Flood, Graves
- When
- December 1, 3:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Graves forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Kentucky, December 1, 2001
The Clarks River went over its banks due to very heavy rains during the last week of November. Several roads near the river were flooded, including Oaks Road, Bonds Road, and Said Road.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
The Clarks River went over its banks due to very heavy rains during the last week of November. Several roads near the river were flooded, including Oaks Road, Bonds Road, and Said Road. The water came close to residences but did not enter them.
What forecasters said that day
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 Dec 1, 1:00 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 1:00 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 100 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2001 MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST ARE FOG IN THE SHORT TERM AND THEN THE CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE WEEK. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GULF COAST. THE COLD FRONT THAT PASSED THROUGH THE FA YESTERDAY WAS ALONG THE EAST COAST. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WAS ARCED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. IR SAT PICS SHOW THE LOW CLOUDS HAVE FINALLY DEPARTED THE NE PORTION OF THE FA. SFC OBS INDICATE WINDS WERE DIMINISHING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FA. FOG WAS ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER THE SE WITH HOP REPORTING OBSTRUCTIONS TO VSBY. 00Z SAT MODEL RUN CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTN AND NGT. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE SOME HIGH CLOUDS SAT AND CIGS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER SHOULD EARLY SUN AM. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT AS WINDS DIMINISH EVEN THOUGH THE FWC HAS NOT YET PICKED UP ON THIS. IN CONTRAST THE TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS DO INDICATE SATURATION NEAR THE SURFACE FOR THAT TIME FRAME IN ADDITION TO THE MAV. A FOG ADVISORY WILL BE HIGHLY POSSIBLE FOR THAT TIME FRAME AND DAY SHIFT WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE FINAL CALL. SUNDAY SHOULD BE SUNNY WITH HIGH CLOUDS WILL RETURN EARLY MONDAY AM. OTHERWISE DRY UNTIL MID WEEK AND THAT IS WERE THE AVN AND MRF BEGIN TO DISAGREE. THE AVN IS ADVERTISING A CHANCE OF RAIN WEDNESDAY AND THEN WANTS TO MOVE IT OUT THURSDAY. IN CONTRAST THE MRF HOLDS IT OVER THE AREA THURSDAY AND SHOWS MUCH DEEPER MOISTURE. ON ANY ACCOUNT EVEN THE MRF DRIES US OUT SIGNIFICANTLY FRIDAY WITH A QPF OF .01 IN THE NE SECTION OF FA. HOWEVER...WILL OPT TO WAIT FOR MORE RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY AMOUNG THE MODELS BEFORE AFFECTING A CHANGE THERE. OTHERWISE...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST. FWC WAS TOO WARM TODAY EVEN THOUGH IT HELD CLOUDS OVER THE AREA. THE CLOUD COVER HELD TEMPS DOWN IN THE LOWER 40S WITH AROUND 50 JUST SOUTH OF CLOUD COVER. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT EARLY IN THE FCST AND WILL FOLLOW TREND. .PAH...NONE. KH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, McCracken
- When
- December 1, 3:45 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCracken forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Texas, December 1 to 31, 2001
- Heat in Georgia, December 1 to 23, 2001
- Drought in Georgia, December 1 to 31, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, December 1, 2001
- Winter Storm in Washington, December 1, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, December 1, 2001
- High Wind in Washington, December 1, 2001
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 1, 2001
- Heat in New Jersey, December 1 to 6, 2001
- Heat in West Virginia, December 1 to 23, 2001
- Drought in North Carolina, December 1 to 31, 2001
- High Wind in Oregon, December 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, December 2001
Sources
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: 5273656, 5273657.