A storm caused wind damage in southern Indiana.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A storm caused wind damage in southern Indiana.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 25, 6:03 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 703 PM EDT THU MAR 25 2010 ...UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION... .MESOSCALE UPDATE... BROKEN LINE OF DISCRETE CELLS AND SMALL BOWING SEGMENTS IS TRACKING ENE ACROSS WRN TN. THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS PRECIPITATION IS JUST NOW REACHING LOGAN COUNTY OVER OUR FAR SWRN CWA. ALTHOUGH A SEVERE T-STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT SOUTHWEST OF OUR CWA...IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AN ISOLATED STRONG OR EVEN A SEVERE STORM OR TWO TO GRAZE OUR SOUTHERNMOST COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE SFC INSTABILITY IN PLACE WILL BE SHORT-LIVED...BUT THE STRONG SFC LOW (THAT IS STRENGTHENING) OVER WRN KY IS REALLY DRIVING THIS CONVECTION SO LOOK FOR IT TO CONTINUE THROUGH ROUGHLY 00-02Z. WITH COLD TEMPS ALOFT...LOOKS LIKE SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. WITH THE BOWING SEGMENTS...A FEW INSTANCES OF GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. ONCE THE LINE WEAKENS AFTER DARK AND MOVES EAST ACROSS OUR SRN CWA...THE WRAP-AROUND RAIN SHOWERS THAT BLANKETED MOST OF SRN IN AND N-CNTRL KY TODAY WILL WRAP BACK IN AS IT MOVES EAST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOOK FOR ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAINFALL OVER THESE SAME AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)... AT 18Z AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS SPINNING OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS WITH THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY. WE HAVE SEVERAL ISSUES TO DEAL WITH AS THIS SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. FIRST... SPC HAS JUST ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR AREAS JUST WEST OF OUR CWFA. ENOUGH HEATING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS EASTERN ARKANSAS TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS UNDER THE UPPER LOW WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A LINE OF STORMS TO MOVE FROM WESTERN MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE EASTWARD. AT THE PRESENT TIME IT LOOKS AS IF OUR SOUTHWEST FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER THE LOW CLOUDS AND THEREFORE STRONG STORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NOT OCCUR. IF THAT AREA DOES CLEAR THAN THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. SO WE WILL HOLD ONTO ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH AS THE UPPER LOW TRACKS EAST. SECOND...RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PW VALUES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WERE NOTED ON A LOW LEVEL CONVEYOR BELT FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTH INTO THE REGION. THIS AREA WILL BE JUST NORTH OF THE SURFACE LOW TRACK AND THE BEST LOCATION FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THIRD... ALTHOUGH NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LIGHT SNOW MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW. THE SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO SOUTHEAST INDIANA THE THE NORTHERN PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE CHANGE OVER WOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER 08Z AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOW AND MID 30S. AFTER ALL THIS SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR QUICKLY FRIDAY MORNING. BUT EVEN WITH BRIGHT SUNSHINE A NORTHERLY FLOW WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES FRIDAY IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S. .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT - THURSDAY)... FRIDAY NIGHT - SUNDAY... A CLEAR AND COOL FRIDAY NIGHT WILL GIVE WAY TO A WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY AS SOUTHERLY FLOW STRENGTHENS IN BETWEEN RETREATING HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND A DEVELOPING LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS FOR ONE LAST NICE DAY...DESPITE INCREASING UPPER LEVEL SKY COVER ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE GONE WITH MID 60S FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE UPPER 60S IN THE SOUTH IF WARM AIR ADVECTION IS STRONG ENOUGH. BY SATURDAY NIGHT MODELS HINT AT NORTHERN STREAM JET POSSIBLY PHASING WITH THE CONTINUALLY RAMPED UP SOUTHERN STREAM AS SHORTWAVE EJECTS EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL GRADUALLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES TOWARD WESTERN KENTUCKY. INITIAL PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE WITH STRONG ISENTROPIC LIFT AS A 40 KNOT H85 JET PUSHES MOISTURE OVER THE RETREATING WARM FRONT. PRIME TIME FOR SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW T-STORMS LOOKS TO BE AROUND DAWN SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND HAVE BUMPED POPS INTO THE 70 PERCENT RANGE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE AND SURFACE LOW TRACK CONSENSUS HAS ACTUALLY SHIFTED SOUTH...LEADING TO LESS CONFIDENCE IN THUNDER. HOWEVER...ENOUGH INSTABILITY APPEARS IN FORECAST SOUNDINGS THAT WILL LEAVE CHANCE THUNDER AROUND DAWN SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER WILL HAVE THE BEST SHOT AT THUNDER. