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 Apr 25, 12:40 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 140 PM EDT SUN APR 25 2004 .SHORT RANGE (DAYS 0-3)... AIRMASS OVER LMK FA CONTINUES TO RECOVER NICELY AFTER THIS MORNINGS BAND OF PCPN. AXIS OF 1000+ SBCAPES FROM KFTK TO KBWG AS OF 16Z, AND FURTHER DESTABILIZATION LIKELY GIVEN NUMEROUS BREAKS IN CLOUDS AHEAD OF FRONTAL BDY NOW OVER SWRN IND AND WRN KY. LAPSE RATES BTWN 800 AND 600MB NOT OPTIMALLY STEEP PER RUC SOUNDINGS, WHICH COULD BE A LIMITING FACTOR FOR STRONGER CONVECTION. HWVR WITH FRONT PUSHING THROUGH FA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, CHCS CERTAINLY GOOD FOR SOME THUNDER. WIND FIELDS AND INCOMING POOL OF DRY AIR ABOVE 800MB SUGGEST ANY STG/SVR STORMS COULD PRODUCE HIGH WINDS. SPC SLIGHT RISK CONTINUES MAINLY KLEX EASTWARD. BEST CHCS OF PCPN LOOK TO EXIT FA LATER THIS EVENING, WITH EXCEPTION OF AREAS S/E OF A KBWG-KLEX LINE, WHERE JET STREAK RELATED ASCENT MAY KEEP SCT SHRA GOING INTO OVERNIGHT HOURS. LARGE SCALE MID-LEVEL TROF THEN DIGS INTO ERN CONUS MON, WITH A SMALLER SCALE WAVE DROPPING INTO OH VLY. CONSENSUS OF MODEL INDICATE SOME SPOTTY -SHRA POSSIBLE MON AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVE, COMBINED WITH STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES, MAINLY IN KSDF/KLEX VICINITIES. 850MB THERMAL TROF REMAINS IN AREA TUE, YIELDING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. PATCHY FROST NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION EARLY WED MORNING IN RURAL/VALLEY AREAS E OF I-65 SHOULD CURRENT FCST TRENDS VERIFY. XXV .LONG RANGE (DAYS 4-7)... GOOD CONSISTENCY OF THE EXTENDED RUNS OF LATE...THREE DAYS OF VERY SIMILAR SOLUTIONS. RIDGING WILL BE WORKING INTO THE FORECAST AREA WED NITE AS TROUGH MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST...WITH ANOTHER TROUGH DEEPENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA/NORTHERN PLAINS REGION. SW FLOW KICKS IN EARLY THURS WITH WARMING H85 TEMPS...HIGHS SHOULD BE NEARLY 5-7 ABV NORMAL THURS AND FRI. TROUGH OVR PLAINS CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND MOVE EAST FRI...A FEW MORE CLOUDS FRI BUT DRY. TROUGH ENTERS GREAT LAKES/OH VALLEY REGION SAT WITH SFC COLD FRONT MOVING INTO AREA AND STALLING OUT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR SAT AND SUN WHEN THE FRONT WILL PUSH EAST OUT OF THE AREA WITH DRYING OUT EARLY NEXT MONDAY. SCHOTT && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1005 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>032-053-061>065-070>078-081-082- 261000- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY- CLARK IN-CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY- FLOYD IN-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY-HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON IN- HART KY-JEFFERSON IN-JEFFERSON KY-LARUE KY-LOGAN KY-MEADE KY- METCALFE KY-MONROE KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT IN-SIMPSON KY-TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY- WASHINGTON IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWLING GREEN...CAMPBELLSVILLE... COLUMBIA...CORYDON...ELIZABETHTOWN...FRANKLIN...GLASGOW... HARDINSBURG...JASPER...LEITCHFIELD...LOUISVILLE...NEW ALBANY... RUSSELLVILLE 1005 AM EDT (905 AM CDT) SUN APR 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. AT THIS TIME, NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH, HEAVY RAIN, AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ033>043-045>049-054>057-066-067-261000- ANDERSON KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY-CASEY KY-CLARK KY-FAYETTE KY- FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-HARRISON KY-HENRY KY-JESSAMINE KY-LINCOLN KY- MADISON KY-MARION KY-MERCER KY-NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-SCOTT KY- SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-WASHINGTON KY-WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARDSTOWN...CYNTHIANA...DANVILLE... FRANKFORT...HARRODSBURG...LEXINGTON...RICHMOND...SHELBYVILLE... STANFORD...VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 1005 AM EDT SUN APR 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. SHOULD ENOUGH INSTABILITY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON, THE WIND SHEAR COULD ALLOW SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG OR AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS FORECAST A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS, NAMING LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WIND GUSTS AS THE PRIMARY THREATS, COUPLED WITH HEAVY RAINS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. XXV
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Green River at Rochester crested at 17.0 feet around 1 PM EST on April 25. Flood stage at Rochester is 17 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, April 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: 5387546.