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 18, 1:22 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 222 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... CURRENTLY CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. RECENT OBS SHOWING TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 50S ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY WITH MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS THE EAST. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS PRETTY MUCH A CLOUD AND TEMPERATURE FORECAST. ALL THE MODELS SHOW A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WITH A RIDGE IN EAST AND A TROF OUT WEST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO HOLD SWAY ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL U.S. THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE AREA WITH GENERALLY MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS AND MOSTLY CLEAR NIGHTS. ONLY REAL CLOUD COVER WOULD BE TONIGHT WITH A BAND OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS FROM THE MISSOURI CONVECTION PASSING THROUGH. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 00Z MOS GUIDANCE SHOWS A BIT OF SPREAD TODAY WITH RESPECT TO HIGHS...BUT AS WE GO OUT 24 TO 48 HOURS...THE GUIDANCE BECOMES PRETTY TIGHT. FOR THIS FORECAST...PLAN ON GOING CLOSER TO A MAV/MET COMPROMISE WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS OUT WEST AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TO THE EAST. LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO COOL TO NEAR 50...WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 40S. BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SLIGHTLY TO OUR EAST AND WILL ALLOW BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS TO SHIFT AROUND TO THE SOUTH BRINGING SLIGHTLY WARMER AND MOIST AIR BACK INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER...VALUES WILL STILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. AS FOR THE GRIDS...BASED ON INFO ABOVE...HAVE MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO MAX/MIN TEMP GRIDS. HAVE REALLY CUT BACK CLOUD COVER FOR THE ENTIRE SHORT TERM PERIOD BASED ON GFS TIME-HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS. ONLY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO THE REST OF THE GRIDS. EXTENDED FORECAST PACKAGE CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD AT THIS POINT. NO CHANGES PLANNED. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && JARVIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 400 AM EDT SAT SEP 18 2004 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-190900- 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 SAT SEP 18 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. XXV
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Licking River at Blue Licks Spring crested at 26.8 feet around 7 PM EST on September 19. Flood stage at Blue Licks Spring is 25 feet. Minor flooding of bottomland 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, 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: 5420552.