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... THE GREATEST MODEL DISAGREEMENT CONTINUES TO BE WITH THE EXIT OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE NEWEST RUNS OF MODELS HAVE NOT HELPED THE SOLUTION. OPERATIONAL GFS/ECMWF CONTINUE TO BE AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE GUIDANCE SPECTRUM WITH THE SLOWER ECMWF BEING THE BIGGER OUTLIER THAN THE FASTER GFS. WITH THE GFS GAINING THE MOST SUPPORT FROM OTHER MODELS HAVE CONTINUED TO LEAN MORE TOWARD IT...STAYING CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. HAVE LEFT LINGERING POPS THROUGH MONDAY AS ECMWF CLOSES THE H5 WAVE IN RESPONSE TO LATE PHASING WITH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAMS. CANNOT RULE OUT THIS POSSIBILITY SO WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT LOW CHANCES FOR MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. SHOULD THIS SOLUTION VERIFY...HIGHER POPS WOULD BE WARRANTED EARLY NEXT WEEK. BY MONDAY NIGHT...H5 RIDGING BUILDS IN KEEPING THE PATTERN DRY FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE GRADUALLY RECOVERING TEMPERATURES EACH AFTERNOON AND BACK TO THE MID TO UPPER 60S BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS IN THE MID 30S ON MONDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO GRADUALLY MODERATE TO THE LOW TO MID 40S BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE ARE HINTS OF A BLOCKING PATTERN SETTING UP AT THE END OF THE PERIOD WHICH COULD LEAD TO PROLONGED DRIER AND MUCH WARMER AIRMASS PAST THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION (00Z TAF ISSUANCE)... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER WESTERN KY IS CURRENTLY PUSHING EASTWARD...GENERATING SHRA/TSRA ALONG ITS COLD FRONT FROM NEAR HOP SOUTHWARD TO JUST WEST OF HSV. THE NRN END OF THE CONVECTION IS PUSHING INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL KY AT THE MOMENT AND IS AFFECTING BWG. THESE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL AFFECT BWG THROUGH ROUGHLY 00-01Z AND FOR THE MOST PART SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY SOUTH OF SDF AND LEX THOUGH WILL STILL CARRY A TEMPO FOR THESE TWO TERMINALS. GUSTY SW WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE ALL OF THAT WRAP-AROUND RAINFALL THAT AFFECTED SRN IN AND NRN KY EARLIER TODAY WILL PUSH EASTWARD BACK OVER THE SAME AREAS. FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS THOUGH...MVFR CIGS/IFR VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT BWG FROM TSRA/SHRA WITH MVFR CIGS AND ISOLATED SHRA AT SDF AND LEX. TONIGHT...PERSISTENT RAIN AND IFR CIGS WILL PUSH BACK INTO THE SDF AND LEX TERMINALS AS THE LOW PUSHES EAST. OUR WINDS WILL ALSO VEER AROUND TO THE NW-N-NE AT SDF AND LEX...AND MORE NNE AT BWG. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY AS WELL. RAIN SHOULD BE EAST OF SDF AND BWG BY 09Z...AND EAST OF LEX BY 12Z. CLEAR SKIES AND GUSTY NE WINDS WILL BE LIKELY FRIDAY AFTER 15Z. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && MESOSCALE.........AL SHORT TERM........JA LONG TERM.........BJS AVIATION..........AL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 345 PM EDT THU MAR 25 2010 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-260730- 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- 345 PM EDT THU MAR 25 2010 /245 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE BLUEGRASS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAYS THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD ONE INCH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL ROLL IN FROM THE PLAINS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JA/BJS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
551 PM EDT THU MAR 25 2010
KYZ070-252215-
LOGAN-
451 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS...
AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELKTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3677 8707 3691 8707 3706 8685 3705 8683
3682 8670 3679 8673 3665 8700 3665 8707
3666 8708 3674 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 235DEG 34KT 3677 8709
ESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
723 PM EDT THU MAR 25 2010
KYZ071>073-252345-
ALLEN-SIMPSON-WARREN-
623 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS...
AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FRANKLIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
20 AND 6.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...
WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8659 3665 8671 3671 8676 3676 8675
3695 8640 3665 8619 3664 8628 3666 8650
3664 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 235DEG 34KT 3672 8662
EESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
750 PM EDT THU MAR 25 2010
KYZ073-260030-
ALLEN-
650 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO AFFECT ALLEN COUNTY...
AT 646 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF WESTMORELAND...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL...AND
GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS...
NEAR FOREST SPRINGS.
NEAR SCOTTSVILLE.
NEAR HOLLAND.
NEAR MAYNARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS
RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 8641 3667 8642 3686 8627 3691 8616
3666 8596 3663 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 225DEG 39KT 3658 8633
ALSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
812 PM EDT THU MAR 25 2010
KYZ053-063-260045-
HART-LARUE-
812 PM EDT THU MAR 25 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND
GUSTY WINDS...
AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF MUNFORDVILLE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 40
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL BE...
NEAR HODGENVILLE AROUND 830 PM EDT.
NEAR HAMMONVILLE AROUND 715 PM CDT.
NEAR MAGNOLIA AROUND 820 PM EDT.
NEAR BUFFALO AROUND 830 PM EDT.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 65 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
71 AND 81.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS
RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3743 8600 3744 8599 3744 8589 3754 8589
3769 8571 3760 8561 3755 8563 3753 8558
3755 8556 3749 8550 3746 8557 3747 8564
3744 8567 3741 8567 3732 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 231DEG 30KT 3742 8584
ALThe Louisville radar (KLVX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Five trees were downed in English. One was blown on to a house.
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