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 Nov 30, 1:00 AM CST, 8 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 100 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2001 MAIN CHALLENGE THIS FORECAST WILL BE CLOUDS AND WINDS. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS LOW CENTERED BETWEEN MVN AND CMI. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDED THROUGH EVV AND BNA SOUTHWARD TO THE GULF. A WEAK TROF WAS ANALYZED EXTENDING FROM THE LOW THROUGH SEMO INTO CENTRAL AR. THIS WAS BEST DEFINED BY WIND SHIFT. FINALLY THE WARM FRONT EXTENDED INTO THE GREAT LAKES AREA FROM CENTRAL IL TO NORTH OF ERI. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS NEARLY OVHD AT PAH. 00Z FRI MODEL RUNS IN RSNBL AGREEMENT WITH LIFTING LOW RAPIDLY NORTHWARD. THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE WILL DEPART WITH THE LOW...BUT WRAP AROUND FLOW SHOULD HOLD DENSE CLOUD COVER OVER FA THROUGH NOON TDY AS PER BUFKIT ETA STARTS CLEARING THIS AFTN. HOWEVER...WILL STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH REMNANT CLOUDS FROM THE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN TEXAS CAUGHT UP IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW. THUS WILL LIKELY SEE MORE CLOUDS THAN SUN TODAY SO WILL LEAN TOWARD MOSTLY CLOUDY EVEN THOUGH SOME SUN EXPECTED THIS AFTN. WILL ALSO TWEAK WINDS UP A CAT TODAY. SURFACE GRADIENT DOES NOT RELAX MUCH UNTIL LATE AFTN AND WINDS AT 3K FCST TO BE AROUND 30 KNOTS SO 20 KNOT GUSTS AT THE SFC SHOULD BE COMMON...ESPECIALLY THIS AM. MOSTLY CLEAR EXPECTED BY TNGT WITH INCRSG CLDS BY LATE SATURDAY AHEAD OF UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE PROGGED TO SWING THROUGH SAT NGT. IN THE LONGER TERM...CHANCE OF MID WEEK PRECIP STILL BEING ADVERTISED BY MRF. BEST CHANCE LOOKS TO BE WED NGT...BUT WILL NOT TWEAK ATTM. AS FOR TEMPS FWC LOOKS A LITTLE COOL ESPECIALLY SOUTH WERE WE WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SUN BY LATE AFTN. MOS SEEMS TO BE COOLING FROM RUN TO RUN ON OVNT LOWS AND WILL FOLLOW TREND. .PAH...NONE. KH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Green River rose above flood stage at Paradise on the 30th. The crest occurred in December.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, November 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: 5272981.