Author: kg4vma

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
339 AM EDT MON APR 14 2014

...WIND ADVISORY TODAY AND A FREEZE WATCH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

.AN APPROACHING STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS
TODAY. UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT
WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A HARD FREEZE IS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY LIKELY ALONG WITH AREAS TO WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF
FROST.

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070>078-081-082-141600-
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/O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.A.0001.140416T0100Z-140416T1500Z/
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
339 AM EDT MON APR 14 2014 /239 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT /2 PM CDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON.

ALSO...A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH MID
  AFTERNOON TODAY.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
  MORNING COULD DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S. A HARD FREEZE IS
  LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY DURING THIS TIME...ALONG WITH AREAS
  TO WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF FROST.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NOW THROUGH MID
  AFTERNOON TODAY. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR MOTORISTS
  ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS TODAY. ADDITIONALLY...SMALL
  LIMBS AND LIGHT OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT COULD BE BLOWN
  AROUND...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING.

  REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS HAVE INDICATED THAT THE GROWING
  SEASON HAS PROGRESSED FAR ENOUGH THAT A HARD FREEZE WOULD BE
  IMPACTFUL TO SPRING VEGETATION. ADDITIONALLY...WIDESPREAD FROST
  COULD DAMAGE OUTDOOR PLANTS IF NOT COVERED OR TAKEN INDOORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
WEAKENED TREES MAY ALSO BE BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR
OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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13/BJS