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 Dec 31, 2:45 AM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 245 AM EST FRI DEC 31 2004 .SHORT RANGE...TDA THRU SUN... A COUPLE BANDS OF SHOWERS TO MOVE ACRS OUR FA EARLY THIS MORNING AS MOIST SLY FLO/WAA CONTS IN THE LO LVLS. LTL CHG SEEN IN THE OVERALL LARGE SCALE PATTERN IN THE SHORT TERM...CONTINUING IN MEAN UPR LVL SW FLO WITH TEMPORARY SHIFTS TOWARD ZONAL IN THE LONG TERM. UPR LVL TROF PASSES WELL TO OUR N TDA WITH BUILDING RIDGE IN WAKE THRU TNGT...KEEPING POPS IN THE LOW CHC RANGE. SHALLOW SFC CDFNT WILL APPROACH (GFS)OR PERHAPS PENETRATE (ETA) INTO OUR NRN FA SAT MRNG AND BECOME QSTNRY. THE BNDRY LIFTS NWD SAT NGT AS LOW PRES MOVES INTO THE UPR MSP VLY WITH TRAILING CDFNT PROGGED INTO OUR FA SUN NGT/EARLY MON. THE PRUDENT THING TO DO WITH THE FCST ATTM IS TO KEEP THE HIER POPS (50)IN THE SAT THRU SUN NGT PDS WITH THE APPROACH OF AND POSITIONING OF BNDRYS ACRS OUR FA ALONG WITH UPR LVL PERTUBATIONS IN THE SW FLO. CURRENT FCST LEANS TOWARD THE GFS WITH KEEPING A SLY COMPONENT IN THE WIND...ASSUMING THE AFOREMENTIONED CDFNT REMAINS TO OUR N SAT. NOT CONFIDENT ENUF AT THIS POINT TO CHANGE TO THE ETA SOLTN. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR OUR SRN INDIANA COUNTIES FOR RAINFALL ON TOP OF SATURATED GROUND FROM THE CONTINUING SNOW MELT. MUSCATATUCK RIVER NEAR FLOOD STAGE ATTM WITH A WARNING BEING ISSUED. NO SIMILAR PROBS IN CENTRAL KY. .LONG TERM...SUN NGT THRU THU... STILL LTL CHG IN THE UPR LVL PATTERN THRU THU. WILL CONTINUE A DRY FCST FOR MON ASSUMING FROPA BUT WITH LOW PRES DEEPENING ACRS THE MID MSP VLY...FRONT WILL LIFT NWD AND THERE CUD BE SIGNIFICANT RAINS MON NGT/TUE WITH HI CHC POPS CURRENTLY FCST. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHWRS EXPECTED IN THE TUE NGT THRU WED NGT PDS WITH REPEATED CYCLOGENESIS ACRS THE CENTRAL PLAINS/MID MSP VLY. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && DK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 445 AM EST FRI DEC 31 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-011000- ADAIR-ALLEN-ANDERSON-BARREN-BOURBON-BOYLE-BRECKINRIDGE-BULLITT- BUTLER-CASEY-CLARK-CLINTON-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DUBOIS-EDMONSON- FAYETTE-FLOYD-FRANKLIN-GARRARD-GRAYSON-GREEN-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HARRISON- HART-HENRY-JEFFERSON-JESSAMINE-LARUE-LINCOLN-LOGAN-MADISON-MARION- MEADE-MERCER-METCALFE-MONROE-NELSON-NICHOLAS-OHIO-OLDHAM-ORANGE- PERRY-RUSSELL-SCOTT-SHELBY-SIMPSON-SPENCER-TAYLOR-TRIMBLE-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISVILLE...LEXINGTON...BOWLING GREEN... WINCHESTER...VERSAILLES...STANFORD...SHELBYVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE... RICHMOND...HARRODSBURG...HARDINSBURG...GLASGOW...FRANKLIN... FRANKFORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...DANVILLE...CYNTHIANA...COLUMBIA... BARDSTOWN...NEW ALBANY...JASPER AND CORYDON 445 AM EST FRI DEC 31 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MUSCATATUCK RIVER IN SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL EXCEED FLOOD STAGE TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE RIVER FLOOD WARNING (SDFFLWLMK) FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Muscatatuck River at Deputy crested around 21.06 feet at 245 PM EST on December 31. Flood stage at Deputy is 20 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level. County roads are under water in northeast Jefferson County, Indiana.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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