5 inches to the Bowling Green Airport. This led to minor flooding on Drake's Creek near Alvaton on the 29th and 30th.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
Widespread heavy rains across Warren County during the day on the 28th brought a one day rainfall total of over 2.5 inches to the Bowling Green Airport. This led to minor flooding on Drake's Creek near Alvaton on the 29th and 30th.
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 Apr 29, 4:44 AM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 644 AM EDT Tue Apr 29 2014 ...Updated Aviation Discussion... .SHORT TERM (Now through Wednesday)... Issued at 300 AM EDT Tue Apr 29 2014 A sprawling vertically stacked closed low now centered over western Missouri will weaken as it slowly drifts towards Wisconsin by early Wednesday morning. A broad cyclonic flow around the southeastern side of this feature will contain a second shortwave, one that will move northwards through the Commonwealth later this afternoon. This disturbance may spark scattered to numerous thunderstorms late this afternoon and evening, especially east of Interstate 65. Steep low level lapse rates, low freezing levels and strong mid-level winds may allow some of these storms to become severe, with isolated large hail and damaging winds. Currently, showers continue across the eastern third of our CWA, roughly from north of Lexington south along Interstate 75 into the Lake Cumberland Area. This precipitation, associated with a plume of rich Gulf moisture, will slowly work its way east and will exit our eastern counties right around or slightly before dawn. Believe that isolated showers across southwestern Indiana associated with an outflow boundary from earlier last evening will dissipate by dawn as well. Drier air will move into central Kentucky this morning. Quite a bit of sun will develop from west to east this morning as moisture associated with the departing precipitation is shunted east. Temperatures will warm nicely and we should expect highs generally in the mid to upper 70s. Steepening lapse rates this afternoon will lead to good mixing, with southwest winds increasing to 10 to 15 mph with higher gusts by noon. Convective development this afternoon is problematic and not at all certain. Thunderstorm development seems most likely east of Interstate 65 and possibly closer to I-75 by mid afternoon. Should they develop, they will take the form of relatively fast moving low-topped individual cells or short line segments. Again, marginally severe hail and an isolated damaging wind gust is possible with any of the stronger storms. Storms will move off to the east by late evening, leaving partly cloudy skies for much of the overnight period. Colder air will finally begin to move in from the west on Wednesday. Afternoon sun will likely give way to afternoon cloudiness with highs in the mid 60s to around 70. .LONG TERM (Wednesday Night through Monday)... Issued at 302 AM EDT Tue Apr 29 2014 Rather impressive and anomalous upper air pattern will greet us at the start of the long term period. Large/nearly vertically stacked upper level cut off low will be located in the upper Midwest. This feature is expected to slowly drift eastward through the first half of the long term period. Associated surface cold front should be well east of the region by Wednesday night and Thursday. The latest model trends continue to support the previous forecast idea that the upper low will remain a bit further northwest of the region. Thus, have continued to back off PoPs slightly. Typically in a regime like this in the Ohio Valley, we're likely to see a diurnal PoP pattern where coverage maximizes in the afternoon and then drops off in the evening/overnight hours. For now plan on keeping just chance category Thursday and Friday afternoons. The presence of the upper level low and associated anomalously cool upper temps will keep our surface temperatures well below seasonal normals for Thursday and Friday. Highs will range from the upper 50s to around 60 in the north with lower 60s in the south. Overnight lows look to cool into the lower to middle 40s each night. The latest guidance continues to show the usual spread as we head into the weekend. The Euro run has backed off the 12Z idea of a stronger height anomaly dropping through the southern stream and across the northern Gulf states. The Pacific jet looks to pick up steam by the weekend kicking the stubborn upper low off the the northeast but will keep a steady stream of cool modified Pacific air into the region. A frontal boundary looks to approach the region from the northwest by late Saturday and into early Sunday. This front will probably sag very slowly to the south as the upper flow becomes more zonal aloft with increasing time. In general, the PoP forecast for the weekend looks a little drier than in previous forecasts. Still think that some isolated late day showers will be possible Saturday evening...but much of the day looks to remain generally dry. Depending on cloud cover, a gradient of temperature looks to be increasingly likely. Highs look to warm into the middle to upper 60s across the north with mainly upper 60s to near 70 in the south. Highs Sunday look to edge a little warmer with mainly lower 70s expected. Moderating temperatures look to continue into Monday as well as the latest multi-model blends yield lower to middle 70s. Overnight lows through the period look to drop into the middle to upper 40s. && .AVIATION (12Z TAF Update)... Issued at 645 AM EDT Tue Apr 29 2014 In the wake of rainfall exiting the Bluegrass Region, low MVFR strato-cu will linger at LEX and SDF until shortly after dawn. VFR ceilings have already arrived at BWG. Ceilings will rise and scatter out during the morning hours, and VFR conditions are expected for the rest of the afternoon hours. South winds of around 5 to 9kt will become southwesterly by late morning and increase to 12 to 14kt with some higher gusts by noon. Winds will diminish to westerly 5 to 10kt after dark this evening. Scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon and continue through the evening hours, especially east of Interstate 65. Will put in VCTS after 03z for LEX where chances of precipitation will become likely by early evening. Any ceilings that develop later this evening will stay VFR outside of any scattered thunderstorm. Precipitation will end at TAF sites by 12z Wednesday. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && Short Term........JSD Long Term.........MJ Aviation..........JSD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 352 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-300800- 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- 352 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2014 /252 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINS YESTERDAY AND EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE BROUGHT MANY STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS UP TO BANKFUL. MOTORISTS THIS MORNING SHOULD USE CAUTION AROUND ANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR LOW SPOTS ALONG ANY RURAL ROADS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. JSD/MJ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains on the 28th led to minor flooding of Drake's Creek at Alvaton. Flood state is 22 feet. The creek reached 25.8 feet during the afternoon of the 29th.
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