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 10, 2:30 PM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 230 PM EST MON JAN 10 2005 .SHORT RANGE (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... A STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AT 19Z WITH A 15 DEGREE DIFFERENCE IN READINGS FROM SDF TO IND. WE EXPECT THE FRONT TO LIFT NORTH OVERNIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD ACTUALLY RISE A FEW DEGREES BY DAYBREAK. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. A MUCH STRONG SYSTEM, CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, WILL TACK ACROSS THE NATION WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BRISK SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WITH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WARMING INTO THE MID 60S. HERE IS WHERE THE OPERATIONAL GFS MODEL BEGINS TO DIFFER WITH OTHER MID RANGE MODELS. THE GFS LIFTS THIS SYSTEM OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY, ALLOWING MUCH COLDER AIR IN. THE OTHER MID RANGE MODELS HOLD THE UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER THE MID SECTION OF THE NATION, THEREFORE BRINGING MORE RAIN AND HOLDING WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY LONGER. WE WILL SLOW THE FRONT DOWN SOME BUT STILL PUSH IT THROUGH DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL STILL HOLD ONTO THE 1 TO 3 INCH TOTALS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... EXPANSIVE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO MONTANA LATE THURSDAY. SURFACE RIDGING WILL EXTEND SOUTHEAST INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AS THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVES TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC COAST FRIDAY...QUITE COLD AND DRY CANADIAN AIR WILL OVERSPREAD OUR REGION. EXPECT CLEAR TO PARTLY SKIES FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY...BEFORE A WEAK DISTURBANCE ASSOCIATED WITH NORTHWEST FLOW BRINGS A FEW MID LEVEL CLOUDS LATE SATURDAY. COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE ARCTIC HIGH EARLIER MENTIONED ABOVE MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY BY SUNDAY. CONDITIONS WILL STAY DRY THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEAK AS NORTHWEST FLOW AND HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL KEEP ANY GULF MOISTURE WELL SOUTH. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && JA/JD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EST MON JAN 10 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-111000- 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 300 PM EST MON JAN 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. CONTINUED FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE OHIO AND THE GREEN RIVERS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. GO TO WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON THE RIVERS TAB FOR MORE INFORMATION OR REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH SHOWERS AHEAD OF A FRONT. TOTAL RAINFALL FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOULD BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE WHICH COULD PROLONG ANY FLOODING ON THE OHIO AND ITS TRIBUTARIES AND BRING OTHER RIVERS TO BANKFULL OR FLOOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River at Clifty Creek, Indiana crested at 452.0 feet around 700 PM EST on January 11. Flood stage at Clifty Creek is 451 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level. Lower parts of Milton, Kentucky flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 2005
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: 5433496.