Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Louisville, KY

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INC143-030015-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
612 PM EST TUE SEP 2 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR SCOTT COUNTY
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 610 PM EST...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY IN 
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNS OF A 
DIMINISHING TREND.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STATE ROAD 356 IMPASSABLE...NORTHEAST OF 
LEXINGTON...NEAR THE SCOTT AND JEFFERSON COUNTY LINE. THIS WAS DUE 
TO HIGH WATER. 

THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER SCOTT COUNTY IN 
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THE NEXT HOUR.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
LOUISVILLE.

$$

STUREY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
230 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2003

.SHORT TERM...

A STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHED FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TO JUST NORTH
OF CVG AT 18Z THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL GULF MOISTURE CONTINUED TO
RIDE ALONG THE FRONT WITH MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
OVER THE COUNTY FORECAST AREA AT MID AFTERNOON.

LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ALTHOUGH THE FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO SAG SLIGHTLY SOUTH. WE WILL CONTINUE THE FFA OVER ALL THE COUNTY
FORECAST AREA WITH THE GREATEST CONCERN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
WHERE AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.

AIDED BY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING ALONG THE NORTHERN TIER STATES
THIS WHOLE SYSTEM WILL FINALLY MOVE EAST AND OUT OF OUR CFA BY
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A GORGEOUS END TO THE
WORK WEEK AND WEEKEND. COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO
THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY.

.EXTENDED... SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER
80S AND LOWS AROUND 60 DEGREES.

.LMK...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALL
OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

JA

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>042-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-031100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
430 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE COUPLED WITH A STALLED FRONTAL
BOUNDARY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WITH CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT
WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES...BRINGING TOTALS SINCE MONDAY INTO THE 3 TO 6
INCH RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. WIDESPREAD FLOODING
PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED ALTHOUGH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY
CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY WITH ADDITIONAL
FLOODING PROBLEMS POSSIBLE. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE ON
WEDNESDAY BRINGING AN END TO THE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND POTENTIAL
FLOODING. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK IS FORECAST TO BE MILD AND DRY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TONIGHT AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY FOR
FLOODING CONCERNS.

JB

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1227 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2003

...ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN HEADED FOR WEST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA...

A LARGE BATCH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...LOCATED OVER WESTERN
KENTUCKY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WILL REACH A LINE FROM BOWLING GREEN
TO ELIZABETHTOWN BY 1 PM CDT. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH THIS BATCH OF RAIN THROUGH 2 PM. THIS RAIN
WILL BE FALLING ON GROUND THAT IS NEARLY SATURATED DUE TO EARLIER
RAINS. THERE WILL BE A HEIGHTENED RISK FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING
AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...
MORGANTOWN...LEITCHFIELD...BEAVER DAM...HARDINSBURG AND TELL CITY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS ANY FLOODED ROADWAYS.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS IN YOUR LOCATION. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH
TONIGHT FOR THE AREA.

JB