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 Feb 25, 3:30 AM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330 AM EST TUE FEB 25 2003 VORT/WEAK SHORTWAVE TO TRANSLATE SE OF THE FA THIS MRNG. BAND OF LIGHT SNOW STREAKING ACROSS CTRL KY ATTM...FROM OHIO CTY EAST TO LEX. ACCUM SNOW MAINLY TO STAY ACROSS SRN KY. WILL ISSUE A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THOSE SOUTHERN COUNTIES INCLUDING BWG AREA WITH ACCUM 1 TO 2. ACCUM SNOW SHOULD END BY MID MORNING OR SO FOR MOST SOUTHERN AREAS WITH A FEW FLURRIES IN THE NRN FA, EXCEPT FOR NRN MOST IN COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE PARTLY CLOUDY FCST TDY AND NO MENTION OF PCP. THIS AFTN WILL CONTINUE WITH SOME FLURRIES IN THE SOUTH OTHERWISE DRY. COLDER MAV TEMPS LOOK GOOD THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AND GNRLY FOLLOWED. DRY FCST TONIGHT WITH SFC HIGH PRES IN VCNTY AND COLD TEMPS IN STORE. ADDTNL MOISTURE LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE FA WED AFTN WITH LIGHT PCPN IN WAA LIFT REGIME. WILL ONLY USE CHANCE POPS FOR NOW. THEN WED NIGHT LIKELY 60 POPS IN SRN FA WITH HIGH CHANCE POPS IN THE NORTH. MAINLY FROZEN PRECIP EVEN IN THE SOUTH FOR WED NIGHT THEN SOME WARMER AIR APPEARS TO MOVE INTO KY FOR THU. 50 POPS FOR THU AS SYSTEM TRANSLATES TO THE CAROLINA COAST. THANKS NASHVILLE FOR COORD. .SDF...SNOW ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KY THIS MORNING THROUGH 15Z. JMB
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-261200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 530 AM EST TUE FEB 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL END THIS MORNING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY LEAVING ONE TO TWO INCH ACCUMULATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOWS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. FURTHER SOUTH...PRECIPITATION TYPE IS IN QUESTION...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY THEIR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE THIS MORNING. DK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Licking River at Blue Licks Spring crested around 25.0 feet at 7 AM EST on February 25. Flood stage at Blue Licks Spring is 25 feet. Bottomland begins to flood at this level.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 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: 5343588.