1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 10, 2:30 AM EST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2004 UPPER AIR PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS FEATURES STRONG STATIONARY RIDGE JUST OFF THE WEST COAST...WITH NORTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE PLAIN STATES AND A BROAD TROUGH ACROSS THE MIDWEST. A STRENGTHENING SUBTROPICAL JET WILL BRING EXTENSIVE CLOUDINESS AND OCCASIONAL RAIN ACROSS THE GULF STATES. THIS PATTERN NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE MUCH THROUGH THURSDAY. FIRST SHORT TERM CONCERN IS FOG ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND CLOUD COVER LATER TODAY. ALTHOUGH PATCHY LOW CLOUDS OVER THIS REGION HAS RETARDED TEMPERATURE DROPS IN SOME PLACES...SOME AREAS (SUCH AS EVANSVILLE AND HUNTINGBURG) WHICH CLEARED OUT EARLIER THIS EVENING...SAW VISIBILITIES FALL TO WELL LESS THAN ONE MILE. WILL PROBABLY ADD EARLY MORNING FOG TO ZONES...DEPENDENT ON EVOLUTION OF LOW STRATUS. FORECAST BOUNDARY LAYER RH SHOWS GRADUAL CLEARING EARLY THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA...PROGRESSING THROUGH NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY LATE MORNING. DEEPER MOISTURE AND HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTH WILL KEEP SKIES PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK WAVE ALONG SUBTROPICAL JET HAS MOVED OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. BY NIGHTFALL...ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING COLD RAIN ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AHEAD OF UPPER AIR TROUGH EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER LOWER OHIO VALLEY. NORTHERN EDGE OF PRECIPITATION SHIELD MAY REACH INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS EITHER MIXED PRECIPITATION OR AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE AS ANY PRECIPITATION ENDS BY LATE THURSDAY. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && DENMAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 845 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-111000- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK KY-CLARK IN- CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY- FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY- HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON KY-HARRISON IN-HART KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON KY-JEFFERSON IN-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALF KY-MONROE KY- NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT KY-SCOTT IN-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY- TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON KY-WASHINGTON IN- WOODFORD KY- 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 845 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY ON PARTS OF THE OHIO AND GREEN RIVERS. PLEASE SEE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. STUREY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 530 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ032-101330- CLARK IN-CRAWFORD IN-DUBOIS IN-FLOYD IN-HARRISON IN-JEFFERSON IN- ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-SCOTT IN-TRIMBLE KY-WASHINGTON IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORYDON...JASPER...NEW ALBANY 530 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2004 ...BEWARE OF PATCHY DENSE FOG AND BLACK ICE EARLY THIS MORNING... PATCHY DENSE FOG ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA MAY DEPOSIT A THIN LAYER OF ICE ON SOME ROADWAYS THIS MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING. BE CAUTIOUS OF SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS ON YOUR WAY TO WORK OR SCHOOL THIS MORNING. SLICK SPOTS MAY ACCOMPANY THE MOST DENSE FOG. KIRKPATRICK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River at Tell City crested at 40.1 feet at 7 AM EST on February 12. Flood stage at Tell City is 38 feet. At this level, Indiana Highway 66 is closed two miles above Cannelton. The floodwall begins to close.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, February 2004
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: 5386593.