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Drought Information Statement

National Weather Service Louisville KY

448 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026



INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-

070>078-081-082-242300-

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

448 PM EDT Fri Apr 24 2026 /348 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026/



For the latest drought information statement from the National

Weather Service in Louisville, see:

weather.gov/media/lmk/DGT/DGT_LMK_04242026.PDF.



National Weather Service Louisville drought information portal:

weather.gov/lmk/DroughtInformationStatement.



NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...



04302026



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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



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