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 23, 11:25 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION ...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1125 AM EST MON JAN 23 2006 .MORNING UPDATE... LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEEN MOVING STEADILY TO THE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING AND THE RAIN OVER THE EASTERN COUNTIES HAS NEARLY ENDED. UPDATED ZONES TO DECREASE THE CLOUDS SOONER AND TO SHOW THE FASTER ENDING TO THE RAIN. THE REMAINING RAIN WILL END BY 1 PM EST. SCHOLZ .SHORT TERM (TODAY-TONIGHT)... BAND OF HVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE LMK CWA AS OF 10 UTC. WE WILL CANCEL THE FLOOD WATCH AND LET ANY FLOOD ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS EXPIRE AS OF 6 AM EST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER HAVE BEEN UPWARD OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. SUMMARY LSR OF FLOOD REPORTS WILL BE SENT SOON. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT PCPN OR SPRINKLES HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS WRN KY UP INTO SRN IND AT THE BACK EDGE OF THE ENTRANCE REGION TO ANTICYCLONICALLY CURVED JET STREAK...AND THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO LMK CWA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. FCST SOUNDINGS INDICATE RAIN...EVEN WITH SFC TEMPS IN THE MIDDLE 30S. LOW STRATUS IS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD OVER THE MIDWEST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. EARLIER PILOT REPORTS NEAR STL INDICATE CLOUD DECK IS RELATIVELY THIN. NAM LOW LEVEL RH FIELDS SUGGEST THAT WELL SEE THE LOW CLOUDS DISSIPATE FROM N TO S ONLY DURING THE LATE AFTN HOURS...SO IT WILL BASICALLY BE A CLOUDY DAY. REGARDING THE TAFS... IFR/LIFR CIGS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THIS MORNING. FOLLOWED THE NAM SFC TEMPS...WHICH SHOW MOST OF THE CWA REBOUNDING INTO THE LOW/MIDDLE 40S AFTER PCPN EXITS...THOUGH IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF WE STAY COOLER WITH NORTHERLY FLOW AND CLOUDS. ASSUMING CLEARING TAKES PLACE BY TONIGHT...READINGS SHOULD FALL TO AROUND OR JUST BELOW FREEZING. AHEAD OF DISTURBANCE DROPPING DOWN INTO GREAT LAKES BY 12 UTC TUESDAY...BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS SHOULD INCREASE ENOUGH LATE TONIGHT TO PRECLUDE FOG FORMATION EVEN WITH MOIST GROUND...EXCEPT IN SOME OF THE SHELTERED VALLEYS. THERE STILL COULD BE A PERIOD THIS EVENING WHERE WINDS DIE OFF ENOUGH FOR A PERIOD OF PATCHY FOG...SOMETHING FOR LATER SHIFTS TO WATCH. CS .LONG TERM (TUESDAY-SUNDAY)... AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PD...UPPER AIR PATTERN OVER NOAM IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MEAN TROF IN THE EAST WITH A RIDGE OUT WEST. WITH THIS PATTERN...THE OHIO VALLEY WILL REMAIN IN A GENERAL NORTHWEST FLOW SETUP. S/W TROF WILL DROP OUT OF CANADA AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES DURING THE DAY LATE TUE AND WEDNESDAY AND THEN INTO THE NORTHEAST BY LATE WEDNESDAY. THE MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR HANDLING OF THIS SYSTEM WITH MUCH OF THE MOISTURE REMAINING NORTH/NORTHEAST OF THE CWA. SO WE WILL CONTINUE THE DRY FORECAST AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY LOOK GOOD AND ONLY SOME MINOR EDITS WERE MADE TO THE GRIDS. WE HAVE TRENDED TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN CLOSE TO THE 00Z ENSEMBLE MEANS. BY LATE IN THE PERIOD THE LONG TERM MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE IN THEIR SOLUTIONS. COMPARING THE 23/00Z GFS AND 22/12Z ECMWF RUNS...THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE CENTRAL PLAINS SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES. IT APPEARS THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE CWA...SO THE DRY FCST CONTINUES. TOWARDS THE WEEKEND...SECOND AND STRONGER H5 LOW OVER THE DESERT SW IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE 22/12Z EURO TAKES THIS SYSTEM GENERALLY EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN OHIO VALLEY BY LATE IN THE PERIOD WHILE THE GFS IS A BIT SLOWER WITH THE EVOLUTION IN THE UPPER LEVELS. THE GFS SOLUTION DEVELOPS AN INVERTED TROF TYPE STRUCTURE SIMILAR TO THE SYSTEM WERE DEALING WITH AT THE MOMENT. PREVIOUSLY DRY FCST HERE WILL BE UPDATED TO ADD A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES LOOK GOOD AND ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WILL NEED TO ME MADE. TEMPERATURES STILL LOOK TO BE SOME 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE PD. A LOOK DOWNRANGE CONTINUES TO HINT AT A POSSIBLE RETURN OF WINTER BY THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. -MJ && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1130 AM EST MON JAN 23 2006 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-240930- 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- 1130 AM EST MON JAN 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SCHOLZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Rough River at Dundee crested around 25.7 feet just before sunrise on January 24. Flood stage at Dundee is 25 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with a section of KY 69 on the right bank near the bridge beginning to flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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