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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1218 PM EDT THU MAY 16 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
1218 PM EDT THU MAY 16 2013 /1118 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY
NORTH OF THE I-64 CORRIDOR. IN AREAS SOUTH OF THE I-64
CORRIDOR...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG AT TIMES WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...MARBLE TO DIME SIZED HAIL AND
INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO
ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS.
WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT LOCALIZED FLOODING
DUE TO THE RAPID RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE
REGION WILL PROVIDE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY. LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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

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