A cold front, coupled with a strong upper level system, brought heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of south central Indiana.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A cold front, coupled with a strong upper level system, brought heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of south central Indiana.
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 8, 6:05 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 605 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 .MESO UPDATE... LOW INSTABILITY...HIGH SHEAR EVENT ENTERING WESTERN CWA...WITH DEEPEST CONVECTION NEAR EVV WHERE FFW HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DUBOIS COUNTY. REPORTS OF 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR GIBSON/PIKE COUNTY LINE...AND RADAR OHP HAS ONE HOUR TOTALS AROUND 1.5 INCHES. DEW POINTS ARE NEAR 60 IN WESTERN KY...WHILE CENTRAL KY HAS 52-54 DEW POINTS...AND LATEST VWP FROM EVV HAS 40KTS IN BOUNDARY LAYER...BUT MAINLY UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS ALL THE WAY UP...IE NOT MUCH SHEAR...BUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF WIND. CELL APPROACHING DUBOIS COUNTY IS STRENGTHENING ON 2242Z VWX SCAN...WE ARE EVALUATING. JDG && .PREV SHORT-TERM DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 320 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008/ MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS FOCUS AROUND THE STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA DURING THE TONIGHT PERIOD. THE ENTIRE AREA IS IN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE AND AS OF 19Z THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 03Z. ALSO A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG GUSTS WITH GRADIENT WINDS FOR TONIGHT. A MID LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AND THIS ALONG WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING EAST OUT OF MISSOURI WILL TRIGGER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT EARLY THIS EVENING WILL BE OVER THE WEST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO AREAS EAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA LATER IN THE EVENING. THE INSTABILITY WITH THIS SYSTEM IS WEAK BUT THE SHEAR IS STRONG ENOUGH TO TRIGGER AT LEAST SOME SEVERE STORMS. THE MAIN AREA OF SHOWERS WILL END SHORTLY AFTER THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH GUSTS DIMINISHING AROUND DAYBREAK AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY WITH CLOUDS DECREASING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOME 10 TO 15 DEGREES COOLER ON WEDNESDAY THAN THE RECORD HIGHS RECORDED TODAY. && .AVIATION (00Z TAFS)... ...SIGNIFICANT AVIATION CONCERN FOR THE NEXT SIX HOURS... PRE-FRONTAL LINE OF SHOWERS/STORMS STRETCHES FROM IND...TO WEST OF SDF...TO WEST OF BWG. THIS IS MOVING NEWD...AND WILL AFFECT THE SDF AND BWG TAF SITES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...AND THE LEX TAF SITE MOST LIKELY AFTER 01Z...MAYBE LATER. VSBYS DOWN TO ONE MILE OR LESS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LOW VFR/HIGH MVFR CIGS WILL BE POSSIBLE. GUSTY SW WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE IN AND OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION...THOUGH T-STORMS MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE WSW WIND GUSTS OVER 40 KTS. WILL LEAVE THIS OUT OF THE TAFS AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL CONTINUE THE NON-CONVECTIVE WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 30 KTS FOR ROUGHLY SIX MORE HOURS. MAIN FRONT IS FURTHER WEST IN S-CNTRL IL...JUST REACHING FAR WRN KY. THIS COULD BRING A SECONDARY LINE OF SHRA/TSRA THROUGH THE TAF SITES...WITH ALL PRECIP LIKELY EXITING CENTRAL KY TO THE EAST BY 06-08Z. GRADIENT WINDS WILL VEER AROUND TO THE NW BEHIND THE FRONT AND CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY TOWARD 08-10Z. HIGH MVFR CIGS MAY CONTINUE UNTIL THEN AS WELL...WITH CLEARING 12Z AND LATER. WINDS WILL WANE WITH TIME BETWEEN 12-18Z WED. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ023>043- 045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082. IN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY FOR INZ076>079- 083-084-089>092. && SHORT-TERM...MBS UPDATE.......JDG AVIATION.....AL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 351 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-092100- 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- 351 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 /251 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR ALL OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND WEST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO MAY BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM 5 PM TO 8 PM EST WEST OF A LINE FROM JASPER INDIANA TO BOWLING GREEN...FROM 7 PM TO 11 PM EST IN LOUISVILLE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 65...AND FROM 9 PM TO 1 AM EST IN LEXINGTON AND ALONG INTERSTATE 75. A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS...NOT RELATED TO THUNDERSTORMS...WILL BE AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE A HAZARD TO TRAVELERS...SO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. AL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1234 PM EST TUE JAN 08 2008
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1000 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG LEXINGTON 38.04N 84.46W
01/08/2008 FAYETTE KY BROADCAST MEDIA
STREET LIGHTS WERE DOWNED ON NEWTOWN AND MAIN AND ON HIGH
STREET. A 51 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED AT BLUEGRASS
FIELD AROUND 945 AM.
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MRCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 525 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>026-082330- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM 525 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 /425 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008/ ...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND THAT PART OF WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 BY 630 PM EST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA...CAUSING HEAVY PONDING OF WATER AND RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS. NEVER DRIVE AROUND A BARRICADE WHICH IS THERE FOR YOUR PROTECTION. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS. DK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 607 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>032-061-062-070>072-090100- 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-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-LOGAN KY- WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE... BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN 607 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008 /507 PM CST TUE JAN 8 2008/ AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH 8 PM EST...7 PM CST. NUMEROUS RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 1 INCH ARE LIKELY WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THIS EVENING. RL
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Fast flowing water was over Indiana Highway 56 near Cuzco.
Fast flowing water was over Sunset Drive.
High water was flowing over several spots on roads and surrounding one home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 2008
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: 71898, 71899, 71900.