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 17, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 220 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... REMNANTS OF IVAN WERE PULLING TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AS A DEEP TROF BEGAN TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. IN RESPONSE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THIS WEEKEND AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. A BRISK NORTH WIND WILL BRING IN A FAIRLY DRY AIRMASS WITH CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT AND DEW POINT READINGS IN THE UPPER 40S BY SATURDAY EVENING. WE MAY SEE A FEW CLOUDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUT ANOTHER SHOT OF VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MONDAY. .IN THE EXTENDED...(MONDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY)... A LARGE AND AMPLIFIED RIDGE OF HI PRESSURE WILL EXTEND FROM THE NE STATES BACK INTO THE OH VALLEY MONDAY EVENING THRU MOST OF WEDNESDAY. WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW LEFT BEHIND FROM IVAN WILL REMAIN NEAR THE SE STATES DURING THE PERIOD AS HURRICANE JEANNE WORKS ITS WAY TOWARDS THE SE COAST NEAR FL/GA BORDER. SOUTHERLY FLOW BRINGING MOISTURE AND INCREASING INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SCTD TSTMS WED AFTN AND EVENING. ON THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL BE DROPPING SOUTHEAST FROM THE PLAINS TOWARDS THE OH VALLEY...TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THRU ITS PASSAGE FRI MORNING OR AFTN. MODELS SEEMS TO HAVE DIFFICULT TIME WITH TROPICAL SYSTEMS AND STRENGTH OF RIDGE ACROSS THE EAST...THESE TWO WILL BE THE MAIN PLAYERS IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. IF THE RIDGE IS STRONGER IT WILL STEER THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND HURRICANE JEANNE IN A MORE WESTWARD DIRECTION. HPC AND ENSEMBLES WERE MAIN PRODUCTS USED FOR EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPS WILL REMAIN SEASONAL MONDAY INTO THURSDAY...SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THRU FRIDAY. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && JA/SCHOTT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-180909- 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 230 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Stoner Creek at Paris, KY crested at 20.2 feet around 6 AM EST on September 18. Flood stage at Paris is 18 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level. Water enters the yards of homes downstream from the water plant. Parts of the city park are flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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