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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
338 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...
PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...
NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...
EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
338 PM EDT FRI MAY 17 2013 /238 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD
ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL BRING RAIN
SHOWERS TO THE REGION ALONG WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. ANY STORM
WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

THE RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS
AND PATCHY AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE
TYPICAL FOG PRONE AREAS AND IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL
EARLIER TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS THE
UPPER LOW MAKES SLOW PROGRESS EAST OF OUR AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE MOST LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS
WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE PLENTIFUL RAINFALL
THROUGH THE WEEKEND FROM REPEATED STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR
FLOODING ISSUES.

A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH BY MIDWEEK WITH NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY SIZE HAIL OR GUSTY WINDS
OVER 40 MPH.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE (ALL LOWER CASE).

$$

MJ/MJP