1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Sep 2, 1:30 PM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
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
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 22.8 feet at 3 AM EST on September 3. 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.
Every storm in Indiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, September 2003
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: 5337700.