A fast moving cold front coupled with an upper level low brought some heavy rains and river flooding to south central Indiana.
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A fast moving cold front coupled with an upper level low brought some heavy rains and river flooding to 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 Mar 4, 6:14 AM EST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 614 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 .UPDATE... FLOODING NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM WITH RAIN DIMINISHING IN STRENGTH AND COVERAGE. HAVE ALREADY CANCELLED FLOOD WATCH AND WILL BE ISSUING NEW ZONES TO REMOVE HEADLINE AND UPDATE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. THESE CHANCES WERE LOWERED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN ZONES FOR THIS MORNING...WITH DRYING TREND IN THE AFTERNOON REMAINING THE SAME. ALSO LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES A COUPLE OF DEGREES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH COOLER START THAT EXPECTED. LITTLE REBOUND TODAY...BUT SOME MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH CLEARING THIS MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES STEADY OUT AND FALL THROUGHOUT THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. ANOTHER AFD WILL BE ISSUED AROUND THE TOP OF THE HOUR...BUT ONLY TO UPDATE AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSION. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)... RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING...THOUGH A SLOW END TO THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS WILL OCCUR THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH AN HOUR POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN...THOUGH FOR THE MOST PART SO FAR THE AVERAGE OVERNIGHT HAS BEEN BETWEEN 0.25 AND 0.50 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS RAIN IS STEADY...BUT NOT HEAVY ENOUGH FOR ANY FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS...THOUGH SOME LOCALIZED AREAL FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE. WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME...SINCE IT IS STILL RAINING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. DO ANTICIPATE SOME CANCELLATIONS IN THE WESTERN ZONES ONCE RAIN SHUTS OFF TOWARD SUNRISE...SO AN EARLY MORNING UPDATE WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS (5-6AM EST APPROX). AN UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND THAT TIME AS WELL IF NO CHANGES TO THE WATCH WILL BE MADE. WOULD EXPECT EASTERN ZONES TO REMAIN IN THE WATCH UNTIL AT LEAST SCHEDULED EXPIRATION TIME WITH MODERATE RAIN POTENTIALLY CONTINUING A FEW HOURS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WILL LET DAY SHIFT TAKE KEEP WATCH ON THE FAR EASTERN ZONES. RAIN WEAKENS AND SHIFTS EAST BY THIS EVENING WITH ONLY SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. CHALLENGE FOR TONIGHT IS IF ANY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE AREA AND IF SO HOW MUCH. BULK OF THE MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE LOW THAT WILL BE WELL OFF TO THE NORTHEAST BY THE MIDDLE OF TONIGHT...WITH ONLY A LITTLE MOISTURE AVAILABLE WITH THE UPPER LOW AS IT TRACKS THROUGH KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. WILL CONTINUE LIGHT SNOW CHANCE MENTION MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH FOCUS AGAIN ON NORTHEASTERN ZONES WHERE A FEW TENTHS COULD ACCUMULATE. HOWEVER...DO NOT REALLY EXPECT MUCH TO STICK CONSIDERING WET GROUND AND TEMPERATURES HOVERING RIGHT AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. COULD SEE SOME WET ROADS FREEZE IN SPOTS OVERNIGHT AS WELL...THOUGH INCREASING WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT SHOULD HELP TO DRY ROAD SURFACES BEFORE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING PREVENTING ICE FROM BECOMING A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. .LONG-TERM (WEDNESDAY-MONDAY)... ACTIVE PATTERN WITH ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED. MOSTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPS AS WELL. WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY... HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY WITH A WRLY FLOW CONTINUING. THIS WILL HELP KEEP TEMPS FROM DROPPING OFF TOO MUCH ON WED...WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S TO AROUND 50 EXPECTED. BASICALLY AT OR JUST BELOW NORMALS. BUT BY EARLY THURSDAY...STRONG UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION...WHICH WILL BRING A CHANCE OF A RA/SN MIX IN THE MORNING...BUT RAIN BY THE AFTERNOON AS IT WARMS UP ENOUGH TO CHANGEOVER. HOWEVER KEPT THE POPS LOW SINCE THE QPF AMOUNTS ARE PRETTY MINIMAL. FRIDAY-SATURDAY... AFOREMENTIONED UPPER TROUGH WILL DIVE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...BRINGING WELL-BELOW NORMAL TEMPS TO THE REGION AS THE GFS AND EURO INDICATE. KEPT A SNOW OR RAIN/SNOW MIX FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AXIS. MAY BE ENOUGH QPF GENERATED TO PRODUCE A DUSTING OF SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT DID NOT GET CARRIED AWAY WITH AMOUNTS YET. COULD HAVE FLURRIES LINGERING INTO SATURDAY BUT WILL LEAVE DRY FOR NOW. WENT WELL BELOW HPC GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY WITH THE ENSEMBLES (GFS) INDICATING TEMPS 10 (20) DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THIS FAR OUT BRRR. HOWEVER...JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS OF COLD WEATHER. WE SHOULD REBOUND NICELY LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SUNDAY-MONDAY... THE COLD WEATHER OF FRI-SAT WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS WE SHOULD REBOUND DURING THIS TIME FRAME BACK TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES WITH WRLY FLOW ALOFT HELPING TO MODERATE TEMPS. GFS AND GFS ENSEMBLES HINT AT ANOTHER FRONT PASSING THROUGH ON MONDAY...BUT THE EURO DOES NOT SHOW THIS...AND THE QPF LOOKS MINIMAL ANYWAY. THUS LEFT MONDAY DRY FOR NOW. && .AVIATION (12Z TAFS)... RAIN DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA THOUGH MVFR/IFR CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE IN RAIN AND FOG THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD. THOUGH SOME BREAKS IN PRECIPITATION LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD...CIGS AND VIS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN PREVAILING IFR/MVFR. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AT KSDF AND KLEX AFTER 06Z WITH CONTINUED IFR/MVFR CIGS AND VIS. SOME IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && UPDATE.......MACZKO SHORT TERM...MACZKO LONG TERM....AL AVIATION.....MACZKO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 815 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-050930- 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- 815 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008 /715 AM CST TUE MAR 4 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. SOME MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON PARTS OF THE GREEN RIVER IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND ON THE MUSCATATUCK RIVER IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND NOT TRAVEL OVER ANY ROADWAYS THAT ARE UNDER WATER...AS WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF FLOODING AND RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 11
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Muscatatuck River at Deputy crested at 23.1 feet around 330 PM EST on March 4. Flood stage at Deputy is 20 feet. Minor flooding occurs at this level, with some county roads under water.
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