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 Jun 6, 1:00 AM CST, 9 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001 06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO DEPICT LOW OVER WESTERN TEXAS WITH AN ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH MCI...SPI TO NEAR IND. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SE US STILL FOCUSES RIDGE AXIS THROUGH HEART OF THE FA. 00Z WED MODEL RUNS AGREE THE WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER ...ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF FA...TODAY. HOWEVER DISCONTINUITIES WITH THE AVN/ETA SOLUTIONS BEGIN OVNGT TNGT. THE AVN BRINGS COLD FRONT EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 06Z THU AND SOUTH/EAST OF THE FA BY 12Z THU. IN CONTRAST...THE ETA HOLDS FRONT WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 12Z (60 HOURS) FRIDAY. THE 00Z TUE ETA RUN POSITIONED THE FRONT IN A SIMILAR ORIENTATION AT 60 HOURS...WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN 12Z THU. THUS...THE ETA KEEPS PUSHING FROPA BACK. THE AVN PUSHES FRONT THROUGH AND KEEPS SOUTHEAST PROGRESSION STRONG. TS ALLISON SHOULD WORK AGAINST THIS SOLUTION. THE END RESULT IS...POSSIBLY HAVING DECREASED POPS OVER PORTIONS OF FA...BUT WITH AN INCREASED LONGEVITY. WITH SUCH DISCREPANCIES IN THE MODELS...HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE IN EITHER SOLUTION. THIS COMBINED WITH THE INFLUENCE OF REMNANTS FROM ALLISON EVEN FURTHER COMPLICATE THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. ALL THIS CONSIDERED THE CHC OF TSRA WILL CONTINUE WITH EITHER SOLUTION. POSSIBLE CHANGES TO TIMING OF POPS SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER DUE TO UNCERTAINTY TO FROPA TIUME. FWC OUTPERFORMING ALL OTHER NUMERICAL GUIDANCE AND WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY. WILL HEDGE TO THE WARM SIDE OF AVN GUIDANCE PAST THE FWC FORECAST PERIODS. .PAH...NONE. HOOPER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Big Muddy River rose above flood stage at the Murphysboro gage, mainly due to backwater effects from the flooding Mississippi River. The crest of 21.74 feet, about six feet over flood stage, occurred on June 12. This resulted in minor flooding of bottomlands.
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, June 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: 5248576.