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, 2:05 PM EST, 9 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 205 PM EST THU JAN 6 2004 AMENDED 2ND PARAGRAPH IN SHORT RANGE .SHORT RANGE (DAYS 0-3)... ORGANIZED PCPN EXITED THE FORECAST AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING, LEAVING WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDINESS WITH CONSIDERABLE DRY AIR ABOVE 850 MB. GIVEN THE FCST MOISTURE/THERMAL PROFILE, SOME SPRINKLES OR DRIZZLE POSSIBLE, PERHAPS SOME VERY LIGHT SLEET OR FLURRIES, WITHIN COLD ADVECTION REGIME INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS; BAND OF ENHANCEMENT SEEN IN IR IMAGERY FROM CENTRAL INDIANA BACK TO NEAR KSTL CONTAINS SOME -SN. MID-LEVEL TROF NOW OVER ROCKIES FORECAST TO QUICKLY MOVE INTO ERN CONUS TOMORROW; MODELS TRENDING FASTER WITH THIS SYSTEM. LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION INCREASES OVER THE REGION, WITH PCPN DEVELOPING BY MID-DAY TOMORROW. USING A BLEND OF GFS/ETA SOLUTIONS, BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN ARE SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN ROUGHLY 21Z/FRI AND 6Z/SAT. COULD SEE UP TO 1" OF RAIN FROM KLEX DOWN TO E OF KBWG DURING THIS EVENT, BUT THAT'S BELOW 3/6 HR FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES. THERE ARE SOME P-TYPE CAVEATS TO NOTE: SHOULD PCPN DEVELOP FASTER THAN EXPECTED (MORE INTO FRI MORNING), THEN INITIAL P-TYPE COULD BE -IP, BASED ON THE FORECAST WET-BULB PROFILES ON BUFKIT. IF SFC TEMPS DON'T WARM AS MUCH AS FCST TOMORROW, A BRIEF INITIAL PERIOD OF -FZRA IS ALSO POSSIBLE. OVER SRN INDIANA, GFS FCST SOUNDINGS VERY CLOSE TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX AT TIMES DURING EVENT. LATER SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO MONITOR. DRY SLOT ASSOC WITH THIS SYSTEM CUTS PCPN OFF BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING. SOME SCT-BKN LOW CLOUDS SATURDAY, BUT OVERALL A DRY PERIOD EXPECTED SAT MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY. XXV .LONG RANGE (DAYS 4-7)... THE MAJORITY OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD IS DOMINATED WITH THE CONTINUED LONGWAVE PATTERN OF THE WESTERN TROUGH AND EASTERN RIDGE...WITH A FEW WRINKLES THROWN IN LATE IN THE PERIOD. THE ECMWF HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT RECENTLY WITH THE FAST WSW FLOW ACROSS THE CONUS WITH A TROUGH OFF AND ALONG THE PAC NW...THIS PATTERN WILL EXIST SUNDAY NITE WITH THE TROUGH DEEPENING AND SLOWLY PROGRESSING EASTWARD INTO MONDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL BE PROGRESSING THRU THE OH VALLEY MONDAY PROVIDING THE MECHANISM FOR SHOWERS...BOUNDARY REMAINS NEAR THE REGION INTO TUESDAY WITH GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS. TEMPS MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE 15-20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. BY WEDNESDAY THE ECMWF AND GFS ENSEMBLE SOLUTIONS ARE NEARLY SAME...FOLLOWED CLOSELY INTO THE END OF THE PERIOD. DEEP TROUGH WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS...WITH LARGE AMPLIFIED RIDGE IN THE EAST. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEARLY 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH CHANCES OF PRECIP AS THE TROUGH AND FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. THURSDAY SHOULD BE THE TRANSITION DAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES THRU THE OH VALLEY...WITH RAIN...WIND AND MUCH COLDER TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MAY BE LARGE...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...THOUGH WILL LEAVE THUNDER OUT UNTIL PATTERN HOLDS A FEW MORE RUNS. ---SCHOTT && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1000 PM 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 1000 PM EST THU JAN 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA ALONG THE MUSCATATUCK RIVER. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR DETAILS (AWIPS ID: FLSLMK OR WMO ID: WGUS83 KLMK), OR CLICK ON THE RIVERS & LAKES AHPS SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE, LOCATED AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LMK (LOWER CASE). .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON PARTS OF THE OHIO RIVER BEGINNING FRIDAY. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR DETAILS (AWIPS ID: FLSLMK OR WMO ID: WGUS83 KLMK), OR CLICK ON THE RIVERS & LAKES AHPS SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE, LOCATED AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LMK (LOWER CASE). WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY, SHOWERS, SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL, WILL BE POSSIBLE NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS TO NWS LOUISVILLE. DK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River at Tell City, Indiana crested at 44.8 feet around 700 AM EST on January 13. Flood stage at Tell City is 38 feet. Agricultural bottomland is flooded at this level.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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