1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 1:45 PM EST, 11 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 245 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2002 WV LOOP SHOWS DRIER AIR ACROSS SRN IL AND SW IN. LOW PRES TROF ACROSS TX/OK BECOMING A BIT MORE AMPLIFIED ATTM. UPPER RIDGE WILL BECOME A BIT MORE AMPLIFIED ALSO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. AXIS OF DRIER AIR IS SHIFTING WITH THE SHARPENING OF THE SRN TROF, SO THAT TRAJECTORY BRINGS DRIER AIR INTO SRN IN/WRN KY TODAY. MEANWHILE, SCATTERED CLOUDS FROM EARLIER CONVECTION HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS OHIO AND WRN WV EARLY THIS MORNING. MODELS STILL PROG VORT TO WRAP AROUND UPPER HIGH AND SPILL INTO MIDDLE APPALACHIA REGION INCLUDING ERN KY THIS AFTN AND EVE. HIGH TEMPS ON MON WERE MOSTLY IN THE LOWER 90S WITH MID 90S IN METRO LOU AND WRN KY. WILL FCST SIMILAR TEMPS TODAY, SINCE MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW LITTLE CHANGE IN LOW LEVEL TEMPS, AND MOST MOS TEMP GUIDANCE AGREES. HIGHS FROM 92 TO 96 COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S WILL CREATE HEAT INDICES FROM 100 TO 105. WILL ISSUE SPS TO HIT ON THE MARGINALLY DANGEROUS INDICES. IN TERMS OF PRECIP TODAY, WILL GO WITH 20 POPS FOR THE WEST AND 30 POPS FOR THE EAST, GIVEN LOCATION OF DRIER AIR TO THE NORTHWEST AND VORT TO THE EAST, FOR THIS AFTN. WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO WED FCST. FOR THE 4TH OF JUL, WITH PROXIMITY TO WEAK FRONT, AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE, WILL NEED TO ADD CHANCE PRECIP ACROSS THE FA. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED TO THE EXTDD FCST. .SDF...NONE. JB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rains over South Central Kentucky. Numerous roads around Bowling Green and Warren County were covered with water. Law enforcement.
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