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 Feb 1, 2:10 AM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 210 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2002 FIRST FORECAST CONCERN IS CLEARING OF LOW CLOUDS TODAY AND SECOND CONCERN IS POSSIBLE SNOW EVENT NEXT WEEK. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED FRONT JUST EAST OF OUR CWA AND MOVING EASTWARD. WRAP AROUND CAA CLOUDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDDAY OVER THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS...EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON OVER THE MIDDLE SECTIONS...AND BASICALLY ALL DAY OVER THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS. AFTER THAT SLIGHTLY RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP OUR REGION HIGH AND DRY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH NO PRECIP IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND...ON SUNDAY A DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE AND ASOCIATED SHORT WAVE WILL SWEEP A BAND OF LOW CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION. THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS COULD SEE A FEW FLURRIES BUT WITH SUCH LOW POPS...WILL NOT MENTION AT THIS TIME. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM SUNDAY NIGHT COULD ALSO PRODUCE LOW CEILINGS OVER THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS. MONDAY LOOKS GOOD WITH WEAK RIDGING ALOFT AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE. ON TUESDAY MODELS BRING THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER ACROSS THE CWA. MODELS ALSO CLOSE OFF THE UPPER LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM AND TRACK IT SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR CWA. 1000-850MB AND 1000-700MB CRITICAL THICKNESSES DO INDICATE AN ALL SNOW EVENT FOR TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. MODELS NOT CRANKING OUT TOO MUCH QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WITH DAYTIME HIGHS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S...DONT EXPECT A BIG EVENT. MODEL TEMPS SIMILAR SO WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY. .PAH...NONE. PACKETT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The St. Francis River rose above flood stage in response to heavy rain on January 31. At Patterson, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 19.0 feet on the afternoon of February 1. This resulted in minor flooding of low-lying areas, and no property damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, February 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: 5282891.