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 Jan 3, 3:06 PM EST, 8 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 306 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... THE STORY REMAINS THE SAME...VERY WET WEATHER IS ON TAP FOR THE REGION THROUGH MID WEEK. TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AN EAST-WEST COLD FRONT WILL LAY ACROSS THE AREA WITH WAVES OF SHOWERS MOVING ALONG IT. GROUND IS SATURATED FROM LAST WEEKS SNOWMELT PLUS PAST FEW DAYS OF SHOWER ACTIVITY...ESPCIALLY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHERN CENTRAL KENTUCKY. WITH THESE FACTORS IN MIND AND AFTER COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES...A FLOOD WATCH SEEMS PRUDENT BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING AS NEXT SIGNIFICANT AREA OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED AND RIVERS FILL UP. ON WEDNESDAY ETA/GFS/UKMET ARE IN NICE AGREEMENT MOVING THE FRONT SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA WITH THE SURFACE LOW ADVANCING TO AROUND EVANSVILLE BY 00Z THURSDAY. WITH MUCH OF THE AREA IN THE WARM SECTOR WEDNESDAY WILL LEAN TOWARD WARMER NGM/ETA TEMPS FOR MAXES...AND WILL REDUCE POPS SLIGHTLY TO HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY AS MOST PRECIP SHOULD BE JUST BARELY TO OUR NORTH AND WEST. COLD FRONT THEN SWEEPS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH GOOD MOISTURE SUPPLY RESULTING IN MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS. WE FINALLY BID ADIEU TO THE WET WEATHER THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT CLEARS OUT TO THE EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE SLIPS IN FROM THE MIDWEST. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES FOR MOST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. MODELS HAVE NOT BEEN AS CONSISTENT LAST COUPLE OF RUNS. WILL USE BLEND OF 06Z GFS AND ECMWF FOR EARLY PART OF PERIOD BUT WILL LEAN TOWARD GFS FOR LATER PERIODS PER NCEP REFERENCE TO 500 MB HEIGHT ANOMALIES. FRONT MOVING EAST OF AREA THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY BRINGING A BRIEF TURN TO DRIER AIR AND TEMPERATURES A LITTLE CLOSER TO NORMAL. BUT NEXT IN SERIES OF LOWS AND WEAK FRONTS BRINGS RAIN BACK INTO LOWER OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. RAINFALL COULD BECOME SIGNIFICANT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING AND ALL PRECIPITATION STAYS IN THE FORM OF RAIN. HAVE USED ENSEMBLE MEAN TEMPERATURES AS A GUIDE TO TRENDS. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...FLOOD WATCH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. KY...FLOOD WATCH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE COUNTIES OF MEADE...JEFFERSON...OLDHAM...SHELBY...HENRY... FRANKLIN... AND TRIMBLE. && 13/MBS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 600 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-041000- 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-METCALFE-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 600 PM EST MON JAN 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THIS RAIN FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING, ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND UNDERPASSES MAY ALSO OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WHERE A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AND ANY OBSERVATIONS OF FLOODING EARLY THIS WEEK. JA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Blue River at Fredericksburg crested at 20.05 feet around 1230 AM EST on January 4. Flood stage at Fredericksburg is 20 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level. Water begins to enter basements near the edge of the river.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5434142.