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 7, 2:20 PM EST, 8 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 220 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2004 .SHORT RANGE (DAYS 0-3)... QUICK MOVING MID-LEVEL TROF OVER CENTRAL CONUS ALLOWING FOR WARM ADVECTION TYPE RAINS TO DEVELOP OVER THE LMK FORECAST AREA; COUNTIES AROUND LAKE CUMBERLAND HAVE PICKED UP CLOSE TO 1/2" RAIN ALREADY. RAINS LOOK TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER MUCH OF THE FA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS, THEN TAPER OFF QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AS 500 MB WAVE PASSES BY. WE COULD SEE AREAS FROM E OF KBWG UP TO NEAR KLEX PICK UP 1-1.5" OF RAIN IN THIS EVENT, WITH SOME TRAINING ALREADY EXHIBITED IN THE RADAR IMAGERY. THIS QPF IS AROUND OR JUST BELOW 3/6 HR FLOOD GUIDANCE, SO WE'LL MENTION RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES AND HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL FOR SMALL STREAM TYPE FLOODING IN HAZ WX OUTLOOK FOR OUR EASTERN/SOUTHERN COUNTIES. RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES OR IS FORECAST IN MANY SPOTS ON THE OHIO, WITH MINOR FLOODING FORECAST ON THE ROLLING FORK RIVER. ACROSS SRN INDIANA, BEFORE THE UPPER LEVELS DRY OUT AROUND 9Z/SAT, FCST SOUNDINGS (ESPECIALLY THE GFS), SUGGEST A PERIOD WHERE RAIN/SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE; THIS SEEMS REASONABLE. MID-LEVEL RIDGING MOVES INTO THE REGION FOR SAT-SUN, PROVIDING US WITH A DRY PERIOD AND SOME PERIODS OF SUNSHINE, WHICH HAS BEEN RARE SO FAR THIS JANUARY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THEN DROPS SOUTHWARD INTO VICINITY OF THE FA SOMETIME MONDAY, HOWEVER ETA/GFS ARE IN DISAGREEMENT ON WHETHER PCPN WILL RESULT; WILL CONTINUE LOW CHANCES FOR SHOWERS GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY. XXV .LONG RANGE (DAYS 4-7)... SMALL CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PERIOD DURING THIS MODEL RUN...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IS THE TREND FOR SLOWING THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY. ECMWF STILL SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE EXTENDED TIMEFRAME. THE DEEP TROUGH ACROSS THE WEST COAST AND MTN WEST TUESDAY WILL START TO DRIFT EAST...WHILE A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE THE TN VALLEY WILL MOVE BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT EARLY TUESDAY INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY. LARGE AMPLIFIED RIDGE ACROSS THE EAST COAST WILL NOT GIVE EASILY TO THE ONCOMING FRONT AND TROUGH...THUS THE SLOWING OF THE FRONT MENTIONED EARLIER. TREND OVER THE LAST FEW RUNS HAS SHOWN THE SLOWING AS ANOTHER WAVE DEVELOPS THURSDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE FRONT AND MOVES NORTH EARLY FRIDAY. TEMPS WILL BE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL...NEARLY 20 DEGREES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY WILL SEE STEADY OR DROPPING TEMPS AS THE FRONT ENTERS AND PUSHES THRU THE FORECAST AREA. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE OH VALLEY FRIDAY...THOUGH THE COLDEST AIR STILL SEEMS TO STAY WELL NORTH OF THE AREA ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL OCCUR MONDAY NITE INTO MIDDAY TUESDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE WARM FRONT THRU THE REGION AND AGAIN LATE WED INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND PASSES THRU THE OH VALLEY. PRECIP TOTALS FOR THURSDAY MAY BE QUITE LARGE (2 OR 3 INCHES) AS THE FRONT WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION AND MORE THAN ONE WAVE OF PRECIP SHOULD PASS THRU THE FORECAST AREA. PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE LESSER TUESDAY NITE AND WEDNESDAY...WITH JUST STRAY SHOWERS INSIDE THE WARM SECTOR. ---SCHOTT && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 240 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-081000- 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 240 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY MOVE UP THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES TONIGHT. RAIN IS FORECAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA, WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEFORE 5 AM. SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY UP INTO THE BLUEGRASS REGION TONIGHT, WHERE FROM 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME FLOODING OF NORMALLY PRONE LOW SPOTS AND SMALL STREAMS. REMEMBER THAT AT NIGHT IT IS MUCH HARDER TO SEE FLOODED AREAS. AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT, SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH THE RAIN OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY...SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEXT TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR AT TIMES DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION OR FLOODING TONIGHT. XXV
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River at Cannelton Lock crested at 46.05 feet around 800 PM EST on January 13. Flood stage at Cannelton is 42 feet. Minor flooding of agricultural land around Cannelton occurs at this level. Indiana Highway 66 is flooded from Rome to Derby, and is closed two miles above Cannelton.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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