1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 1, 3:15 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TO ADD ADVISORY AT END NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 315 PM CST WED JAN 1 2003 PRIMARY FORECAST PROBLEMS ARE WINTER WEATHER POSSIBILITIES LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND THEN AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE NEXT UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY...BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE ETA IS A BIT SLOWER THAN AVN...AND REALLY HAVE NO FEELING AS TO WHICH IS BEST. FOR NOW WILL SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE FOR INITIAL MENTION OF PRECIPITATION FOR TONIGHT. MODEL QPFS ARE RATHER MEAGER WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE CWFA. WITH WARNINGS POSTED TO THE NORTH WILL OPT TO ISSUE AN ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN ONE-THIRD OF THE AREA...AND FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVEVNING IN THE EVANSVILLE TRI-STATE AREA. WILL MENTION 1 TO 3 INCHES TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST GROUP...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES MENTIONED ACROSS SEMO AND SW INDIANA. WILL MENTION AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. WILL LINGER A CHANCE OF SNOW FOR THURSDAY EVENING...MAINLY IN THE EAST. MAY SEE SOME CLEARING FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT THE AVN IS TRENDING TOWARD A MORE AMPLIFIED SOLUTION FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH THE UPPER RIDGE HOLDING STRONG OVER THE WEST COAST...A MORE AMPLIFIED SOLUTION SEEMS REASONABLE. WILL REINTRODUCE CHANCE POPS FOR RAIN OR SNOW IN THE NORTH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND AREA WIDE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE AVN...THERE WILL BE A BRIEF BREAK ON SUNDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN POSSIBLE WITH ANOTHER WAVE TO DIVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. TUESDAY WILL PROBABLY STILL BE CLOUDY WITH WRAPAROUND CLOUDINESS STILL IN THE AREA. WILL START WITH A PARTLY CLOUDY FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. CONFIDENCE IS LOW THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED FORECAST WITH THIS VERY ACTIVE/ENERGETIC PATTERN. AS FOR GUIDANCE...THE FWC AND MAV WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND LOOKED GOOD FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. FAVORED THE WARMER MESOETA AND FWC FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...AND THE WARMER FWC FOR FRIDAY. THE COLD MAV LOOKS OK FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. IN THE EXTENDED...UNDERCUT THE MEX FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. .PAH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS THE EVANSVILLE TRI-STATE AREA. DRS
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-021100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...RETRANSMISSION ONLY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 428 AM CST WED JAN 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TAKING SHAPE OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND AFFECT OUR WEATHER. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM ARKANSAS INTO TENNESSEE THURSDAY. TO THE NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK...SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...WITH RAIN OR SNOW CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED 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 Green River occurred. At Paradise, where flood stage is 380 feet, the river crested at 381.7 feet on the 3rd. Some low-lying fields near the river were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 2003
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