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 Nov 19, 4:00 PM CST, 9 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 400 PM CST WED NOV 19 2003 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS CENTER AROUND THE STRONG UPPER LOW PROGGED TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEKEND. SKIES CLEARED NICELY TODAY UNDER BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS. HIGH PRESSURE TO SETTLE IN OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL U.S. TONIGHT. WHILE SKIES WILL BE CLEAR AND THE GROUND EXTREMELY MOIST. THINK A LIGHT WEST GRADIENT DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR SOUTH WILL KEEP LIGHT WINDS IN FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. IN ADDITION...UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CROSS OVER TEMPS FOR RADIATION FOG FORMATION ARE RUNNING IN THE MID 30S WITH 4 INCH SOIL TEMPS RUNNING ABOUT 20 DEGREES WARMER THAN FORECAST LOW TEMPS TONIGHT (40 TO 44 DEGREES). THESE FACTORS SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY DENSE FOG FORMATION...EVEN WITH THE CLEAR SKY AND WET GROUND. HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY HEADS EAST THROUGH FRIDAY ALLOWING FOR AN INCREASE IN SOUTHWEST FLOW AND A GRADUAL WARMING TREND. IN FACT...MAY EVEN APPROACH RECORD HIGH TEMPS BY FRI. WILL DISREGARD THE 4 DEGREE COOLING TREND ADVERTISED BY MOS TEMPS FOR FRI MAX TEMPS. IN FACT...WITH DECENT SUN AND BREEZY SOUTH WINDS...WILL LIKELY END UP JUST AS WARM IF NOT WARMER THAN THU. FOR THE WEEKEND ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LONG WAVE TROUGH STRENGTHENS FIRST OVER THE ROCKIES AND THEN PUSHES OUT INTO THE WESTERN PLAINS STATES. LATEST 84 HR ETA/GFS SHOWING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SCENARIO WITH TIMING OF SFC FRONT. IT LOOKS NOW AS THOUGH SAT WILL BE DRY AND BREEZY FOR THE MOST PART...WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUING AS WE STAY IN THE WARM SECTOR...AND SFC FRONT STAYS OUT OVER EASTERN IA AND SW MISSOURI. THE BIG TIME PERIOD RIGHT AS FAR AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL BE SUN AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS UPPER LOW FINALLY EJECTS NORTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES...AND THE SURFACE FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH. BIG CHANGE TO MUCH COOLER TEMPS LOOKS TO TAKE PLACE MONDAY/TUE. SHOULD DRY SLOT FOR AWHILE ON MON...THEN EXPECT SOME WRAP AROUND CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SPRINKLES LATER MONDAY/NIGHT. MOST OF WRAP AROUND PRECIP (POSSIBLY LIGHT SNOW) SHOULD PASS JUST NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && MEFFERT
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-201100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 422 AM CST WED NOV 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE VERY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. DFS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Current River occurred at Doniphan. The river crested at 13.39 feet at Doniphan, where the flood stage is 13 feet.
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, November 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: 5335687.