1 lightning, 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 Jun 28, 1:30 PM EST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 .SHORT TERM...TNGT AND WED. MID/UPR LVL LO REMNANTS NOW ACRS SERN IN/NRN KY/SRN OH WITH MOST WIDESPREAD/STRONGEST CONVECTION/STMS ON NRN/ERN PERIPHERY. SMALLER MULTICELLULAR STMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WRN HALF OF OUR FA WITHIN GREATEST INSTABILITY. A BROKEN LINE OF STMS EXIST AHEAD OF WEAK SFC TROF FROM WRN IN TO ERN IL...THIS MAY TRANSLATE ACRS OUR NRN FA THIS EVE. AS LO REMNANTS SLOWLY PULL EAST OVERNIGHT AND GRADUAL STABILIZATION OCCURS...STMS SHUD BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD WITH POPS LESSENING TO 20/40% AFT MIDNIGHT. WILL CONT HIEST POPS ACRS OUR NRN FA AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVES EWD ACROSS IL/IN...WHICH COMBINED WITH DESCENT K-INDICES WILL KEEP TSTM CHANCES GOING OVERNGT. AFORMENTIONED WEAKENING SHORTWAVE THEN PROGGED TO TURN MORE SWD WED WITH SUBTLE FORCING KICKING OFF MAINLY DIURNAL/BUT LESS WIDESPREAD TSTMS WED AS IMPULSE DROPS INTO NCNTRL KY BY END OF THE DAY. .LONGER TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUE)... SHRT TERM/MID RANGE MODEL RUNS CONT SOLID CONSISTENCY. MID LEVEL LOW WILL HAVE MOVED WELL NORTH AND EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY. SHRTWV RIDGE THEN PROGGED TO MOVE ACRS FA WED NGT/EARLY THU WITH AN ACCOMPANYING LULL IN SCT STORMS...FOLLOWED BY DECREASING HGTS/INCREASING W/NW FLO LATE THU/THU NGT. UPSTREAM MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSS SHUD BE ONGOING AHEAD/ALONG CDFNT EARLY THU WITH REMNANTS POSSIBLY REACHING OUR FA LATE THU MRNG. BEST TSTM CHANCES WILL BE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD THU NGT AHEAD AND ALONG THE FRONT. CDFNT CLEARS OUR FA FRI MRNG (NAM AND GFS) WITH INFLUX OF DRIER AND SOMEWHAT COOLER AMS FOR THE WEEKEND AS SFC HI PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. BY MONDAY THE SFC HI WILL NEAR THE EAST COAST WITH INCREASING SW FLOW OVR THE AREA. RETURN FLOW STARTING LATE SUNDAY WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LOW LVL MSTR CONTENT...ENOUGH SO THAT MONDAY AND CONTG INTO TUE...SCTD TSTMS...MAINLY DIURNAL...WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH DECENT INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE WELL ABOVE NORMAL THU WITH DEWPTS IN THE LOWER 70S. WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S...HEAT INDICES WILL REACH INTO THE 100 TO 105 DEG RANGE...NEAR HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA OF 105. SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPS FRIDAY AND DRIER AIR...WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL VALUES AGAIN FOR SATURDAY. RETURN FLOW SUNDAY WILL BEGIN A SLIGHT WARMING TREND INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK TO NEAR 90. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...NONE. .KY...NONE. && DK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-290830- 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 330 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL STILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS WELL AS INDEPENDENCE DAY AND TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ON THURSDAY AS A FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD REACH INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-65. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DK
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:44 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the Benson United Methodist Church. The building caught fire and was a total loss.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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