8 heavy rain, 1 flash 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 11, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 430 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION FIRED UP OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY...BACK INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AS OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INTERACTED WITH NEWLY DEVELOPED CELLS ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY. REGIONAL LOOP SHOWS MORE CONVECTION OVER ARKANSAS...LIFTING NE AHEAD OF A FAIRLY VIGOROUS VORT OVER EAST OKLAHOMA. AM BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL OVER WEST KENTUCKY AS WELL. PAH 88D 3 HOURLY ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY...WITH SIMILAR AMOUNTS LIKELY WITH ONGOING CONVECTION. CONSIDERING THE TRENDS OF THE PAST TWO TO THREE HOURS...AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WILL GO AHEAD AN EXPAND THE FLOOD WATCH PREVIOUSLY ISSUED AT 145 AM...TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. INITIAL DISC... HEAVY RAIN THREAT THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WITH THIS PACKAGE. IT APPEARS PORTIONS OF THE REGION MAY BE IN FOR A HEAVY RAIN EVENT. RADAR ESTIMATES AND GROUND TRUTH INDICATE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF SE MO AND SRN IL. RADAR...AND SATELLITE TRENDS...ALONG WITH SHORT TERM MODEL TRENDS SUGGEST THAT THE STAGE IS SET FOR MORE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. GENERALLY FOLLOWED HPC QPF THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY...WITH ADDITIONALLY 2 PLUS INCHES A POSSIBILITY FOR THE NORTHWEST 1/2 OF THE CWFA. SEE AREAL REPRESENTATION AT THE END OF THIS PRODUCT THAT OUTLINES THE FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT. WILL LET LATER SHIFTS DECIDE ON POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THE WATCH...SHOULD HEAVY RAIN BECOME A THREAT FURTHER SOUTH INTO WEST KENTUCKY. FOR NOW...THIS AREA HAS NOT HAD THE ACCUMULATION THAT AREAS TO THE NORTH HAVE. THUS...WILL HOLD ON A WATCH FOR MOST OF WEST KENTUCKY FOR NOW. ONCE AGAIN...TEMPERATURES WILL BE A HEADACHE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. GUIDANCE WANTS TO GET US UP INTO THE 80S...BUT CLOUDS AND CONVECTION MAY PRECLUDE SUCH A THING. GENERALLY USED A 5 DEGREE RANGE FOR MAXS TODAY TO ALLOW FOR A LITTLE LEE WAY. BOTH THE ETA AND AVN AGREE IN TERMS OF SHOWING A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY THE FIRST HALF OF THURSDAY. THUS...THAT WILL BE THE ENDING TIME OF THE FLOOD WATCH. HOWEVER...CHANCES GO UP AGAIN QUICKLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT UPPER AIR WAVE APPROACHES. NO CHANGES FOR THE LATTER PERIODS OF THE FORECAST. MODELS STILL INDICATE UNSETTLED CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS AN UPPER RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO BUILD OVER THE WEST U.S...POTENTIALLY CUTTING OFF A WEAK LOW OVER THE CENTRAL OR SOUTHERN PLAINS...INTO THE ARKLATEX REGION. .PAH...FLOOD WATCH (FFA) IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE PAH CWFA UNTIL 600 AM THURSDAY MORNING. NOLES
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-121000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 450 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 ...HEAVY RAIN LIKELY WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 600 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH STRONG WIND AND HAIL THE MAIN POTENTIAL HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
ILZ080-084-MOZ076-110615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1216 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH APPROACHING THE PERRYVILLE MISSOURI AND PINCKNEYVILLE ILLINOIS AREAS... AT 1210 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF SPARTA ILLINOIS TO JUST WEST OF PERRYVILLE MISSOURI. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY EAST AT 45 MPH. BY 115 AM...IT WILL AFFECT COMMUNITIES FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI...NORTHEAST ACROSS JACKSON AND PERRY COUNTIES OF ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH... AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE STORMS STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO KNOCK DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. YORK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
339 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
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0325 AM LONE OAK KY 0.25 INCH HAIL
06/11/03 MCCRACKEN FROM NWS EMPLOYEEThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:00 UTC.
8 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was over a few roads, including Kentucky Highway 80 and U.S. Highway 62. Highway 62 was closed at mile marker 3. A rural road near Cunningham that frequently floods during heavy rain was also closed.
Water was over several roads in the Hopkinsville area, however, no major traffic disruptions occurred.
Heavy rain caused Champion Creek to rise over its banks, flooding a secondary road. A few other typical flood-prone spots on roads in the county had water on them.
Flash flooding of Red Duck Creek occurred in Mayfield. Extensive street flooding occurred in Mayfield, with nearly a dozen city streets impassable. A small bridge was washed out on Byrd Road, which is a county road near the Mayfield airport. Water was reported over the bridge of another rural road. Highway 58 was closed near mile marker 1. Highway 97 was closed between Sedalia and Tri-City, as were a couple of lesser-travelled roads in the county. Most of the flooding problems were in the southern half of the county, including Mayfield.
Many streets and intersections that typically flood were under water. Although no road closings were reported, a car stalled in deep water near the National Guard armory, requiring assistance from police.
A flood-prone area on the east side of Benton became flooded, prompting the evacuations of three residences.
Water was over a few roads in the county. Kentucky Highway 58 was closed near mile marker 20, and Kentucky 1283 was closed near mile marker 1.
Kentucky Highway 94 was closed near mile marker 25, a location prone to flooding during heavy rain.
Water was over a few roads in the county. Kentucky Highway 94 was closed near mile marker 20, and Kentucky 299 was closed between mile markers 4 and 5.
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, June 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: 5360041, 5360039, 5360045, 5359963, 5360040, 5360046, 5360042, 5360043, 5360044.