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 6, 3:20 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 320 AM EST THU JAN 6 2004 .SHORT TERM DISCUSSION (THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... COLD FRONT IS DETECTABLE IN RADAR IMAGERY...TRAMPING THROUGH EAST-CENTRAL KY ATTM. RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT...LIFT IS STRONG ENOUGH FOR A CONVECTIVE LINEAR LINE OF SHOWERS...HAVE NOT SEEN ANY LIGHTNING TICS THIS FAR NORTH...HOWEVER INTO THE TN VALLEY...THIS LINEAR LINE DOES HAVE A LITTLE STRONGER CONVECTIVE MODE TO IT. WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAINS STILL ONGOING ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL KY AND ALL OF SOUTHERN IN...HOWEVER THE BACK EDGE OF MAIN RAIN SHIELD IS WORKING THROUGH WESTERN KY ATTM. CURRENT TRENDS LOOK FAVORABLE WITH RAIN ENDING AROUND DAYBREAK ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CWFA...THE JASPER AREA...THEN CONTINUING EAST. LIGHT RAIN WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN BLUEGRASS AREA. WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM EST...DO NOT THINK WE NEED TO EXTEND IT AT THIS TIME. AREAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN IN...SET TO EXPIRE AT 430 AM EST. THIS ALSO LOOKS GOOD WITH ONLY MINIMAL FLOODING REPORTS COMING IN AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH EXPECT WE WILL GET SOME ADDITIONAL REPORTS AFTER DAYBREAK. PARTIAL CLEARING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...HOWEVER OVER-RIDING PRECIP EVENT DEVELOPS QUICKLY ACROSS THE TN VALLEY FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL SPREAD CLOUDINESS INTO THE CWFA ESPECIALLY AFTER DAYBREAK FRIDAY. INFACT...TONIGHT'S LOW TEMPS WILL LIKELY BE HELD A LITTLE MILDER AS CLOUDINESS DEVELOPS ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN CWFA. WILL INCREASE POPS SUBSTANTIALLY FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE CWFA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BOWLING GREEN TO SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. IN THIS REGION POPS WILL BE RAISED TO CATEGORICAL FROM LATE FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL WILL END EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST KENTUCKY AND ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ARE EXPECTED TO GET LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM...AND POPS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20-30 RANGE FOR THAT AREA. GOOD CONTINUITY IN MODELS AT THIS TIME AND QPF LOOKS TO BE AROUND AN INCH OR A LITTLE MORE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CWFA. DO NOT THINK WE WILL HAVE FLOOD PROBLEMS WITH THAT AMOUNT OF QPF AS FFG VALUES ARE RUNNING 1.5 INCHES OR MORE FOR A 6HR PERIOD ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN CWFA. TEMPS TODAY SHOULD BE NEARLY STEADY THEN SLOWLY FALLING FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE COLD FRONT SHIFTS FURTHER EAST OF THE OHIO VALLEY. FOR THE SHORT TERM PERIOD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...THE GFS AND ETA MOS TEMPERATURES ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT AND HAVE USED A BLEND. .LONG TERM DISCUSSION (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)... ONLY CHANGE IN THE LONGER TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME WILL BE TO DECREASE CLOUDINESS FOR THE SATURDAY NGT TO SUNDAY NGT TIMEFRAME...THEN TO INCREASE CLOUDS FOR MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. NO OTHER MAJOR CHANGES APPEAR NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 715 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-071000- 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 715 AM EST THU JAN 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, RUNOFF AND SOME FLOODING FROM LAST NIGHTS RAINS WILL CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. PLEASE SEE RIVER AND HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS ISSUED BY NWS LOUISVILLE FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FLOODING PROBLEMS TO NWS LOUISVILLE. XXV
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 21.00 feet around 130 PM EST on January 6. Flood stage at Fredericksburg is 20 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level. Water begins to enter basements near the river edge.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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