1 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 Jan 9, 4:15 AM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 415 AM EST SUN JAN 9 2005 .SHORT RANGE (DAYS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... LOW CLOUDS PERSISTED ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND HAVE SHOWN LITTLE PROGRESS IN DECREASING EXCEPT OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY TODAY. AS PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS WITH HIGH MOVING TO THE EAST CLOUDS EXPECTED TO ERODE MORE WITH DECREASE IN CLOUDS ACROSS FA THIS AFTERNOON. WILL FOLLOW CLOSER TO GFS/ECMWF THIS MORNING WITH ETA BEING THE OUTLIER PER HPC MODEL DISCUSSION. MAIN PROBLEMS THIS MORNING WILL BE TEMPERATURES TODAY, TIMING OF ONSET OF PRECIPITATION AND POSITION OF FRONT THAT WILL SETTLE SOUTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAST THE CLOUDS DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON, HAVE TRIMMED TEMPERATURES BACK A COUPLE OF DEGREES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST BUT NOT AS MUCH AS GFS MOS. HIGH TEMPERATURE BASED ON GETTING SOME SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. IF CLOUDS DO NOT START BREAKING UP BY EARLY AFTERNOON THEN TEMPERATURES WILL NOT REACH EXPECTED HIGHS. NEXT PROBLEM IS TIMING THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION MONDAY NIGHT. GFS HAS FRONT FARTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUS RUN AND THIS WILL ALLOW RAIN TO GET INTO FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY A LITTLE EARLIER. HAVE ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PARTS OF FA...MAINLY SOUTHERN INDIANA. THEN BROUGHT RAIN ACROSS THE FA DURING THE NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS AND MOST WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL BE DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. CANNOT RULE OUT THUNDER BUT WILL LEAVE MENTION OUT FOR NOW. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WARMER AIR INTO FA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. IN SPITE OF CLOUDS AND RAIN, THE WARMER AIR WILL STILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REACH INTO THE LOWER AND MID 50S FOR HIGHS. -MBS LONG RANGE (DAYS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... PREVIOUS THINKING REMAINS THE SAME...WITH A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER COMING LATER THIS WEEK. GFS/DGEX/ECMWF/GEM IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH SOMETIME ON THURSDAY. SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...POSSIBLY ENDING AS SOME LIGHT SNOW BEHIND IT. THOUGH NO ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS NEEDED GIVEN THE CURRENT RIVER CONDITIONS...THE BIG STORY WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE THE TEMPERATURE CHANGE IT WILL USHER IN. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THURSDAY AT YOUR LOCATION WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON WHEN THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH. LOCATIONS IN WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY SEE HIGHS AT DAWN WITH STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...WHILE IN THE EAST TEMPS MAY HAVE A CHANCE TO RISE A BIT BEFORE THE FRONT CHARGES THROUGH. HIGH PRESSURE OVER SIBERIA THIS MORNING WILL BLEED EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST CANADA BY MID-WEEK. AN INITIAL PACKET OF COLD AIR WILL BE ISSUED SOUTHWARD BEHIND THURSDAYS COLD FRONT TO ARRIVE HERE FRIDAY...AND THEN THE MAIN DOME OF FRIGID AIR WILL COME IN FOR THE WEEKEND. TRENDED TEMPS DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SCHOLZ/TAR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1030 PM EST SAT JAN 8 2005 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-091000- 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 1030 PM EST SAT JAN 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. FLOODING IS FORECAST OR WILL OCCUR ON THE OHIO, GREEN, AND ROLLING FORK RIVERS ALONG WITH STONER CREEK NEAR PARIS 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR...WHICH WOULD AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Rolling Fork River at Boston crested at 35.79 feet around 645 PM EST on January 9. Flood stage at Boston is 35 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with some agricultural bottomland covered.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5434144.