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 Jan 5, 3:20 AM EST, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 320 AM EST MON JAN 5 2004 SHOWERS LINGERING MAINLY OVER E CTRL KY EARLY THIS MORNING ALTHOUGH A FEW SHWRS ALSO ACROSS SW KY AND NW TN IN A REGION OF MINOR PVA. WILL NEED TO CONTINUE SHOWERS THIS MRNG WITH HIGHEST COVERAGE OVER THE ERN FA. SOME FLURRIES ALSO MIXING IN OVER FAR WRN KY ATTM. WILL INCLUDE SCATTERED SHWRS AND FLURRIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AM THEN FOR THIS AFTN...STILL THINK UNDER A CYCLONIC FLOW AND SOME ADDITIONAL MOISTURE HELP FROM THE LAKES REGION...SHOULD SEE SCT SNOW SHWRS BREAK OUT. WILL INCLUDE THIS OVER ROUGHLY THE NE HALF OF THE FA (ROUGHLY NE OF A LINE HNB TO CAMPBELLSVILLE) WITH A FEW FLURRIES THIS AFTN OVER THE REMAINDER OF FA. LOW OVERCAST CLOUDINESS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY AND EVENING GIVEN MENTIONED NW LLVL FLOW. THEN BY LATE TNGT WE SHOULD SEE INTRODUCTION OF ANTICYCLONIC FLOW AS A HIGH PRES RIDGE WORKS INTO LOWER OH VLY. WILL BEGIN CLEARING TREND AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. STRONG...COLD HIGH PRES THEN DROPS INTO THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN LIKELY THE COLDEST READINGS IN NEARLY A YEAR. WILL SEE LOWS IN THE TEENS...WITH OUTLYING/FAVORED LOCATIONS PERHAPS DIPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. WILL HAVE MAINLY CLEAR SKIES TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALTHOUGH SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL LIKELY BE STREAKING ACROSS DUE TO STRONG POLAR JET IN VCTY. BY EARLY THURSDAY CLIPPER SYSTEM DROPS TOWARD THE OH VLY. LOOKS LIKE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW (50 TO 60 POPS) WILL BE ACROSS SRN IN AND N & E CTRL KY...MAYBE AN INCH OR TWO...WHICH IS QUITE POSSIBLE WITH THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM. OVR SRN KY LOOKS LIKE A LACK OF SUFFICIENT COLD AIR AND LESS LIFT ALSO SO WILL HAVE LOWER POPS AROUND 30...WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN. OVERALL...MOS TEMPS IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM. WILL HAVE FALLING TEMPS IN THE EAST TODAY AND MAINLY STEADY IN THE MID 30S OVER THE WEST. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED TO GOING FCST AFTER THURSDAYS CLIPPER SYSTEM. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && JB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 500 AM EST MON JAN 5 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-061000- ADAIR-ALLEN-ANDERSON-BARREN-BOURBON-BOYLE-BRECKINRIDGE-BULLITT- BUTLER-CASEY-CLARK-CLARK IN-CLINTON-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND-DUBOIS IN- EDMONSON-FAYETTE-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN-GARRARD-GRAYSON-GREEN-HANCOCK- HARDIN-HARRISON-HARRISON IN-HART-HENRY-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON IN- JESSAMINE-LARUE-LINCOLN-LOGAN-MADISON-MARION-MEADE-MERCER-METCALF- MONROE-NELSON-NICHOLAS-OHIO-OLDHAM-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-RUSSELL-SCOTT- SCOTT IN-SHELBY-SIMPSON-SPENCER-TAYLOR-TRIMBLE-WARREN-WASHINGTON- WASHINGTON IN-WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARDSTOWN...BOWLING GREEN... CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA...DANVILLE... ELIZABETHTOWN...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG... HARRODSBURG...JASPER...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE... NEW ALBANY...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...STANFORD... VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 500 AM EST (400 AM CST) MON JAN 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FRESH BLAST OF COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD OUR OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE DRAMATICALLY COLDER... AS COMPARED TO THE MILD READINGS OVER THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE SOME 30 TO 35 DEGREES COLDER...WHEN COMPARED TO SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BE COMING TO AN END THIS MORNING...BUT NOT BEFORE POSSIBLY CAUSING ADDITIONAL MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. ALSO... CONSULT THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR ONGOING RIVER FLOODING CONCERNS. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. FINALLY...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LIKELY FALL TO ZERO TO 10 ABOVE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST RIGHT THROUGH THE NEW WORK WEEK. A SHOT OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD PARTS OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY. MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION IN THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR OUTLOOK AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STUREY
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 42.6 feet around 7 AM EST on January 10. Flood stage at Tell City is 38 feet. At this level, minor flooding occurs. Indiana 66 is flooded between Rome and Derby. The river begins to overflow both banks above and below the gage.
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, January 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: 5382794.