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 6, 2:30 PM EST, 10 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2004 SHORT TERM: OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS THE MIN TEMPS FOR TONIGHT. LIGHT WINDS BUT NOW SNOW COVER AND SOME WAA LATER TONIGHT AS WSWRLY BREEZES INCREASE SOME. CURRENT TEMPS STILL AROUND 20 N TO LOWER 20S SOUTH WITH FULL SUN. WILL GO WI 5 TO 10 NORTH AND 8 TO 12 SOUTH. DRY AS SOMEWHAT WARMER SWRLY FLO ON WED AND WED NITE. NEXT FCST PROBLEM IS IMPULSE DROPING SEWRD INTO RERGION IN NWRLY FLO. DRY INITIALLY BUT MODELS INDICATE SOME GULF RH INTO SYSTEM AFTER IT DROPS SE OF FA ON THU NITE. SO LOOKS LIKE A LIGHT PCPN EVENT WI SOME LIGHT RAIN/LIGHT SNOW OR A MIX. WILL GO WI CHANCE OF R- THU INTO THU NIGHT SW AND R-/S- MIX ELSEWHERE WI PCPN CHGNG TO A CHANCE OF S- ACROSS FA LATER THU NIGHT AND ENDING AS SW-- ON FRI MRNG. MADE A CONSCIENTOUS EFFORT TO MESH WITH SURROUNDIG GRIDS. EXTENDED...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IN THE EXTENDED WILL BE THE UPPER LEVEL TROF FORECAST TO PASS THROUGH LATE SUNDAY/EARLY MONDAY AND ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT. EXTENDED MODELS EACH SHOW DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM...HOWEVER TIMING AND SPEED OF THE SYSTEM HAS IS RATHER GOOD. FOR NOW WE WILL CONTINUE LOW CHANCE POPS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY EVENING ON MONDAY. PRECIP TYPE WILL BE TRICKY AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER WARMS AND COOLS DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS GONE WITH RAIN DURING THE DAY AND RAIN/SNOW MIXES AT NIGHT. SYSTEM THEN SCOOTS OFF TO THE EAST LEAVING US DRY ON TUESDAY. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO...YESTERDAYS EXTENDED TEMPS WERE A LITTLE ON THE WARM SIDE AND TODAYS RUNS ARE SLIGHTLY COOLER. TO PRESERVE CONTINUITY...WE HAVE GONE WITH THE 00Z GFS ENSEMBLES AGAIN WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN THE OPERATIONAL MEX NUMBERS. -JARVIS && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1153 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-028>043-045>049-053>057-067- 071000- ANDERSON-BOURBON-BOYLE-BRECKINRIDGE-BULLITT-CLARK-CLARK IN- CRAWFORD IN-DUBOIS IN-FAYETTE-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN-GARRARD-HANCOCK- HARDIN-HARRISON-HARRISON IN-HENRY-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON IN-JESSAMINE- LARUE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARION-MEADE-MERCER-NELSON-NICHOLAS-OLDHAM- ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-SCOTT-SCOTT IN-SHELBY-SPENCER-TRIMBLE-WASHINGTON- WASHINGTON IN-WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARDSTOWN...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA... DANVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...FRANKFORT...HARDINSBURG...HARRODSBURG... JASPER...LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE...NEW ALBANY...RICHMOND... SHELBYVILLE...STANFORD...VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 1153 PM EST (1053 PM CST) TUE JAN 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA, NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY, AND MUCH OF THE BLUEGRASS REGION. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT AND A WEST WIND OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM ABOUT 3 BELOW TO 8 BELOW ZERO. TAKE CARE TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUTDOORS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A CANADIAN CLIPPER TYPE WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO GLIDE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AT THIS POINT, A STRIPE OF LIGHT SNOW COULD OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AND WARM AIR THAT WILL WORK INTO THE AREA WITH THIS SYSTEM, THEREFORE THESE PROJECTIONS COULD BE REVISED WITH LATER FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KYZ026-027-061>066-070>078-081-082-071000- ADAIR-ALLEN-BARREN-BUTLER-CASEY-CLINTON-CUMBERLAND-EDMONSON-GRAYSON- GREEN-HART-LOGAN-METCALF-MONROE-OHIO-RUSSELL-SIMPSON-TAYLOR-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...CAMPBELLSVILLE... COLUMBIA...FRANKLIN...GLASGOW...LEITCHFIELD...RUSSELLVILLE 1153 PM EST (1053 PM CST) TUE JAN 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT AND A WEST WIND OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS FROM ZERO TO ABOUT 4 BELOW. TAKE CARE TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUTDOORS .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A CANADIAN CLIPPER TYPE WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO GLIDE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AT THIS POINT, A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY, WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AND WARM AIR THAT WILL WORK INTO THE AREA WITH THIS SYSTEM, THEREFORE THESE PROJECTIONS COULD BE REVISED WITH LATER FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. XXV
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River at Cannelton crested around 43.6 feet at noon EST on January 9. Flood stage at Cannelton is 42 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this stage. Flooding of agricultural lands begins near Cloverport and Cannelton.
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: 5382795.