1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 2:13 AM EST, 10 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 313 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 DECENT LINE OF SHWRS/TSTMS ACROSS S CENTRAL INDIANA WITH ANOTHER SMALLER LINE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN KY ATTM. LINE OF CONVECTION JUST AHEAD OF COLD FRONT WHICH IS LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ATTM...SHOULD HOLD TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. INFACT LINE WILL STRENGTHEN SOME THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...THEN SHOULD TRANSLATE INTO A GENERAL SWATH OF MAINLY LOW TOPPED CONVECTION LATER THIS MORNING IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OUR FA WHERE COOLER AIR STARTS TO FILTER INTO MID LEVELS...THIS COUPLED WITH LOW INSTABILITY PROGGED CONSIDERING EXTENSIVE CLOUDS/PRECIP WHICH WILL SLOWLY DROP SOUTH. MEANWHILE ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY...DESTABILIZATION SHOULD BE BETTER THIS MORNING WITH LACK OF PRECIP AND MUCH LESS CLOUD COVER. THROUGH MIDDAY THE SOUTH SHOULD BE GNRLY DRY...THEN DEVELOPMENT OF TSTMS COMMENCES SHORTLY AFTER MIDDAY. 00Z MESOETA HAS A POOR HANDLE ON SHORT TERM CONVECTIVE TRENDS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE THE COLD FRONT THEREFORE IT IS UNRELIABLE FOR AT LEAST THE MORNING FORECAST. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE OVERALL FIRST FEW DAYS OF THIS NEW PACKAGE. INCREASED POPS A LITTLE IN THE EAST TODAY...AND KEPT THE LOWER POPS IN THE SOUTH...ONLY PEAKING AROUND 50 TO 60 POPS THERE THIS AFTN. ALSO DUE TO MORNING HEATING IN THE SOUTH HAVE INCREASED MAX TEMPS. FOR TONIGHT PRECIP QUICKLY ENDS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...ALTHOUGH SHOULD HANG IN FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN PORTION...AS SEVERAL MINOR LOW PRES WAVES TRY TO DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY THROUGH MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND INTO MIDDLE APPALACHIANS TOWARD MORNING AS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT INCREASES DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. CURRENT FORECAST HAS NIL POPS TUE AND WEDNESDAY WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. WILL CONTINUE THAT TREND. PRECIP CHANCES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOK A LITTLE BETTER AS STRONG UPPER TROUGH TRANSLATES INTO THE OH VALLEY AND BECOMES NEG TILTED WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT DROPPING INTO THE REGION BY LATE WEEK. SO BUMPED POPS UP THU/FRI TO ROUGHLY THE HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY. 3 MOS FORECASTS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AND GNRLY USED A BLEND. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE LATER PERIODS. LMK...NONE. JB
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-291100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 625 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT, PRODUCING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH, AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION, DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THE FRONT, BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER PASSING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE POTENTIAL STRENGTH OF THESE STORMS IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SMALLCOMB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Muscatatuck River at Deputy crested at 20.1 feet at 1 PM EST on July 28. Flood stage at Deputy is 20 feet. At this level, county roads are under water in northeastern Jefferson County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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