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 24, 2:49 AM CST, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 249 AM CST MON NOV 24 2003 .DISCUSSION... LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOWED BACK EDGE OF PRECIP OVER EXTREME EASTERN MOST COUNTIES OF PAH FORECAST AREA. 07Z AND 08Z OBS SHOW A FEW REPORTS OF FLURRIES OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AND AT KBLV. WILL CONTINUE THE EARLY MORNING CHANCE OF FLURRIES FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FA. BACK EDGE OF STRATUS...CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL IOWA TO EASTERN ARKANSAS...SHOULD MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE FA DURING THE MORNING HOURS GIVING US SUNNY SKIES. WEST WINDS WILL BACK OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT/CALM WINDS TONIGHT SHOULD GIVE US COLDEST TEMPS OF THE SEASON THUS FAR. MAV/FWC HIGHS ARE PRETTY CLOSE...FWC LOWS RUNNING A CATEGORY LOWER THAN MAV. WOULD PROBABLY GO WITH FWC FOR TONIGHT EXCEPT FOR WINDS BECOMING LIGHT SOUTHERLY LATE TONIGHT. SO WILL JUST GO WITH A COMPROMISE OF THE TWO THROUGH NEAR TERM. NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. AVN AND ETA BOTH INDICATE PRECIP HOLDING OFF UNTIL 00Z THURSDAY...AND WILL REMOVE POPS FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WILL INCREASE POPS A LITTLE FOR MAINLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF AREA WED NIGHT WHERE ETA INDICATES HIGH QPF. PRECIP SHOULD MOVE OUT PRETTY QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL KEEP THE CURRENT TREND IN THE ZONES. MEX TEMPS TRENDING COOLER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WILL TWEAK BACK GOING VALUES JUST A COUPLE OF DEGREES...BUT NOT AS COOL AS CURRENT MEX GUIDANCE. OTHERWISE...NO BIG CHANGES PLANNED IN THE EXTENDED. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RST
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-251100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 409 AM CST MON NOV 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred along part of the Illinois shore. At Shawneetown, where flood stage is 33 feet, the river crested at 37.5 feet on the 28th. This resulted in minor flooding of low-lying fields.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, November 2003
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: 5336582.