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 21, 2:55 AM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 355 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 2003 LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE FORECAST FROM PREVIOUS ZONE PACKAGE...AS RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD ACROSS THE PAH FORECAST AREA THROUGH MONDAY. THICKNESSES BEGIN TO INCREASE IN SOUTHERLY FLOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BRINGING TEMPS NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE 90 DEGREE MARK. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE PROGGED TO PEAK OUT NEAR 100 ON TUESDAY GIVEN CURRENT WIND/RH FORECAST FOR THE PAH FORECAST AREA. INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY DURING WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT KEPT THIS INITIAL WAVE OF PCPN A DIURNAL ONE. LATEST GFS CONTINUES TREND TO SLOW DOWN AND STALL PCPN EVENT OVER THE FORECAST AREA...SO ATTEMPTED TO KEEP POP FORECAST AS IS...WITH SOME MODIFICATION OF WINDS WITH NEIGHBORING FORECAST OFFICES TO SHOW SLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE THROUGH FRIDAY. .PAH...NONE. SMITH
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-221000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 425 AM CDT SAT JUN 21 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING AROUND AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING IN HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH IN THE UPPER 90S ON MONDAY...WITH 100 DEGREE READINGS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE OUTLOOK AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN AND STALL ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...KEEPING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River rose slightly above flood stage at the Newburgh Lock and Dam gage. The crest was a couple inches above the flood stage of 38 feet. Minor flooding of some bottomland fields occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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