As a result of widespread 2 to 4 inch rainfall during the last several days in April, the Green River experienced minor flooding in early May at Rochester and Woodbury.
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As a result of widespread 2 to 4 inch rainfall during the last several days in April, the Green River experienced minor flooding in early May at Rochester and Woodbury.
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 30, 11:09 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 109 AM EDT Thu May 1 2014 ...Updated Aviation Discussion... ...Forecast Update... Issued at 920 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2014 Weak radar returns showing up over southern Indiana, but based on upstream METARs only sprinkles reaching the ground. Grids have been tweaked for this possibility over the next couple hours, but once we lose the cyclonic curvature to the low-level flow the rest of the night will be dry. Not expecting measurable precip in any case. Otherwise the forecast is well on track. .SHORT TERM (Now through Thursday Night)... Issued at 300 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2014 We'll remain under the influence of an upper low wobbling across the upper Midwest through Thurs night. This will result in on and off isld showers and/or drizzle and cool conditions. Looks like the best chance for some light isld precip would be this evening and then again Thurs during the day as vorticity swings through the area along the south side of the upper low along with a weak sfc trough. Thus, have 20-30% POPs for this evening and Thurs. It's possible light precip could occur tonight or Thurs night as well with multiple waves swinging around the upper low and plenty of low level moisture in place. However, will hold off and try to just pinpoint the best times for isld showers. Temperatures will remain on the cool side with the upper low in place over the Midwest. 40s look on track for lows tonight and Thurs night with Thurs night being slightly cooler. Expect high temps Thurs in the lower 60s. .LONG TERM (Friday through Wednesday)... Issued at 300 AM EDT Thu May 01 2014 Extended period will be relatively quiet weather wise with a warming trend that will make it feel more summerlike by early and especially mid next week. Early in the period (this weekend), mid-level flow will be northwesterly with possible weak disturbances advancing southeast on the eastern periphery of warmer air over the central and southern Plains. This pattern is reminiscent of a classic northwest flow convective pattern. However, low-level moisture and instability will be missing for the most part. Thus, precip chances are low, especially Saturday with perhaps a slight chance of a few showers Sunday over northern and eastern portions of our forecast area where modest isentropic lift may occur. && .AVIATION (06Z TAF Update)... Issued at 108 AM EDT Thu May 1 2014 Weak surface boundary continues to move eastward across the region early this morning. Deck of low-mid level cloudiness is transversing the region and will lead to MVFR ceilings over the first part of the forecast period. KBWG and KSDF will see cloudiness linger until around 01/08Z then those sites should go mostly clear. KLEX will see cloudiness linger until around 01/10-11Z then see partial clearing. Some light drizzle will be possible at KSDF and KLEX...but visibilities are expected to remain VFR. Surface winds will generally be westerly at 4-5kts. We'll see clouds build back in later this morning as we will still be under the influence of the upper level and surface low to our northwest. Winds look to be quite breezy today with southwesterly winds of 12-15kts and gusts to 25-26kts at times. The winds are expected to slacken off and decouple after 02/01-02Z. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && Update.........RAS Short Term.....AMS Long Term......KJD Aviation.......MJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 315 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-011915- 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- 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...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON... PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG... NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE... GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE... BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE... EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 315 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014 /215 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014/ 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE. AMS/KD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Green River at Woodbury went into flood around midnight May 1st. It peaked at 33.9 feet during the morning hours before falling below flood stage late in the day. Flood stage at Woodbury is 33.0 feet.
Heavy rains across south central Kentucky during the last few days of April led to minor flooding of the Green River at Rochester Ferry on May 1st. The river just barely reached its flood stage of 17 feet for a few minutes around 5 pm CST.
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