH CRAWFORD IN EMERGENCY MNGR
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
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RLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1120 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 INZ077-KYZ024-025-140405- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-WASHINGTON IN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HARDINSBURG 1120 PM EDT (1020 PM CDT) SAT AUG 13 2005 STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MOVE ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY IN INDIANA AND MEAD AND BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY THROUGH 1140 PM EDT OR 1040 PM CDT. THESE GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA. GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE GUSTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MEADE COUNTY BEFORE 1130 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. SCHOLZ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1123 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1048 PM TSTM WND DMG ADYEVILLE 38.20N 86.77W
08/13/2005 PERRY IN EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE TREE DOWN
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RLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1135 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1125 PM TSTM WND DMG NEW SALISBURY 38.32N 86.10W
08/13/2005 HARRISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AND SHINGLES OFF ROOFS
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RLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1136 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1125 PM TSTM WND DMG MILLTOWN 38.34N 86.27W
08/13/2005 CRAWFORD IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND SHINGLES OF A ROOF
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RLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1144 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 KYZ028-029-140430- BULLITT KY-HARDIN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...MOUNT WASHINGTON 1144 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL MOVE ACROSS BULLITT AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE WINDS WILL REACH FORT KNOX AND FAR WESTERN BULLITT COUNTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT EDT THE MOVE ACROSS BULLITT AND HARDIN COUNTIES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1230 AM EDT. THESE GUSTS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA. GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE GUSTS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MEADE COUNTY BEFORE 1130 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. SCHOLZ
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorms crossed into Kentucky from south central Indiana, weakening as they moved southeastward. Power lines were downed in the Portland area, just west of downtown Louisville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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