1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 2:15 AM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION... UPDATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 215 AM EST SAT APR 30 2005 .IN THE SHORT TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... ATTM...AXIS OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LIES FROM AROUND NASHVILLE NORTHEAST TO JACKSON KY. STATIONARY FRONT LIES BASICALLY ALONG SAME AXIS. LATER TODAY...LOW PRESSURE WILL ACCELERATE NORTHEAST...CROSSING PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LATER THIS MORNING. BACK EDGE OF RAIN IS CURRENTLY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...AND RAIN WILL DIMINISH BY MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. THUNDER HAS ALREADY MOVED SOUTHEAST OF OUR CWA. LIGHT WINDS AND SATURATED AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO SOME PATCHY FOG EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL MENTION THIS IN ZONES. SOME OF OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THIS SYSTEM. CALLS TO LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS INDICATE NO PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING. WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN SOUTHEAST OF OUR CWA...WILL END FLOOD WATCH ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES AT ZONE ISSUANCE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING. BACK EDGE OF LOW LEVEL CLOUDS SHOULD ARRIVE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR BY MIDNIGHT ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. ALOFT...CYCLONIC FLOW AROUND A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY WILL KEEP OUR REGION DRY...BUT COOLER THAN NORMAL THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. A WEAK SYSTEM ROTATING SOUTHWARD AROUND HUDSON BAY VORTEX WILL BRING A FEW CLOUDS AND A REINFORCING PUSH OF COOL AIR MONDAY. THIS WILL RETARD ANY SIGNIFICANT WARMUP UNTIL AROUND WEDNESDAY. IN THE EXTENDED(WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... CONFLUENT FLOW FROM THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN JETS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL LEAD TO HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES AND BENIGN WEATHER ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...HEIGHTS WILL RISE ACROSS REGION...LEADING TO A WARMING TREND...WHICH WILL BECOME ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE BY LATE FRIDAY. .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .IN...NONE. .KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 AM EDT FOR ALLEN... BARREN... MONROE... METCALFE... GREEN... TAYLOR... ADAIR... CUMBERLAND... CLINTON... RUSSELL... CASEY... LINCOLN... GARRARD... MADISON. && JSD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-300830- 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...BARDSTOWN...BOWLING GREEN... CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...CORYDON...CYNTHIANA...DANVILLE... ELIZABETHTOWN...FRANKFORT...FRANKLIN...GLASGOW...HARDINSBURG... HARRODSBURG...JASPER...LEITCHFIELD...LEXINGTON...LOUISVILLE... NEW ALBANY...RICHMOND...RUSSELLVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...STANFORD... VERSAILLES...WINCHESTER 230 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TONIGHT WITH BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. JA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1202 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 KYZ075-078-081-082-300506- CLINTON KY-CUMBERLAND KY-MONROE KY-RUSSELL KY- 1102 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2005 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS MONROE...CUMBERLAND... AND CLINTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1 AM EDT. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1.80 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS. IF YOU PLAN TO DRIVE WATCH FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER OR ROADS AND UNDERPASSES. REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE OVER ROADS COVERED WITH WATER. JA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 217 AM EDT SAT APR 30 2005 KYZ049-054>057-063>067-073>078-081-082-300800- ADAIR KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-BOYLE KY-CASEY KY-CLARK KY-CLINTON KY- CUMBERLAND KY-GARRARD KY-GREEN KY-HART KY-LINCOLN KY-MADISON KY- MARION KY-METCALFE KY-MONROE KY-RUSSELL KY-TAYLOR KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMPBELLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...DANVILLE... GLASGOW...RICHMOND...STANFORD...WINCHESTER 217 AM EDT (117 AM CDT) SAT APR 30 2005 SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1/2 INCH PER HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE TO BANKFULL. IN ADDITION PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND UNDERPASSES WILL BE LIKELY. REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE OVER ROADS COVERED WITH WATER. JA
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:36 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads across Madison County were closed due to high water. Some creeks and streams were out of their banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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