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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
325 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2026
INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-152130-
ORANGE-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS-CRAWFORD-PERRY-
HARRISON IN-FLOYD-CLARK IN-HANCOCK-BRECKINRIDGE-MEADE-OHIO-
GRAYSON-HARDIN-BULLITT-JEFFERSON-OLDHAM-TRIMBLE-HENRY-SHELBY-
FRANKLIN-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER-ANDERSON-WOODFORD-FAYETTE-
BOURBON-NICHOLAS-NELSON-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER-JESSAMINE-CLARK KY-
LARUE-MARION-BOYLE-GARRARD-MADISON-BUTLER-EDMONSON-HART-GREEN-
TAYLOR-CASEY-LINCOLN-LOGAN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-MONROE-
METCALFE-ADAIR-RUSSELL-CUMBERLAND-CLINTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PAOLI, SALEM, SCOTTSBURG, MADISON,
JASPER, ENGLISH, TELL CITY, CORYDON, NEW ALBANY, JEFFERSONVILLE,
LEWISPORT, HAWESVILLE, HARDINSBURG, BRANDENBURG, HARTFORD,
LEITCHFIELD, ELIZABETHTOWN, SHEPHERDSVILLE, LOUISVILLE,
LA GRANGE, BEDFORD, MILTON, NEW CASTLE, SHELBYVILLE, FRANKFORT,
GEORGETOWN, CYNTHIANA, TAYLORSVILLE, LAWRENCEBURG, VERSAILLES,
LEXINGTON, PARIS, CARLISLE, BARDSTOWN, SPRINGFIELD, HARRODSBURG,
NICHOLASVILLE, WINCHESTER, HODGENVILLE, LEBANON, DANVILLE,
LANCASTER, RICHMOND, MORGANTOWN, BROWNSVILLE, HORSE CAVE,
GREENSBURG, CAMPBELLSVILLE, LIBERTY, STANFORD, RUSSELLVILLE,
BOWLING GREEN, FRANKLIN, PROVIDENCE, SCOTTSVILLE, GLASGOW,
TOMPKINSVILLE, EDMONTON, COLUMBIA, JAMESTOWN, BURKESVILLE,
AND ALBANY
325 PM EDT FRI MAY 15 2026 /225 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2026/
FOR THE LATEST DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE, SEE:
WEATHER.GOV/MEDIA/LMK/DGT/DGT_LMK_05152026.PDF.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE DROUGHT INFORMATION PORTAL:
WEATHER.GOV/LMK/DROUGHTINFORMATIONSTATEMENT.
NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...
THE DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED BY NEXT FRIDAY,
5/22/2026
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...
THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THE USDA...
STATE AND REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER
DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN
GATHERED FROM THE NWS AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...COOPERATIVE NETWORK
STATIONS...THE USGS...AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION
STATEMENT PLEASE CONTACT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
6201 THEILER LANE
LOUISVILLE KY 40229
PHONE: 502-969-8842
W-LMK.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV
CG/AMS/CSG
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