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 Sep 15, 12:40 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 140 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002 THE MAIN CHALLENGES FOR THIS PACKAGE CONTINUE TO BE TIMING AND COVERAGE OF PRECIP WITH FOUR POTENTIAL EVENTS TO DEAL WITH OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SE HALF OF THE CWA ALONG AND SOUTH OF WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION SCATTERED ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUES OVER SE MO AHEAD OF UPPER TROF/VORT MAX. WITH SLOW MOVEMENT OF UPPER LOW/FRONTAL SYSTEM EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO CONTINUE ITS SLOW EASTWARD MOVEMENT. WILL ONLY MENTION CHC POPS ACROSS THE SE HALF OF THE CWA THIS EVENING BUT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OVER THE EXTREME SE SECTIONS. WITH SYSTEM NEARLY BAROTROPIC AND LITTLE TO NO FRONTAL CONVERGENCE EXPECT NO MORE THAN SCATTERED CONVECTION. COOLER HIGH PRESSURE TO DOMINATE INTO TUESDAY WHEN AN EASTWARD MOVING SHORT WAVE TAPS INTO MOISTURE JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND BEGINS TO LIFT IT NORTHWARD. ETA APPEARS TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS FEATURE SO WILL LEAN TOWARD AVN/NGM SOLUTION AND ONLY MENTION SCHC POPS OVER THE SW SECTIONS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP SCHC POPS EVERYWHERE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH WEAK ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE (I305) AT BEST. HIGH PRESSURE TO AGAIN RULE ON WEDNESDAY BUT ON THURSDAY A FROPA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION...A BRIEF RESPITE ON FRIDAY...AND THEN ANOTHER FROPA AND CHC POPS ON SATURDAY. SUNDAY WE SHOULD BE IN THE CLEAR AGAIN UNDER HIGH PRESSURE. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS. WILL USE A BLEND OF FWC/MAV MOS TEMP GUIDANCE. .PAH...NONE. PACKETT
ILZ088>094-INZ088-KYZ001>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 120 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002 ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... AT 106 PM...A TRAINED SPOTTER TRAVELING NEAR FREEMONT...IN SOUTHERN MCCRACKEN COUNTY KENTUCKY...REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND...ASSOCIATED WITH A STORM THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. ALSO AT 106 PM...STODDARD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED PEA...UP TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN BLOOMFIELD. THIS HAIL LASTED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MINUTES. THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR...SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE QUAD STATE AREA. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PUXICO MISSOURI...PADUCAH AND OWENSBORO KENTUCKY THROUGH 5 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR ANY WEATHER UPDATES.
KYZ008-151930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 144 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002 ...GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH LIKELY NORTHEAST OF BENTON KENTUCKY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...WAS INDICATED NORTHEAST OF BENTON...NEAR BRIENSBURG...AT 140 PM. PERSONS NEAR BRIENSBURG AND BENTON...AS WELL AS THOSE PERSONS ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF KENTUCKY LAKE...NORTH OF FAIRDEALING...SHOULD WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH...AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL THROUGH 230 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR ANY WEATHER UPDATES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A slow-moving thunderstorm produced very heavy rain over the City of Owensboro. Several places in the city reported street flooding. There were no reports of impassable or closed roads.
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, September 2002
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