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 445 PM EST (345 PM CST) TUE FEB 5 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH- CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY COULD RESULT IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WELL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOP INTO SUPERCELLS AND BOWING LINE SEGMENTS WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...A FEW TORNADOES AND SOME SMALL HAIL. A BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS EXISTS LATER TONIGHT...MOST LIKELY AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHEN A SEPARATE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY. THIS LINE WILL ALSO CONSIST OF SUPERCELLS AND BOWING LINE SEGMENTS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADOES. ADDITIONALLY...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING AS WELL. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THE BEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT. PLEASE SET YOUR NOAA ALL-HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO TO ALERT MODE IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED AT NIGHT WHILE YOU ARE ASLEEP. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT BY MONITORING LOCAL MEDIA OR BY VISITING OUR WEBSITES AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE AND WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON. $ AL/MJ Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
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