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 27, 2:35 AM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 335 AM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA ATTM...AS SOLID LL JET WITH VALUES OF 40-50 KT BECOMES MORE WESTERLY AND THE RAIN WILL TEMP END AS IT PUSHES EAST. THE LESSER CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE IN THE MORN THRU EARLY AFTN TODAY AS ANOTHER SOLID LL JET WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY LATE AFTN WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF TSTORMS WITH LIS MINUS 4 TO 6, GOOD LIFT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN WITH PW VALUES NEARING 2 INCHES. FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED THRU 4AM FRI MORN AS MUCH OF THE AREA IS VERY SATURATED. BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL EXTEND INTO EARLY FRI AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA...NEAR KY/TN LINE BY MORN. DRY NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA FRI WITH NW FLOW AND LOWER DEWPTS...STORMS STILL POSSIBLE SOUTHERN PORTION AS THE FRONT DROPS FURTHER SOUTH BY FRI NIGHT. EVERYBODY UNDER NW FLOW AND DRIER AIR BY EARLY SAT MORN...MUCH LOWER DEWPTS. FRONT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH BACK NORTH LATER SAT...BUT THE FA SHOULD REMAIN DRY UNTIL EARLY SUN AS HIGHER DEWPTS AND DEEPER MOISTURE MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE WARM FRONT. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE MS VALLEY LATE SUN INTO MON...GOOD LL JET AND LIFT WITH HIGH PW VALUES MAY LEAD TO HEAVY RAIN LATE SUN INTO MON MORN ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. DRYING BEHIND THE FRONT LATER MON. LITTLE CHANGE TO EXTEND. BLEND OF ETA AND GFS FOR SHORT TERM...MORE TO GFS FROM DAY 3 ON. TEMPS ARE BLEND OF ETA 12 AND GFS MOS. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. KY...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY MORNING. && SCHOTT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 400 AM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-280800- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK KY-CLARK IN- CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY- FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY- HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON KY-HARRISON IN-HART KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON KY-JEFFERSON IN-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALF KY-MONROE KY- NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT KY-SCOTT IN-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY- TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON KY-WASHINGTON IN- WOODFORD KY- 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 (300 AM CDT) THU MAY 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND OVERNIGHT. A VERY MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS, COMBINED WITH LIFT FROM A PASSING JET STREAM DISTURBANCE, WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. PROLONGED PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE, THEREFORE A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZE INTO LINEAR SEGMENTS, THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WIND GUSTS, IN ADDITIONAL TO LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, RESULTING IN CONTINUED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS FORECAST FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN KENTUCKY AGAIN ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... TRAINED SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. EXAMPLES ARE DOWNED TREES OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE TO HIGH WINDS, HAIL LARGER THAN DIME SIZE, AND FLOODING THAT IS BLOCKING ROADWAYS. XXV
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
713 AM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 AM TSTM WND DMG CAMPBELLSVILLE 37.35N 85.35W
05/27/2004 TAYLOR KY COUNTY OFFICIAL
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY. TREE DOWN ON HOUSE AND
ALSO ONE DOWN ON CAR.
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WAIDLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
729 AM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 AM TSTM WND DMG LEBANON 37.57N 85.25W
05/27/2004 MARION KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
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WAIDLEYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1115 AM EDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 AM TSTM WND DMG MADISON 38.76N 85.38W
05/27/2004 JEFFERSON IN NEWSPAPER
BARN IN MADISON DESTROYED. RELAYED BY MADISON COURIER.
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WAIDLEYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Rough River at Dundee crested at 25.88 feet around 9 AM EST on May 28. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level. A section of Kentucky Highway 69 about half a mile long on the right bank near the bridge begins to flood.
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, 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: 5397069.