11 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 Jan 22, 3:15 PM EST, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 315 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2006 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND MONDAY)... THE FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL CENTRAL INDIANA AT MID AFTERNOON. THERE HAS BEEN SOME DECREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE RAIN AREA. HOWEVER THE NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHEAST TEXAS AND ARKANSAS. MAIN CHALLENGES WITH TONIGHT/S FORECAST ARE TIMING THE PRECIPITATION AND HOW HEAVY THE RAIN WILL BE. MODELS ARE GIVING THE SAME GENERAL SOLUTION WITH MINOR DIFFERENCES IN TIMING THE ENDING OF THE RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THE GFS HAS HANDLED THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION WELL WITH THE NAM MUCH SLOWER TO ADVANCE THE RAIN NORTHWARD. THE GFS BRINGS A QUICK HEAVY BAND OF RAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. WHILE THE NAM SHOWS LIGHTER PRECIPITATION BUT KEEPS THE HIGH RH IN A LITTLE LONGER. FOR THE MOST PART PREFER THE GFS BUT WILL SLOW THE ENDING OF THE RAIN A FEW HOURS...BLENDING HERE A LITTLE TOWARD THE NAM. HEAVY RAIN STILL APPEARS ON TRACK...BOTH NAM AND GFS SHOW LOW LEVEL JET INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS EVENING WHILE AT THE SAME TIME UPPER LEVEL JET RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION BRINGS UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. ISENTROPIC LIFT ALSO INCREASES OVER THE AREA AFTER 00Z. CURRENT PLACEMENT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD WATCH LOOK GOOD AND WILL LEAVE PLACE. WILL ALSO KEEP ISOLATED THUNDER ACROSS THE FAR SOUTH...EXPECT ADDED LIFT FROM JETS AND ISENTROPIC LIFT TO HELP TRIGGER THUNDER. OTHER PROBLEM WILL BE TIMING THE ENDING OF THE PRECIPITATION. RAIN SHOULD END OVER THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS BEFORE MORNING AND WILL END ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 18Z. WILL ALSO ALLOW CLOUDS TO DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA...REACHING THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST BY 00Z. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE 30S OVERNIGHT THEN RISE ONLY INTO THE MID AND UPPER 40S ON MONDAY. SCHOLZ .LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... NORTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THIS FORECAST. HOWEVER WE WILL SEE BACKING WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A TROUGH DROPPING THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. TEMPERATURES WILL RESPOND WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE MID 50S. WITH A NORTHWEST FLOW IN PLACE WEDNESDAY TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOME 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN TUESDAY. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR EXPECT AS THE COOL FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) UPPER LEVEL NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH WILL MOVE TO THE EAST COAST AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD AND WE WILL SEE A RETURN TO A ZONAL OR SOUTHWEST FLOW. MODELS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES CLOSED LOW WITH THE GFS BRINGING THE SYSTEM EAST ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHILE THE EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN MODELS WEAKEN IT AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES. EVEN THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME AT THE END OF THE WEEK WITH A STANDARD DEVIATION OF 5 TO 8 FOR TEMPERATURES AND 8 TO 10 FOR PRECIPITATION. WITH THIS UNCERTAINTY AND POPS ONLY AROUND 30% WE WILL LEAVE THIS FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. WILL FOLLOW THE GFS ENSEMBLE AVERAGES. - JA && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF SRN KY. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1015 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2006 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-230930- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 1015 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TRACK OF THE LOW. RAINFALL STORM TOTALS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM LESS THEN AN INCH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UPWARDS TO TWO TO THREE INCHES AND LOCALLY MORE ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. USE E-SPOTTER ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. --21
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:51 UTC.
11 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few roads were flooded and impassable in the Richmond area. Parts of Catalpa Loop Road were closed due to high water.
Several creeks and streams were out of their banks across the county. Water was over several roads in the county, including Highway 70.
Several county roads were blocked by high water. Paint Lick Creek was out of its banks, along with several other creeks across the county.
Numerous roads were flooded and several creeks were out of their banks.
Several county roads were flooded. Many area creeks were out of their banks. Water was over a bridge in the western part of the county, but the route name/number was undetermined.
Several county roads were closed due to high water. Water covered a bridge along highway 100. Many creeks were out of their banks.
A home was flooded when a creek ran out of its banks. A few roads were closed due to high water.
Numerous roads in the county were flooded.
A few county roads were covered with water.
A few county roads were covered with water.
A few county roads were covered with water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 2006
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: 5486516, 5486518, 5486515, 5486521, 5486513, 5486514, 5486523, 5486522, 5486520, 5486517, 5486519.