2 heavy rain, 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, 7 hours 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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Parts of U.S. Highway 61 and Highway D flooded, but the water receded quickly. In Jackson, an intersection on East Main Street was closed by flooding, and a bridge on East Independence was closed when water temporarily flowed across it.
Clogged drainage ditches contributed to the flooding of residential areas in Scott City. Basement flooding was reported.
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, 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: 5360333, 5360334.