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 May 31, 8:35 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 935 PM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 CONSIDERABLY QUIETER EVENING OVER LMK FA COMPARED TO 24 HRS AGO. ISOLATED SHOWER DEVELOPED OVER FAR SRN KY WITHIN PAST HOUR OR SO, PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS GIVEN MIXED BL MEAN WINDS OF 25-30KTS. LIGHTNING DATA SHOWING AREA OF SCT TSRA NOW OVER IL/MO ASSOC WITH VERY IMPRESSIVE POOL OF STEEP 850-500MB LAPSE RATES UNDER 500MB TROF. SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THESE CELLS WILL MAKE IT INTO SRN IND LATER TONIGHT. FSL 48HR RUC HINTS THERE COULD BE SOME ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF THE FA AFTER 6-8Z. WILL PROBABLY ADD SOME LOW CHCS OF -TSRA TO SRN IND COUNTIES FOR OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THIS POOL OF HIGHER LAPSE RATES MIGRATES OVER THE FA TOMORROW, AND SOME MODELS (FSL RUC AND ETA) SUGGEST SOME ISO-SCT TSRA COULD DEVELOP AS A RESULT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. GIVEN PCPN THAT DEVELOPED UPSTREAM TODAY COINCIDENT WITH THE COLD POOL ALOFT, WILL ADD LOW CHC OF TSRA TUE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT TO THE FCST. GIVEN THE DEEP MIXED LAYER FCST IN ETA SOUNDINGS, SOME OF THESE CELLS COULD AGAIN PRODUCE WIND GUSTS ON THE ORDER OF 30 KTS OR SO. XXV NOTE, DAMAGE SURVEYS FROM YESTERDAYS TORNADOES IN CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA HAVE BEEN POSTED ON OUR LOCAL WEBSITE: WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LMK. MORE DETAILS WILL BE ADDED TOMORROW. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 955 PM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 INZ090>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-010900- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK IN-CLARK KY- CLINTON KY-CUMBERLAND KY-EDMONSON KY-FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY- GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY-HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON IN- HARRISON KY-HART KY-HENRY 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-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT KY-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY-TAYLOR KY- TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON KY-WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARDSTOWN...BOWLING GREEN... CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA...DANVILLE... ELIZABETHTOWN...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG... HARRODSBURG...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE...NEW ALBANY... RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...STANFORD...VERSAILLES... WINCHESTER 955 PM EDT (855 PM CDT) MON MAY 31 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AS A POOL OF RELATIVELY COLD AIR ALOFT MOVES OVER THE REGION, SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, EXTENDING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME NONE OF THESE STORMS LOOK TO BE OF A SEVERE NATURE, HOWEVER WIND GUSTS NEARING 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ076>079-083-084-089-010900- CRAWFORD IN-DUBOIS IN-JEFFERSON IN-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-SCOTT IN- WASHINGTON IN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JASPER 855 PM EST MON MAY 31 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT, MAINLY AFTER 2 OR 3 AM, AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES BY. GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY STORMS THAT WOULD DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AS A POOL OF RELATIVELY COLD AIR ALOFT MOVES OVER THE REGION, SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, EXTENDING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME NONE OF THESE STORMS LOOK TO BE OF A SEVERE NATURE, HOWEVER WIND GUSTS NEARING 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. XXV
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1145 PM EDT MON MAY 31 2004 INZ076-077-083-084-089-010500- CRAWFORD IN-DUBOIS IN-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN-WASHINGTON IN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JASPER 1045 PM EST MON MAY 31 2004 ...GUSTY WINDS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA... A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA, IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO DUBOIS, PERRY, ORANGE, AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AFTER 1130 PM EST. WEST NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST TO 35 OR 40 MPH FOR A WHILE AFTER THIS BOUNDARY PASSES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS WELL. XXV
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Stoner Creek at Paris had crested at 23.1 feet around 7 AM EST on May 31, 2004. It fell below flood stage early in the afternoon of June 1.
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, June 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: 5406885.