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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1044 AM 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
1044 AM EDT THU MAY 16 2013 /944 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BLUEGRASS AND WESTERN
KENTUCKY PARKWAYS. MORE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS UP TO
40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES. IN ADDITION...CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

.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.

&&

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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