1 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 Mar 23, 4:15 AM EST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 415 AM EST SAT MAR 23 2002 AIRMASS OVER KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA REMAINS DRY WITH DEW POINTS SLOWLY INCREASING TO OUR SOUTHWEST. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SDF AIRPORT...TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE LOWER 20S ACROSS REGION. COMPUTER MODELS GENERALLY SIMILAR THIS MORNING WITH MAIN FORECAST PROBLEMS FOCUSING AROUND THE RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE FIRST OF THE WEEK. ALSO THE AMOUNT OF TEMPERATURE WARM-UP AS HIGH MOVES TO THE EAST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. HIGH PRESSURE OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE WILL BE MOVING TO THE EAST TODAY WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF FORECAST AREA (FA). AVIATION AND ETA WINDS PICK UP ON THIS AND WILL INCREASE WINDS SOME OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. SUNSHINE SHOULD BE DOMINANT FEATURE ACROSS AREA AGAIN TODAY. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE SOME TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH ON SUNDAY AS NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. CLOUDS WILL SPREAD AND RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY. WITH TEMPERATURES STARTING OFF CLOSE TO 20 AT SUNRISE THIS MORNING...THE BIG QUESTION FOR TODAY IS HOW WARM WILL TEMPERATURES GET. WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SPREADING OVER MUCH OF AREA... EXPECT TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON TO BE CONSIDERABLY WARMER THAN FRIDAY BUT WITH CENTRAL OF HIGH STILL NEARBY WILL HOLD WARM UP TO AROUND 30 DEGREES AND CUT HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOUT ONE CATEGORY. ONGOING LOWS FOR TONIGHT SEEM REASONABLE BUT WILL RAISE HIGHS FOR DURING THE DAYTIME SUNDAY TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH AVN MOS GUIDANCE. CLOUDS SHOULD BE MOSTLY HIGH CLOUDS AND WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW BRINGING WARMER AIR INTO FA TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE SEVERAL DEGREES OVER TODAY/S HIGHS. FOR THE EXTENDED...TWEAKED TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BASED ON THE NEW MRF MOS BUT WILL WAIT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON FOR OTHER CHANGES. .SDF...NONE. SCHOLZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River at Louisville crested at 23.8 feet just before sunrise on March 24. Flood stage at the McAlpine Lock upper gage is 23 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level. Some sections of River Road are flooded near Cox's Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, March 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5286117.