A slow moving cold front brought heavy rains and some flash flooding to south central Kentucky.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A slow moving cold front brought heavy rains and some flash flooding to south central Kentucky.
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 Jun 29, 1:00 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY)... UPPER AIR PATTERN CURRENTLY SHOWS A BROAD TROUGH ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AND NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. THIS TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AS ADDITIONAL ENERGY MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO. A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LIES IN AN EAST-WEST FASHION ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. A PREFRONTAL TROUGH AND A WIND SHIFT HAS ATTM MOVED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64 AND LIES ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY. CONVECTION WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BLUEGRASS REGION AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH. LATEST MSAS INDICATES LIS OF -4 TO -6 SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. LATEST RADAR WIND PROFILER SHOWS NORTHWEST MID LEVEL WINDS OF 25KT. THIS WILL ALLOW THE STRONGER STORMS TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. ACROSS OUR FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES...THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. QUITE A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE PREFERRED GFS AND THE NAM IN THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING. THE NAM ATTEMPTS TO STALL THE BOUNDARY ALONG I-64 THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...MAINTAINING VERY HIGH DEWPOINTS ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE PREFERRED GFS ALSO SLOWS THE FRONT DOWN...BUT DOES MOVE IT SOUTH OF KENTUCKY BY EARLY TOMORROW. FEEL THAT RAINFALL CHANCES WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTH. IN ADDITION...CHANCES OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA ARE QUITE A BIT LESS DUE TO COOLER TEMPERATURES AND CLOUD COVER. EVEN THOUGH THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH BY EARLY TOMORROW...THE DRIER AIR WILL LAG BEHIND IT...NOT REALLY ARRIVING INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON. FOR TONIGHT...WILL END POPS ACROSS THE NORTH AND DIMINISH CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTH. WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS OUR VERY SOUTHERN COUNTIES TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE WILL STILL BE IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE EXPECTED PUSH OF DRIER AIR. JSD .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... THERE SEEMS TO BE A GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS A DEEP CLOSED LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. THIS WILL IN TURN WILL SHIFT THE RATHER DEEP TROUGH THAT DEVELOPS OVER THE EAST COAST OVER THE WEEKEND TO THE SHIFT OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...AS THE WESTERN NOAM RIDGE REBUILDS IN RESPONSE TO THE DEEPENING LOW OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA. LATE IN THE PERIOD...THE ALASKAN TROUGH EJECTS A STRONG SHORT WAVE THAT LOOKS TO EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THE EASTERN TROUGH AND CAUSE IT TO DEEPEN LATE IN THE PERIOD. THIS WILL ALLOW ANOTHER COLD FRONT TO DROP INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. LATE NEXT WEEK. THE ABOVE SCENARIO WILL GENERATE A BRIEF COOL DOWN ON SATURDAY FOLLOWED BY A WARMUP ON SUNDAY AND THEN A RETURN TO SOMEWHAT HOT AND MUGGY WEATHER FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF THE NEW WORKWEEK. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY TIME FRAME AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHS TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PERIOD OF NEXT WEEK. --21 && .AVIATION (FOR 18Z TAFS)... WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SDF AND LEX AROUND 19 TO 21Z. CEILINGS WILL LOWER AT TIMES TO MVFR AT SDF AND LEX AFTER 20Z. SCATTERED CONVECTION MAY AFFECT SDF AND LEX FROM 18Z THROUGH 00Z. TIMING AND LOCATION OF CONVECTION DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. DUE TO EXPECTED 30 TO 40% COVERAGE WILL COVER WITH VCTS FOR NOW. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AT BWG THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDER AFTER 19Z. SOME CONVECTION AROUND BWG MAY BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON. JSD && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 257 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-300830- 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- 257 PM EDT (157 PM CDT) FRI JUN 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT SLIDES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE MAIN THREATS OVERNIGHT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY SATURDAY WHERE MOISTURE MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED ACTIVITY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS ON THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE. JSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 114 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 INZ090-KYZ024-025-291745- BRECKINRIDGE-HARRISON-MEADE- 114 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...STRONG STORM MOVING ACROSS MEADE...SOUTHERN HARRISON...AND NORTHERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES... AT 108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF BRANDENBURG...OR 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR BRANDENBURG BY 120 PM EDT. NEAR EKRON BY 125 PM EDT. 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOE VALLEY BY 135 PM EDT. NEAR GARRETT BY 140 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JSD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 139 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 INZ090-KYZ025-028-029-291800- BULLITT-HARDIN-HARRISON-MEADE- 139 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS MOVING THROUGH FORT KNOX... AT 135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WEST POINT...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR WEST POINT AND FORT KNOX BY 145 PM EDT. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN BULLITT COUNTY BY 2 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCHOLZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 159 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 KYZ028-029-045-291830- BULLITT-HARDIN-NELSON- 159 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS BULLITT COUNTY... AT 157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHEPHERDSVILLE...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE... ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCHOLZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 220 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 KYZ029-045-046-054-291845- BULLITT-MARION-NELSON-WASHINGTON- 220 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NELSON COUNTY... AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES WEST OF BARDSTOWN...OR 29 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR BARDSTOWN BY 230 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCHOLZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 247 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 KYZ070>073-292000- LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN... FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE 147 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 144 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS LOGAN COUNTY AND THE CITY OF RUSSELLVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WARREN...SIMPSON AND ALLEN COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM EDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW PLACES. KYZ028>030-034-035-038>043-045>049-053>057-064>067-292000- HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN 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- GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...SHELBYVILLE... FRANKFORT...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...GREENSBURG... CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD 247 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 /147 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007/ ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AT 244 PM EDT. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SCHOLZ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 259 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 KYZ038-039-045>047-054-055-291930- ANDERSON-BOYLE-MARION-MERCER-NELSON-SPENCER-WASHINGTON- 259 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WASHINGTON...MERCER AND ANDERSON COUNTIES... AT 256 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING EASTERN SPENCER COUNTY THROUGH THE WESTERN PARTS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 45 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR SPRINGFIELD BY 305 PM EDT. NEAR HARRODSBURG BY 330 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCHOLZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Three homes across from Reservoir Drive were taking on water as Town Creek overflowed its banks. Some families required evacuation.
Water was flowing across Porter Pike between the 4000th and 5000th block.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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