3 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 Jun 9, 2:30 PM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... SCATTERED DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ALONG TEMPERATURE GRADIENT BETWEEN CLOUDY AND SUNNY AREAS. AS CLOUDS DISSIPATED SHOWERS DECREASED IN COVERAGE. AIR IS UNSTABLE AND WILL KEEP SMALL CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IN FORECAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS TIMING THE MOVEMENT OF ARLENE AND THE PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES. ALSO THE EFFECT MORE WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE ON TEMPERATURES. NAM MOVES TROPICAL SYSTEM RAPIDLY TO THE NORTH WHILE GFS IS MUCH SLOWER. BELIEVE NAM IS TOO FAST AND WILL FOLLOW TPC FORECAST TRACK FOR ARLENE WHICH IS CLOSER TO GFS TIMING. TPC TIMING WILL BRING RAIN FROM ARLENE INTO CENTRAL KY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF EXTENDED PERIOD. WILL REFINE POPS BETTER OVER NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS TIMING AND PATH OF ARLENE BECOME BETTER DEFINED. FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST WILL KEEP SOUTHERLY BREEZES OVER THE AREA AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR. LITTLE CHANGE IN HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES...UNTIL CLOUDS FROM ARLENE ARRIVE SUNDAY. SCHOLZ && .EXTENDED PERIOD (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IN CHANGE MODE DURING EXTENDED TERM. RIDGE IN WEST AND TROUGH ALONG EAST COAST TRANSITIONS AS ENERGY PROGGED TO MOVE OUT OF WESTERN TROUGH INTO PLAINS...THEN INTO EASTERN UNITED STATES. SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS THROUGH MONDAY WILL BECOME MORE GENERAL MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY...AS SURFACE COLD FRONT TO CROSS LOWER OHIO VALLEY. TOO SOON TO TELL INTENSITY OF THIS SYSTEM AND ITS LIKELIHOOD OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. UNTIL FRONT PASSES AND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PASSES...VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST. SHOWERS/TSTORMS SHOULD TEMPERATURES IN MID 80S TUESDAY...THEN SLIGHTLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID AS WE GET INTO THURSDAY. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE COULD EVENTUALLY IMPACT LOWER OHIO VALLEY. TIMING YET TO BE DETERMINED. REITMEYER && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...NONE. .KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 400 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-100830- 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 400 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...THOUGH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STORMS ARE FORECAST AT TIMES FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A WARM...HUMID...AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS ARE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. CS
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:22 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A shed attached to the back of a garage was ripped away by thunderstorm winds. Lawn furniture and other debris were blown onto the side of a car, doing some damage.
Trees were blown down.
Several trees were downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, June 2005
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: 5456833, 5456834, 5456835.