3 flash 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 3, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 245 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003 .SHORT TERM... IT SEEMS ONLY FITTING THAT THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR THE LAST 4 DAYS IS TAKING ITS TIME LEAVING THE AREA. AT 18Z THE FRONT WAS STILL LOCATED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM PAH TO CVG AND INTO CENTRAL OHIO. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT. IT IS GOING TO TAKE THE PUSH OF A STRONG COLD FRONT CURRENTLY DROPPING SOUTH FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO MOVE THIS SYSTEM OUT. FOR THIS REASON WE WILL HOLD ONTO CHC PCP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE WILL SEE LOWS FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 50S FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. .EXTENDED DISCUSSION (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL EARLY IN THE PERIOD. A WEAK DISTURBANCE DROPS OUT OF CANADA ON SUNDAY AFFECTS FROM THIS WILL BE LIMITED TO A LITTLE ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER. BY TUESDAY HIGH PRESSURE WORKS TO THE EAST COAST WITH RETURN FLOW OVER KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. HIGH TEMPS SHOULD WORK BACK INTO THE LOWER TO MID 80S BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHICH IS A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. DEWPOINTS SHOULD ALSO INCREASE INTO THE LOWER 60S BY THAT TIME TOO BUT STILL PLEASANT ENOUGH. .LMK...NONE. JA
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-041100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 345 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS SOME NARROW BANDS OF SHOWERS MAY REPEAT OVER THE SAME AREA. PONDING WATER ON ROADS AND UNDERPASSES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AND END AFTER DARK THIS EVENING. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IF CLOUDS PART AND ALLOW THE TEMPERATURE TO FALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Mount Vernon Road, Lake Lane, and Round Hill Road were all closed and barricaded due to high water.
The Rolling Fork River was out of its banks and approaching the doors of some homes.
Several roads were covered with water and closed countywide.
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
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: 5337613, 5337615, 5337614.