1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 27, 2:47 AM CST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 247 AM CST TUE FEB 27 2001 MAIN FORECAST QUESTIONS ARE POPS/TIMING/TYPE FOR TODAY INTO TONIGHT... THEN WED NIGHT POPS. 07Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHEAST GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. LATEST IR SATELLITE/SURFACE OBS SHOW MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS ACROSS ILLINOIS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO OKLAHOMA. LOW CLOUDS WITH SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW/FREEZING RAIN/RAIN REPORTS WERE ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS INTO KANSAS AND NORTHERN MISSOURI. IR SATELLITE/LIGHTNING DATA INDICATING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS FROM SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. COMPARING FWC/MAV VALUES...BOTH MODELS HAVE DONE SOME BACKING OFF SINCE THE LAST RUN ON POPS FOR LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ETA BRINGS PRECIP INTO THE REGION THE FASTEST TODAY...AROUND 18Z...WITH AVN BRINGING SOME LIGHT PRECIP INTO NORTHERN AREAS OF THE FORECAST AREA AROUND 00Z WED...NGM AROUND 06Z. NGM ALSO HAS HIGHER QPF FOR NORTHERN AREAS...WHILE AVN AND ETA KEEP HIGHEST QPF OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS WITH AVN BEING MOST MINIMAL. WILL BASICALLY FOLLOW A COMPROMISE OF ETA/AVN. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA BUT PUSH THEM TO MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL CHECK RADAR TRENDS JUST PRIOR TO ISSUANCE. WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE MODELS TRENDING BACK SOMEWHAT ON THE POPS FOR TONIGHT...WITH CHANCE POPS IN THE NORTH AND LIKELY POPS FOR THE SOUTH. WILL ALSO THROW IN A LOW POP FOR WED MORN FOR SOUTHEAST SECTION OF FA. AS FOR PRECIP CHANGING OVER TO SNOW...WILL CONTINUE WITH GOING PACKAGE TREND FOR A CHANGE IN NORTHERN SECTIONS BEFORE ENDING. ON TO WED NIGHT...MRF AND AVN BRING MINOR PRECIP INTO SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE FA. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OVER THE AREA FOR WED NIGHT...BUT WILL BACK OFF ON POPS A BIT. INTO THE EXTENDED...AVN AND MRF BOTH SHOW SOME PRECIP OVER THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. WITH TRACK OF LOW SO FAR SOUTH AND QPF STILL LOOKING MINIMAL...WILL OPT TO KEEP DRY FORECAST BUT WILL TWEAK CLOUDS TRENDS. FWC/MAV GUIDANCE VERY SIMILAR AND WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY...WHICH WILL ONLY REQUIRE MINOR TWEAKS TO GOING PACKAGE. EXTENDED TEMPS ALSO MATCH PRETTY WELL WITH NEW MRF GUIDANCE AND WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR CHANGES. .PAH..o.NONE. RSU
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Due to backwater effects from the flooding Mississippi River, the Big Muddy River rose to flood stage at Murphysboro on the last two days of the month. The river was no more than a foot above flood stage, so only minor flooding of cropland occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, February 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5231842.