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 15, 1:00 AM CST, 8 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002 NEW SWODY1 PAINTS NE PTNS PAH FA IN SLGT RISK SVR...AS NW FLOW SHORT WAVE ENTERS PICTURE AROUND 00Z SUN. NEGATING FACTOR IS FACT IT SHOULD BE DIURNALLY FUELED...AND THUS BY THE TIME IT GETS IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS WL BE LOSING ITS FUEL. HOWEVER W/STEEP LOW-MID LVL LAPSE RATES AND COLD POOL ALOFT ROTATING SE W/VORT...COULD SEE ISOLD-SCT COVERAGE SUSTAINED INTO EVENING. WL UP NRN ZONES TO 30% BUT LEAVE SW PTNS FA IN SLGT CHC 20%. REGARDLESS OF MODEL OF CHOICE ALL ARE PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT IN ENDING PCPN CHC BY 12Z SUN ACROSS THE NORTH...SO WELL ELIMINATE SLGT CHC THERE BUT LINGER 20% IN THE SOUTH FOR VERY EARLY SUN AM...IN CASE ANY RENEGADE SHOWERS REMAIN. AFTER THAT REMAINDER OF FCST LOOKS TO NEED LTL/NO CHANGE...EXCEPT FOR MON...WHEN A VERY SIMILAR NW FLOW SHORT WAVE WL IMPACT THE NRN ZONES. WITH 18Z MON LIS IN THE NEGATIVE AND KS AROUND 30...WL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE A SLGT CHC FOR THE NORTH FOR MON. TEMPS HAVE BEEN RUNNING NR GUIDANCE FOR THE MOST PART AND NEW GUIDANCE NOS ARE NOT TOO DISSIMILAR. LOWS HAVE MAYBE HELD A TAD ABOVE GUIDANCE NOS AND WELL FOLLOW SIMILAR TREND...BUT EVEN SO WONT SWAY TOO FAR AWAY FROM NUMERICAL OUTPUT. .PAH...NONE. HUMPHREY
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-151700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 518 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2002 ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA... HAZARDS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE THIS EVENING...NORTH OF A BENTON TO CARMI ILLINOIS TO LYNNVILLE INDIANA LINE. DISCUSSION... A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL ROTATE AROUND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER THE GREAT LAKES. A COMBINATION OF COLDER AIR ALOFT AND WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH DESTABILIZATION FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER SUNSET. SPOTTER ACTIVATION... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING IN THIS FAR NORTHERN SECTION. OUTLOOK.... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE OVERNIGHT. WHILE MOST OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Big Muddy River went slightly above flood stage at Murphysboro for a couple of days. The crest was only a few inches above flood stage, which caused minor flooding of low-lying areas along the river. The high water was mainly backwater from the Mississippi River, which was near flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 2002
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: 5294594.