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 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 219 PM EST SAT FEB 2 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ024-025-028>043-045>049-053>057- 063>067-030000- /O.EXT.KLMK.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130203T0000Z/ ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE 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-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...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... MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD 219 PM EST SAT FEB 2 2013 /119 PM CST SAT FEB 2 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: ALTHOUGH SNOW HAS DIMINISHED OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SOME ROADS ARE STILL SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION. * MAIN IMPACT: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS TO AROUND AN INCH ALONG A LINE FROM JASPER INDIANA TO BARDSTOWN TO RICHMOND IN KENTUCKY. WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR TO BELOW FREEZING...UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES WILL STAY SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JSD 

 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1123 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-062>067- 074>078-081-082-020515- /O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0004.130202T0600Z-130203T1200Z/ 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-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY- CASEY KY-LINCOLN 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...BROWNSVILLE... MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD... GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN... BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1123 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2013 /1023 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY. * TIMING: ONSET OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA...BY DAYBREAK OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AND INTO THE REST OF THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS TO AROUND AN INCH ALONG A LINE FROM JASPER INDIANA TO GLASGOW AND TOMPKINSVILLE IN KENTUCKY. THIS SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS...WITH UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES QUICKLY BECOMING SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RJS 

 URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1120 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED WITH NUMEROUS SNOW BURSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES MAY ACTUALLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON FOR A FEW HOURS. MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY AHEAD A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE...SPREADING EAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. VERY INTENSE BURSTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SECOND ROUND OF SNOW SQUALLS AND LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A HALF AN INCH AND 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ALL INTERSTATE CORRIDORS WILL BE IMPACTED IN SPOTS AND MOTORISTS TRAVELING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON THESE ROADWAYS BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT EST. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-010000- /O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0003.130131T1620Z-130201T0700Z/ 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 1120 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 /1020 AM CST THU JAN 31 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST /1 AM CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST /1 AM CST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THEN...A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM CST...SPREADING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY MAINLY BETWEEN 6 PM EST AND MIDNIGHT EST. * MAIN IMPACT: NUMEROUS INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING VARYING ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A HALF AN INCH AND 2 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. 1-2 INCHES IS EXPECTED BETWEEN I-65 AND I-75 IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. THE I-65...I-64 AND I-75 CORRIDORS WILL ALL BE IMPACTED IN SPOTS WITH INTENSE SNOW SQUALLS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS OVER SHORT DISTANCES. * OTHER IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE REDUCED BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVY SNOW SQUALLS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BJS 

 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 308 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-310500- 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 308 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 /208 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013/ ...WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT WITH A COUPLE OF LIGHT SNOW CHANCES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... THE VIGOROUS COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT THIS MORNING`S RAINS WILL KEEP WINDS BREEZY THIS EVENING. EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH LOWS FORECAST INTO THE TWENTIES FOR MOST OF THE AREA. THE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL MEAN CHILLY APPARENT TEMPERATURES...DOWN INTO THE TEENS BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY TOWARD THE REGION. GIVEN THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A FEW PLACES THAT GET THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS MAY SEE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW FALL BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT. $$ 

 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING KYC005-017-067-097-113-167-209-239-301135- /O.NEW.KLMK.SV.W.0029.130130T1056Z-130130T1135Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 556 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... WESTERN BOURBON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON... HARRISON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... JESSAMINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... MERCER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN... WOODFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 635 AM EST * AT 554 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SUTERVILLE TO STRINGTOWN TO DIXVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO IMPACT... GEORGETOWN... LEXINGTON... CYNTHIANA... NICHOLASVILLE... WOODFORD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. SQUALL LINES CAN PRODUCE INTENSE WIND DAMAGE AND EVEN SHORT-LIVED TORNADOES. PROTECT YOURSELF INDOORS NOW FROM POWERFUL WINDS! && LAT...LON 3831 8424 3790 8434 3779 8468 3783 8469 3782 8471 3778 8471 3768 8500 3794 8496 3814 8486 3820 8473 3835 8474 3850 8456 3852 8449 3854 8448 3854 8444 3857 8441 3859 8422 TIME...MOT...LOC 1055Z 237DEG 57KT 3836 8467 3800 8485 3775 8491 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN $$ 13 

 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