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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 15, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 245 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-TUE)... SFC FRONT REMAINS DRAPED OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTN WITH LTL MOVEMENT NOTED PAST 12 HRS. TSTMS HAVE FIRED S AND SW OF OUR CWA WITH GOOD HEATING TO NOW...PRODUCING CAPES IN EXCESS OF 2000J/KG. SCT STORMS WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP FARTHER N ACRS OUR SRN FA AS WELL AS UPSTREAM ACRS SRN PARTS OF IL/IN LATE THIS AFTN WITH THINNING CLDS ATTM. MESOSCALE CNVCTV VORTEX PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS SRN IL THIS EVE...SRN IN OVERNGT...TO SRN OH/NRN KY BY 12 UTC TUE. ANOTHER WEAKER IMPLSE TO FOLLOW TUE ON A SIMILAR TRACK...ALBEIT FARTHER S. WITH ABOVE SAID...WILL KEEP OUR FCST OF SCT SHWRS/STMS TNGT WITH 40 POPS. WEAK BAROCLINIC ZONE CONTS TO SAG SLOWLY S...SHUD BE SQUARELY OVER OUR FA TUE WITH A SFC WAVE MOVING ALONG THE BNDRY. MODELS CONT TOO MOIST WITH THEIR RH PATTERN(PCPN OUTPUT) WITH MOS 12H POPS IN THE HIGH LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL RANGE. WHILE SFC BNDRY WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR MORE WIDESPREAD CNVCTN TNT/TUE...INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TUE WITH MORE CLDS. WILL CUT BACK FROM MOS POPS FOR TUE...STAYING CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT FCST OF 50 POPS. MOS TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE...CONSIDERING MORE CLDS. KIRKPATRICK .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... ...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... BOTH THE NAM AND THE GFS SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THROUGH THE REGION. BOTH MODELS ARE LETTING THE BOUNDARY SLIP SOUTH INTO TENNESSEE BY THURSDAY WITH THE NAM SOLUTION BEING A LITTLE FASTER THAN THE GFS. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME GRADUALLY LESS EACH DAY (WED/THU) AS HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR COME IN FROM THE NORTH...AS REFERENCED BY PWATS LOWERING TO AROUND 1.5IN ACROSS THE NORTH AND AROUND 1.6IN DOWN SOUTH. AT THIS TIME FEEL FINE WITH LEAVING AT LEAST CHC POPS IN OUR KY COUNTIES FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. BY THURSDAY...SOME RECOVERY IN THE FORM OF SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY ALLOW MOISTURE TO INCREASE SOMEWHAT...WHICH MAY BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT LOW CHANCE POPS FOR THU AFTERNOON. ...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... LONG TERM MODEL CONTINUES TO BE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH PREVIOUS RUNS WITH THE IDEA OF BRINGING AN AREA OF SFC LOW PRESSURE FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. AS THAT IS GOING ON...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REACH BACK UP TO NEAR 90 FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WHILE MOISTURE WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR CONVECTION...THE LACK OF FORCING AND AVAILABLE BOUNDARIES WOULD PRECLUDE ORGANIZED CONVECTION ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY. WILL KEEP IN CHANCE POPS THOUGH FOR SATURDAY. THE 12Z GFS CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST BY LATE SATURDAY AND PASSING THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY. BEST UPPER LEVEL FORCING SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND INTO THE NORTHEAST...BUT CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST CHANCE POPS. IF THE GFS MODEL IS RIGHT...SOME VERY NICE WEATHER IS IN THE OFFING FOR MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE MID 80S WITH GREATLY REDUCED HUMIDITY. -JARVIS && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...NONE. .KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 345 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-160830- 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 345 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS THIS EVENING MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY...WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATEST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A THREAT WITH THE EXPECTED SLOW STORM MOVEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL AS THURSDAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. DK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
232 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2005
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0440 PM TSTM WND DMG CANEYVILLE 37.42N 86.49W
08/14/2005 GRAYSON KY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES WERE DOWNED.
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MRCThe Louisville radar (KLVX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A storm spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph.
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