2 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 Dec 28, 9:25 AM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 925 AM EST WED DEC 28 2005 .SHORT TERM UPDATE... MADE A QUICK UPDATE TO GET TIMING OF LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BETTER REPRESENTED IN THE GRIDS...INCREASED POPS TO 90 FOR ENTIRE CWA AS LINE IS AND SHOULD HOLD TOGETHER AS IT TRANSITS THE FORECAST AREA. LITTLE OTHER CHANGES MADE...MAY HAVE TO UPDATE LATER TO ADJUST FALLING TEMPS BEHIND THE LINE. THE COLD FRONT IS STILL BACK NEAR PAH INTO CENTRAL KY. .SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... TIGHTLY WOUND STORM WILL SLIDE UP THE OHIO RIVER TODAY...INTO EASTERN OHIO BY 12Z THURSDAY. THE NAM/MESOETA SEEM TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE PRECIPITATION FIELD AND SURFACE LOW PLACEMENT AT 06Z THAN THE GFS SO WILL LEAN MORE TOWARDS A NAM/MESOETA SOLUTION. ADJOINING WEATHER OFFICES IN PADUCAH AND WILMINGTON ALSO GENERALLY FAVOR THE NAM. AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES FROM MISSOURI TO OHIO IT WILL SWING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH IT BISECTING THE STATE IN THE VICINITY OF I-65 BETWEEN NOON AND 400 PM. A FEW SHOWERS MAY BREAK OUT THIS MORNING WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY...BUT MOST SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL WAIT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DURING THE MORNING IMPRESSIVE DRY SLOT SEEN ON SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AT 07Z WILL CROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...THOUGH IT IS EXPECTED TO FILL IN WITH CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY A FEW SHOWERS BY THE TIME IT GETS THIS FAR EAST. COINCIDENT WITH THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE LIFTED INDEX READINGS AROUND ZERO OR -1...MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 6.5 DEGREES C/KM...AND A SMALL 40 TO 45 KNOT 850 HPA JET FROM TENNESSEE INTO KENTUCKY. THUS...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AHEAD OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE REGION IN A RISK AREA FOR GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS. NOTHING SEVERE IS ANTICIPATED. WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT IN WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING. THE LARGE RAINY AREA SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THICKNESSES AND MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A FEW WET SNOWFLAKES COULD MIX IN WITH THE LIGHT RAIN AFTER 400 AM EST ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CYNTHIANA TO HARRODSBURG TO BURKESVILLE THURSDAY PRE-DAWN. HAVE SET HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY JUST A FEW DEGREES ABOVE 07Z READINGS THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE 50S. HOWEVER IF DRY SLOT FAILS TO FILL IN AND WE REALIZE SOME SUNSHINE THIS MORNING TEMPERATURES COULD GET WARMER THAN PROGGED. 13 .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... A FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS FORECAST IN THE EXTENDED ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AS UPPER LEVEL BLOCKING IN THE WEST HAS ERODED. PACIFIC JET FLOW BLASTING INTO THE WESTERN U.S. WILL ALLOW A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS TO CROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH NO SIGNIFICANT AMPLIFICATION OF THE H5 PATTERN...NO REAL WILD TEMPERATURE SHIFTS APPEAR IN THE OFFING...THOUGH THAT MAY CHANGE OUTSIDE THIS LONG TERM PERIOD FCST. EARLY IN THE PERIOD...DEPARTING SFC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST BY THE MODELS TO BE ENTERING SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO ROTATE AROUND ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM THURSDAY MORNING...SO HAVE KEPT CHANCE POPS IN FOR THIS FORECAST. THERMAL PROFILES ARE FORECAST TO STAY ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS SO ALL LIQUID PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURE FORECAST NOT SO STRAIGHT FORWARD. THERE IS A DECENT SPREAD IN THE TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE THIS EVENING...WITH THE GFS THE WARMEST WITH THE MET NUMBERS COMING IN COLD. BEST APPROACH HERE WAS TO GO WITH A MIDDLE OF THE ENVELOPE APPROACH WHICH WOULD ONLY REQUIRE MINOR CHANGES TO THE ONGOING FCST. AS THE THURSDAY SYSTEM DEPARTS...WELL SEE A BRIEF BREAK IN THE GENERAL WEATHER ON FRIDAY AS WEAK RIDGING AT THE SFC AND ALOFT BUILD INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM. EXPECT GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ON FRIDAY WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS AROUND 50. FOR THE PERIOD SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE 00Z EXTENDED MODELS ARE SHOWING DECENT CONTINUITY FROM THEIR PREVIOUS RUNS. IT APPEARS THAT WELL BE DEALING WITH TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS IN THIS PERIOD. THE FIRST WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY BRING SHOWERS TO THE REGION. SECOND SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE SOME 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL RAIN WITH THESE SYSTEMS. HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPS IN THIS PERIOD BASED ON THE NEW GFS ENSEMBLE MEANS...AS THE OP GFS RUN WAS ONE OF THE WARMER ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. -MJ && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1130 AM EST WED DEC 28 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-290930- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 1030 AM CST WED DEC 28 2005 /1130 AM EST WED DEC 28 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH...AND PEA-SIZED HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. HOWEVER NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SCHOTT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 806 AM EST WED DEC 28 2005 KYZ027-028-281515- GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX 706 AM CST WED DEC 28 2005 /806 AM EST WED DEC 28 2005/ A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH ACROSS GRAYSON COUNTY AND WILL BE NEAR LEITCHFIELD BY 715 AM CST. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZED OR HALF INCH HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL TRACK QUICKLY ACROSS NORTHERN GRAYSON COUNTY INTO WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF VERTREES AND HOWE VALLEY BY 845 AM EST (745 AM CST). SCHOTT
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Fifteen to twenty small trees were downed. Some roof damage was reported.
Part of a garage roof was blown off.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5482680, 5482681.