A stationary frontal boundary over the lower Ohio Valley brought some training thunderstorms to parts of east central Kentucky. These thunderstorms over previously saturated ground caused some river flooding over the Licking River basin.
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A stationary frontal boundary over the lower Ohio Valley brought some training thunderstorms to parts of east central Kentucky. These thunderstorms over previously saturated ground caused some river flooding over the Licking River basin.
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 28, 2:22 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 322 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2008 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND SATURDAY)... THE COLD FRONT HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA AND COLDER AIR WAS SPREADING OVER THE AREA AT MID AFTERNOON. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE NORTH HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND INTO THE MID 40S ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. AS NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING DRIER AIR INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT...CLOUDS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. STILL EXPECT SOME CLOUDS TO PERSIST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. BY DAYBREAK TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE MID 30S ACROSS THE NORTH AND MID 40S OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA. SATURDAY...SOUTHERLY WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL BRING MORE MOISTURE BACK INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE FA DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE AFTERNOON. THE NAM TRIES TO BRING RAIN INTO THE AREA DURING THE MORNING BUT THIS APPEARS TOO AGGRESSIVE... ESPECIALLY WITH THE LOWER LEVELS STARTING OUT DRY AND SURFACE WINDS FROM THE EAST. THIS SHOULD KEEP THE LOWER LEVELS DRIER. LIKE THE GFS FOR TIMING OF THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION WITH MAINLY THE FAR SOUTHWEST IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY WITH AREAS JUST TO THE NORTH IN LOW SLIGHT CHANCE AND THE NORTHEAST PARTS REMAINING DRY. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND INTO THE LOWER AND MID 50S...ESPECIALLY WITH SOME SUNSHINE POKING THROUGH THE MID AND HIGH CLOUDS. .LONG TERM (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... VERY ACTIVE WET LONG TERM PATTERN. GENERAL WRN CONUS TROUGHING WITH EMBEDDED STRONGER MID LEVEL ENERGY WILL BE THE SOURCE FOR CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE LONG TERM PERIOD. (SAT NIGHT THROUGH MON) A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY LEFT OVER FROM TODAY/S FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL LINGER TO OUR SOUTH. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT THIS BOUNDARY NRD SAT NIGHT/SUN. THE H85 FRONT WILL BE THE FIRST TO LIFT NWRD OVER OUR FORECAST AREA (FA) SATURDAY NIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY A MID LEVEL SHRT/WV. EXPECTING SOME ELEVATED SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED T-STORM SATURDAY NIGHT. COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN SCATTERED AND POP CHANCES WILL PROGRESS S TO N IN ACCORDANCE WITH FRONTAL MOVEMENT. THE SFC BOUNDARY WILL EVENTUALLY LIFT N OF THE AREA ON SUN SHIFTING SFC WINDS TO THE SOUTH. WE WILL BE IN WARM MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW SUN THROUGH MON AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS. WITHIN THIS FLOW THERE WILL BE SEVERAL SHRT/WVS...HOWEVER MODELS HAVING A HARD TIME PINNING DOWN THE WHEN AND WHERE FOR THESE IMPULSES. SO HAVE MAINTAINED CHANCE POPS THROUGH MON. TEMPS DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE ON THE INCREASE IN THE WAA SCHEME. MOST LOCATIONS OVER THE FA COULD TOP 70 FOR HIGHS BY MON. (MON NIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT) THE AFOREMENTIONED SFC LOW WILL BE OVER THE GRT LKS REGION BY MON NIGHT DROPPING A COLD FRONT OVER THE REGION LATE MON NIGHT INTO EARLY TUE MORNING. DEFINITELY EXPECTING SOME SHOWERS AND T-STORMS WITH THE FRONT SO HAVE MAINTAINED LIKELY POPS HERE. INSTABILITY LOOKING PRETTY DECENT WITH LI/S DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS NEARING 0. GOOD RETURN OF GULF MOISTURE ALONG THIS FRONT SHOULD AID RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FA. THANK GOODNESS THIS FRONT IS A FAST MOVER OR RAINFALL COULD BE A BIT HIGHER. TEMPS WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S FOR HIGHS AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S/LOWER 40S BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. (THU AND FRIDAY) THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE FORMING IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THU LOOKING TO GIVE US ANOTHER GOOD ROUND OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS BY THE END OF THE WEEK. MODELS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME RESOLVING TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM SO WILL MAINTAIN A 30 POP. TEMPS WILL REBOUND NICELY ON THU AHEAD OF THE FRONT INTO THE 60S. && .AVIATION (18Z TAFS)... THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION THAT ACCOMPANIED A FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING HAS EXITED THE REGION. IN ITS WAKE CIGS HAVE LOWERED INTO THE IFR RANGE WITH VSBYS 5 MILES OR GREATER. CIGS WILL STAY IFR FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS THEN IMPROVE TO MVFR LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...BEFORE GOING VFR LATER THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES EAST ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AREA. MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND BY THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY AFFECTING BWG TAF SITE. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SCHOLZ LONG TERM....AML AVIATION.....SCHOLZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 350 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-292000- 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- 350 PM EDT FRI MAR 28 2008 /250 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A FEW STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. A STRONGER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL THEN SWEEP A COLD FRONT THROUGH OUR AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AT THAT TIME WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. THEREFORE...CREEK AND STREAM LEVELS WILL AGAIN NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD CONCERNS. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA BY THURSDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. IT IS TOO EARLY TO ANTICIPATE WHETHER OR NOT THE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. AML
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Licking River at Blue Licks Spring crested at 25.2 feet around 815 PM EST on March 28. Flood stage at Blue Licks Spring is 25 feet. Minor flooding of bottom land occurs at this level.
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