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 Sep 23, 1:30 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 PM EDT THU SEP 23 2004 CONTINUE W/O MENTION OF PRECIP FOR THE 7-DAY FCST. TNGT...OTHER THAN SOME CI FOR A PERIOD...CONTINUED CLEAR. TS IVAN NEAR THE SWRN LA CST WILL TRANSPORT SOME MOISTURE NWD ON SLY FLOW INTO THE WEAKENING COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS OUR REGION FRI NGT -SAT. THE MAIN AFFECT WILL BE AN INCRS IN CLOUD COVER...AS MEASURABLE RAIN STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF SRN IN AND CTRL KY. AM TEMPTED TO THROW 20 POPS INTO THE FCST ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY WITH GFS PRODUCING A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS QPF NEAR THE OHIO RIVER...BUT WILL HOLD OFF FOR NOW AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH IVAN/FRONT INTERACTION. MOS TEMPS SIMILAR TO GOING FCST...WILL MAKE A SUBTLE CHG FOR MINS SAT NGT...TO RAISE...WITH LINGERING CLOUDS/SLOWING FRONT. ...LONG TERM (SUN NIGHT THROUGH THU)... IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD...MODELS ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC FEATURES. EARLY IN THE PERIOD...JEANNE IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND THEN SWING AROUND THE WEST ATLANTIC RIDGE AXIS. THIS SHOULD KEEP ANY EFFECTS OF JEANNE WELL EAST OF OUR AREA. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE ENTIRE EXTENDED PERIOD. BY THE END OF THE PERIOD...MIDLEVEL TROF MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS MAY HAVE ENOUGH KICK TO PRODUCE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS BY AFTER THU. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...NOT MUCH CHANGE HERE...TEMPS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && JB/DK/JARVIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 400 AM EDT THU SEP 23 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-240900- 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-METCALF-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 400 AM EDT THU SEP 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River at Tell City, IN crested at 38.2 feet around 7 AM EST on September 24. Flood stage at Tell City is 38 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level. Indiana Highway 66 is flooded between Rome and Derby.
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, September 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: 5420553.