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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
351 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

KYZ024>031-033>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-210800-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM 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...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM...
LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...
SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...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
351 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013 /251 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM BOWLING
GREEN TO FRANKFORT ON TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO
MOVE NEARER TO THE OHIO VALLEY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
ADDITIONALLY...THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. A FEW STRONGER STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND MAY PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME STRONGER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH LIGHTNING AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY
THREATS. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TAPER
OFF BY THURSDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

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

$$
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023-032-210800-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-
PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-TRIMBLE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...BEDFORD
351 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013 /251 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A
STORM SYSTEM OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH IN ADDITION TO CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM
SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE NEARER TO THE OHIO VALLEY. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.
ADDITIONALLY...THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. A FEW STRONGER STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND MAY PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME STRONGER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH LIGHTNING AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY
THREATS. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE SCATTERED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND TAPER
OFF BY THURSDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

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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