Flash Flood, Floyd
- When
- May 19, 8:23 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd County, New Albany
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.300, -85.800
Three to four feet of water covered Ebersol Street.
Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, May 19, 2005
2 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
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 May 19, 7:42 PM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 7:42 PM EST, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 842 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 .UPDATE... LARGE AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO REPEAT OVER THE SAME PLACES WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM OVER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. WATER PROBLEMS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THUS HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR OVERNIGHT. UPDATE... UPDATED GRIDS AND ZONES TO REFLECT NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THEY TREK EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. SHORT TERM(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON): MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM IS DEALING WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE FA THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LOOKS TO BE DAMAGING AND HAIL. EXPECT A RATHER EXTENDED PERIOD OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TONIGHT. THE BEST SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND STEEPER LAPSE RATES WILL NOT MOVE INTO THE REGION UNTIL THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ONCE THIS ACTIVITY CLEARS THE FA DURING FRIDAY...DRY AND PLEASANT WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM. ONLY MODEST CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS WERE NEEDED FOR THE SHORT TERM. LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... MODELS HAVE BEEN COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH FORMATION OF REX BLOCK ACROSS NEW ENGLAND FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. UPPER HIGH IS EXPECT TO PERSIST NEAR THE LABRADOR STRAIT...WHILE A CLOSED LOW IS EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. WITH THIS STAGNANT PATTERN...AND WITH A RIDGE ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. A COLD FRONT EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WILL BRING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOL AIR...WHICH WILL DROP MONDAYS TEMPERATURES CONSIDERABLY FROM THOSE OF SUNDAY. GFS IS THE STRONGEST AND FARTHEST WEST WITH THE POSITION OF THE CLOSED LOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY...RETROGRADING THE CENTER OF THE LOW WESTWARD OVER NEW YORK. IF THIS VERIFIES...BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL TREND COOLER WITH QUITE A BIT OF CLOUDS. FOR NOW...FEEL THAT ECMWF MODEL HAS BETTER...FARTHER EAST...HANDLE ON ULTIMATE POSITION OF CLOSED LOW. FOLLOWING ECMWF CHOICE...WILL GO WITH PARTLY CLOUDY AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MORE ZONAL FLOW WILL RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF ACROSS LOWER OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION. WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE OF CONVECTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OF THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM EDT/900 PM CDT/EST. FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT. .KY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM EDT/900 PM CDT/EST ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HENRY COUNTY...TO LARUE COUNTY...TO SIMPSON COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 PM CDT ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY...TO MARION COUNTY...TO ALLEN COUNTY. FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT ALL AREAS. && 13/AB/JSD
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 10:30 AM EST, 9 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1130 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-200830- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-ANDERSON KY-BARREN KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-BUTLER KY-CASEY KY-CLARK IN-CLARK KY- CLINTON KY-CRAWFORD IN-CUMBERLAND KY-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON KY- FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD KY-GRAYSON KY-GREEN KY- HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON IN-HARRISON KY-HART KY-HENRY KY- JEFFERSON IN-JEFFERSON KY-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY- MADISON KY-MARION KY-MEADE KY-MERCER KY-METCALFE KY-MONROE KY- NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL KY-SCOTT IN-SCOTT KY-SHELBY KY-SIMPSON KY-SPENCER KY- TAYLOR KY-TRIMBLE KY-WARREN KY-WASHINGTON IN-WASHINGTON KY- WOODFORD KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBANY...BARDSTOWN...BEAVER DAM... BOWLING GREEN...CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA... DANVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...ENGLISH...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN... GEORGETOWN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG...HARRODSBURG...JAMESTOWN... JASPER...JEFFERSONVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON... LOUISVILLE...MADISON...MOUNT WASHINGTON...MUNFORDVILLE... NEW ALBANY...PARIS...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SCOTTSVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...STANFORD...TAYLORSVILLE...TELL CITY... TOMPKINSVILLE...VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 1130 AM EDT (1030 AM CDT) THU MAY 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS CONTINUED A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AT MID LEVELS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME SEVERE HAIL. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW...WITH COOL MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES...WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER. ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. THERE COULD WELL BE A BREAK IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING BETWEEN CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND LATER TNGT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JSD
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 19, 7:05 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
805 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM HAIL SHELBYVILLE 38.22N 85.23W
05/19/2005 1.00 INCH SHELBY KY AMATEUR RADIO
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 19, 7:39 PM EST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
839 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0834 PM FLASH FLOOD LOUISVILLE 38.22N 85.74W
05/19/2005 JEFFERSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
HIGH WATER WAS COVERING ROADWAYS IN THE VICINITY OF
VETERANS HOSPITAL.
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 19, 7:54 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
854 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0852 PM HAIL LEAVENWORTH 38.20N 86.35W
05/19/2005 0.25 INCH CRAWFORD IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MRCSpecial weather statement, May 19, 8:05 PM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 905 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 INZ084-089>091-KYZ023>030-034-038>041-045>049-053>057-061-062-067- 070>072-200303- ANDERSON-BOYLE-BRECKINRIDGE-BULLITT-BUTLER-CLARK-CRAWFORD-EDMONSON- FAYETTE-FLOYD-GARRARD-GRAYSON-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HARRISON-JEFFERSON- JESSAMINE-LARUE-LINCOLN-LOGAN-MADISON-MARION-MEADE-MERCER-NELSON- OHIO-PERRY-SHELBY-SIMPSON-SPENCER-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISVILLE...LEXINGTON...BOWLING GREEN... WINCHESTER...VERSAILLES...STANFORD...SHELBYVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE... RICHMOND...HARRODSBURG...HARDINSBURG...FRANKLIN...ELIZABETHTOWN... DANVILLE...BARDSTOWN...NEW ALBANY AND CORYDON 905 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 ...DEADLY LIGHTNING BECOMING VERY WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA ARE PRODUCING UNUSUALLY COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF DEADLY LIGHTNING THIS EVENING. LIGHTNING KILLS OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN A TYPICAL YEAR AND CAUSES HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE. REPORTS OF HOUSE FIRES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATEHR SERVICE THIS EVENING. LIGHTNING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE ON FOOT. LIMIT USE OF ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES...LAND LINE PHONES...AND SHOWERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 13
Local storm report, May 19, 8:21 PM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
921 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 PM HAIL 4 NW OLMSTEAD 36.79N 87.07W
05/19/2005 1.75 INCH TODD KY TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 68.
&&
MRCLocal storm report, May 19, 8:21 PM EST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
921 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005...COR COUNTY
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 PM HAIL 4 NW OLMSTEAD 36.79N 87.07W
05/19/2005 1.75 INCH LOGAN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 68.
&&
MRCThe radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:24 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Clark
- When
- May 19, 8:24 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clark County, South Portion
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.483, -85.700
Numerous roads were closed due to high water in Clarksville and Jeffersonville. A person was trapped in a vehicle on Nole Drive in Jeffersonville.
Hail, Dubois
- When
- May 19, 11:29 PM EST
- Where
- Dubois County, Huntingburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.300, -86.950
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 19, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, May 19 to 20, 2005
- Lightning Strikes in Indiana, May 19, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 19 to 20, 2005
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 19, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 19, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 19, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Indiana, May 19, 2005
- Hail in Washington, May 19, 2005
- Flood and Hail in Illinois, May 19, 2005
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 19, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 19, 2005
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 2005
Sources
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: 5446981, 5446982, 5446983.