1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 May 13, 12:45 AM CST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 145 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002 WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN EVENT ONGOING ACROSS THE CWFA. STRONGEST CONVECTION NOW INTO WESTERN KY AND ADJACENT SE MISSOURI. CONVECTION IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS EAST. THE BACK EDGE WAS OBSERVED MOVING TOWARD SE MISSOURI AS WE SPEAK. WILL LET THE FLOOD WATCH END NATURALLY THIS MORNING...AND ISSUE A STATEMENT AROUND DAYBREAK. FRONT WILL CLEAR THE FA EARLY THIS MORNING. UPPER TROF OVER EAST KANSAS WILL SHIFT EAST. A FEW SHOWERS STILL NOTED ON RADAR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE VORT...SO WILL MAINTAIN SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST IN SOME FASHION THROUGH THE MORNING. OTHERWISE...THIS AFTERNOON DECENT DECREASE IN 950-850MB RH...SO EXPECT DECREASING CLOUDS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN THROUGH WEDNESDAY...PROVIDING THE AREA WITH DRY WEATHER. NEXT CHANCE OF CONVECTION RUNS THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...AND THIS IS ALREADY ADVERTISED IN CURRENT ZONES...SO WILL MAINTAIN. LATEST MOS GUIDANCE AND CURRENT ZFP/CCF NUMBERS ALL LOOKING REASONABLE...SO WILL MAINTAIN THE CURRENT TREND. .PAH...NONE.
ILZ075>078-080>091-INZ081-085-086-MOZ076-086-087-100-130415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1013 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED... WHILE THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. AS A RESULT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH STORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.
ILZ082-083-086-087-090>094-INZ085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ107>112-114- 130615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1110 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002 ...STORMS MAIN THREAT BECOMING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING... AT 1100 PM...PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED THE LINE OF STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY...SOUTH TO AROUND MADISONVILLE...AND THEN WEST THROUGH PADUCAH...TO NEAR CAIRO ILLINOIS...THROUGH CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...TO AROUND GREENVILLE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL SLOWLY SAG TO THE SOUTH THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE WIDESPREAD...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS POSSIBLY TWICE THAT HIGH. ISOLATED STORMS WITHIN THIS LINE MAY ALSO PRODUCE 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL. BEHIND THE LINE...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 3/4 INCHES ACROSS A LARGE AREA. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...AND A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA ALONG THE WABASH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER SOAKED GROUNDS MAY LEAD TO NEW FLOODING AND WILL CERTAINLY AGGRAVATE THOSE AREAS ALREADY FLOODED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1208 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 PM MO FLOODING
05/12/02 WAYNE RTE 34 BETWEEN SILVA AND
PATTERSON WATER OVER HWY
REPORTED BY WAYNE COUNTY
DES
1052 PM IN FLOODING
05/12/02 GIBSON NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED REPORTED BY EOC
1102 PM MO FLOODING
05/12/02 BOLLINGER NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED REPORTED BY
BOLLINGER COUNTY DES
1106 PM MO FLOODING
05/12/02 WAYNE HWY 34 AT HWY 143 - ROAD
UNDER WATER..HWY 143 N TO
SAM A. BAKER PARK - UNDER
WATER IN 3 DIFFERENT
AREAS REPORTED BY EOC
1109 PM LIVERMORE KY FLOODING
05/12/02 MCLEAN TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
MCLEAN COUNTY EMA
1114 PM MO HEAVY RAIN
05/12/02 CAPE GIRARDEAU 3.55 INCHES OR RAIN SO
FAR TODAY REPORTED BY
EOC
1114 PM PIEDMONT MO FLOODING
05/12/02 WAYNE NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED...PIEDMONT
AIRPORT FLOODED REPORTED
BY PIEDMONT EM
1117 PM MO HEAVY RAIN
05/12/02 BOLLINGER 4 - 4 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE 830 PM CDT REPORTED
BY BOLLINGER COUNTY
1121 PM GRAND TOWER IL HEAVY RAIN
05/12/02 JACKSON 2.32 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
700 PM CDT REPORTED BY
TRAINED SPOTTERS
1136 PM MO FLOODING
05/12/02 CAPE GIRARDEAU NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED REPORTED BY CAPE
GIRARDEAU COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE
1154 PM COLDWATER MO FLOODING
05/12/02 WAYNE PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES
ON CEDAR CREEK IN
COLDWATER REPORTED BY
BOLLINGER COUNTY EMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1213 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1045 PM MO FLOODING
05/12/02 WAYNE RTE 34 BETWEEN SILVA AND
PATTERSON WATER OVER HWY
REPORTED BY WAYNE COUNTY
DES
1052 PM IN FLOODING
05/12/02 GIBSON NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED REPORTED BY EOC
1102 PM MO FLOODING
05/12/02 BOLLINGER NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED REPORTED BY
BOLLINGER COUNTY DES
1106 PM MO FLOODING
05/12/02 WAYNE HWY 34 AT HWY 143 - ROAD
UNDER WATER..HWY 143 N TO
SAM A. BAKER PARK - UNDER
WATER IN 3 DIFFERENT
AREAS REPORTED BY EOC
1109 PM LIVERMORE KY WIND DAMAGE
05/12/02 MCLEAN SEVERAL SMALL TREES DOWN
REPORTED BY MCLEAN COUNTY
EMA
1114 PM MO HEAVY RAIN
05/12/02 CAPE GIRARDEAU 3.55 INCHES OR RAIN SO
FAR TODAY REPORTED BY
EOC
1114 PM PIEDMONT MO FLOODING
05/12/02 WAYNE NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED...PIEDMONT
AIRPORT FLOODED REPORTED
BY PIEDMONT EM
1117 PM MO HEAVY RAIN
05/12/02 BOLLINGER 4 - 4 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE 830 PM CDT REPORTED
BY BOLLINGER COUNTY
1121 PM GRAND TOWER IL HEAVY RAIN
05/12/02 JACKSON 2.32 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
700 PM CDT REPORTED BY
TRAINED SPOTTERS
1136 PM MO FLOODING
05/12/02 CAPE GIRARDEAU NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED REPORTED BY CAPE
GIRARDEAU COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE
1154 PM COLDWATER MO FLOODING
05/12/02 WAYNE PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES
ON CEDAR CREEK IN
COLDWATER REPORTED BY
BOLLINGER COUNTY EMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1247 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1219 AM IN FLOODING
05/12/02 PIKE NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
FLOODED REPORTED BY
TRAINED SPOTTERS
1244 AM IL FLOODING
05/12/02 UNION NUMEROUS BACKROADS
FLOODED ALONG WITH HWY
146 W REPORTED BY UNION
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
1244 AM PIEDMONT MO FLOODING
05/12/02 WAYNE SOUTHERN PART OF PIEDMONT
ALONG MCKENZIE CREEK
FLOODED. ELM AND FIR
STREET HAVE WATER UP TO
THE BOTTOM OF THEM.
REPORTED BY WAYNE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.KYZ001>006-008-009-MOZ112-114-130715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 116 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CROSSING INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 115 AM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CAIRO ILLINOIS... SOUTHWARD ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO NEW MADRID MISSOURI. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST...AND WILL REACH A LINE FROM CALVERT CITY TO MAYFIELD KENTUCKY TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER BY 230 AM. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SHALLOW ROOTED TREES MAY BE UPROOTED DUE TO THE WET GROUND...AND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREET FLOODING.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:43 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A house in Paducah was evacuated due to flooding. Road flooding was reported in the usual flood-prone areas of McCracken County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, May 2002
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