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 Sep 2, 3:30 AM EST, 8 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 430 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2003 FRONT REMAINS NEAR STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS MORNING WITH AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. OVER SOUTHEAST PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY SKIES REMAINED PARTLY CLOUDY. MODELS SIMILAR IN KEEPING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS LOWER OHIO VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THE RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ON WEDNESDAY. GFS HAS BEEN MORE CONSISTENT WITH PATTERN. HOWEVER ETA SEEMS TO BE DESCRIBING THE PRECIPITATION PATTERN BETTER. WILL USE A BLEND OF THE MODELS. .SHORT TERM ... MODELS SHOW LIFT INCREASING EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND NIGHT AS FRONT SAGS ONLY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. ALSO UPPER LEVEL JET IS MOVING ACROSS TO OUR NORTH WITH FA IN THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT FOR MUCH OF PERIOD. THE UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER THE AREA WILL ADD TO INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION. IN ADDITION PRECIP. WATER IS ABOVE 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER TODAY WITH LIKELY POPS EXTENDING OVER ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST. WILL GO WITH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF FA (ALL EXCEPT SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WHERE RAIN WHERE RAIN WILL BE MORE SCATTERED). EXPECT THAT WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FOR TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY PART OF WEDNESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...JET MOVES TO THE EAST AS FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST INTO KENTUCKY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND FINALLY END OVER MOST OF FA WEDNESDAY EVENING. LONGER TERM... DRIER AIR WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .LMK...FLOOD WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SCHOLZ
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 947 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE SOUTH AND NOW INCLUDES ALL OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA...IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM GRACE...COMBINED WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...WITH CONTINUE TO BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY COULD APPROACH 5 INCHES. 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. .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 REQUIRED THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR FLOODING. JB
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:00 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Mt. Carmel Road and Palestine Road were covered with water. Gilboa Road was closed due to high water. Taylors Chapel Road was covered with flowing water and mud and was closed.
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, September 2003
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