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 May 2, 2:30 AM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 330 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THRU FORECAST ARE OVERNIGHT WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVG EAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. RAIN EXTENDS BEHIND THE FRONT BACK TO MS RIVER ATTM...WILL SLOWLY PUSH EAST THIS MORNING AND EXIT THE FA TO THE EAST BY EARLY AFTN. WAVE MOVES ALONG THE TROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL PASS TO THE WEST AND THEN ROUND THE TROUGH AND PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE FA...SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SE AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA TONIGHT INTO EARLY MON.TROUGH HAS VERY COLD TEMPS ALOFT AND WILL LIMIT HI TEMPS TO 10-12 DEGREES BELOW NORM...AND ALLOW FOR POSSIBLE FROST IN OUTLYING AND RURAL AREAS IN THE BLUEGRASS AND NEAR MADISON...IN MON AND TUE MORN. WEAK SFC HI PRES OVR OH VALLEY MON AFTN...WILL DRIFT SE ALONG WITH THE UPPER LVL TROUGH TOWARDS THE EAST COAST. WAA PATTERN KICKS IN TUE WITH MUCH WARMER TEMPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA. A WEAK FRONT DROPS OUT OF ONTARIO...CAN ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION...BOUNDARY NEARS FA BY EARLY WED AND STALLS. CHANCE SHWRS EARLY WED INTO LATE MORN WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY INTO WED AFTN AND MUCAPE NEAR 1000-1500...ALSO BUFKIT SHOWS POSSIBLE TSRA....WILL INCLUDE THUNDER INTO WED AFTN/EVE. ALSO THURS INGREDIENTS ARE THERE FOR ISOL/SCAT THUNDER DURING THE AFTN/EVE...MAY BE SOME CAPPING NEAR 700-800 MB THAT COULD LIMIT ANY DEVELOPMENT. WILL LET DAY SHIFT LOOK MORE CLOSELY AND SEE IF CONSISTENT RUNS SHOW NEED FOR PRECIP TO BE ADDED THURS. TEMPS SUN-WED WERE BLEND OF MOS AS ALL SOL WERE IN DECENT AGREEMENT. NO SIGNIF CHANGES TO EXTENDED (THURS-SAT). && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SCHOTT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 345 AM EDT SUN MAY 2 2004 INZ078-079-KYZ031>037-040>043-049-030800- BOURBON KY-CLARK KY-FAYETTE KY-FRANKLIN KY-HARRISON KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON IN-NICHOLAS KY-OLDHAM KY-SCOTT IN-SCOTT KY-SHELBY KY- TRIMBLE KY-WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CYNTHIANA...FRANKFORT...LEXINGTON... SHELBYVILLE...VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 345 AM EDT (245 AM EST) SUN MAY 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY, GENERALLY NORTH OF I-64 AND EAST OF I-65. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOULD SKIES CLEAR SUFFICIENTLY, PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING, MAINLY IN RURAL AND VALLEY LOCATIONS, AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO AROUND 37 ALONG WITH DIMINISHING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ076-077-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>030-038-039-045>048-053>057- 061>067-070>078-081-082-030800- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOYLE KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY- BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK IN-CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN- CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY-FLOYD IN-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY- GREEN KY-HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON IN-HART KY-JEFFERSON KY- JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-MADISON KY-MARION KY- MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALFE KY-MONROE KY-NELSON KY-OHIO KY-ORANGE IN- PERRY IN-RUSSELL KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY-TAYLOR KY-WARREN KY- WASHINGTON IN-WASHINGTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARDSTOWN...BOWLING GREEN... CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...DANVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN... FRANKLIN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG...HARRODSBURG...JASPER... LEITCHFIELD...LOUISVILLE...NEW ALBANY...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE... STANFORD 345 AM EDT (245 AM CDT) SUN MAY 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY, GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-65 AND SOUTH OF I-64. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. XXV
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Muscatatuck River at Deputy crested at 20.57 feet around 8 AM EST on May 2. Flood stage at Deputy is 20 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level. Some county roads are under water in northeast Jefferson County, IN.
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, May 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: 5397067.