1 heavy rain, 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 Aug 29, 9:40 AM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1040 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003 IN UPDATING FOR THE REST OF TODAY (THIS AFTERNOON)...INCREASED LIKELY (>60%) POPS OVER A LITTLE LARGER PART OF THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA. ADJUSTED CLOUD COVER AND TEMPS TO MATCH NEAR TERM TRENDS WITH FRONTAL POSITION FURTHER TO THE NORTH. .PAH...NONE. SMITH
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-301000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003 ...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO THE NORTH OF A DONIPHAN MISSOURI TO HENDERSON KENTUCKY LINE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY ENCOUNTER MORE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH THE STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN OR DISSIPATE BY SUNSET. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE QUAD STATE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...BUT MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY...AS A SURFACE TROUGH BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVY RAINS WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE SURFACE TROUGH...FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...THROUGH MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS LOW...BUT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER A LARGE AREA...WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS. THE WET CONDITIONS WILL FINALLY SUBSIDE AROUND TUESDAY...AS THE SURFACE TROUGH PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF A DONIPHAN MISSOURI TO HENDERSON KENTUCKY LINE. OVER THE WEEKEND...ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING PROBLEMS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. DRS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Torrential downpours caused street flooding. A vehicle that stalled in deep water was pushed out by police. Traffic was diverted from an intersection when storm drains could not handle the runoff.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 2003
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