HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1047 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 KYZ033>043-045>049-053>057-063>067-073>078-081-082-301600- 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-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY- LINCOLN KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY- RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT... GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON... DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG... CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW... TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE... ALBANY 1047 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 /947 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 2 TO 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY. GIVEN THE RATHER STRONG WIND FIELDS...THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...THE GRADIENT WIND WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD AND JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AS THE COLD FRONT CAUSING TONIGHT`S RAINS MOVES THROUGH THE REGION WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RETURN TO THE OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. ANOTHER QUICK-MOVING DISTURBANCE COULD BRING ADDITIONAL SNOWS ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. $$ MJ/EER/RJS