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 Apr 19, 3:45 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 445 AM CDT MON APR 19 2004 .DISCUSSION... MODELS CONTINUE TO HAMMER AWAY AT PRECIP CHANCES THIS WEEK THANKS TO A PERSISTENT SOUTHWEST FLOW AND FETCH OF MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC. THUS...THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS THE TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE WEEK. LATEST COMPOSITE RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS A NARROW BAND OF VERY LIGHT ISOLATED SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS CONFIRM THAT SOME OF THIS IS REACHING THE GROUND...BUT RAIN AMOUNTS SHOULD BE MINIMAL DUE TO THE DRIER AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. MODELS CONTINUE TO SAG A FRONT SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY TONIGHT. EVEN THOUGH MOISTURE...LIFT...AND INSTABILITY ARE NOT TERRIBLY IMPRESSIVE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT EITHER CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. THE BETTER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY AS THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE SHOWALTER INDICES WOULD SUGGEST MAINLY ELEVATED CONVECTION. BEYOND TUESDAY...MAINTAINED CHANCE POPS INTO LATE IN THE WEEK AS MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE THE PASSAGE OF A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE AREA. WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO TIME EACH INDIVIDUAL CHANCE AT THIS TIME. REGARDING TEMPERATURES...WENT WITH A BLEND OF MOS GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIOD. HEDGED TOWARD WARMER NUMBERS TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN ZONES WHERE A BIT MORE SUNSHINE MAY BE SEEN THIS AFTERNOON. PREFER WARMER GUIDANCE TONIGHT...THEN SLIGHTLY COOLER NUMBERS ON TUESDAY DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND RAIN CHANCES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. MO...NONE. && RJP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 527 AM CDT MON APR 19 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-201000- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- 527 AM CDT MON APR 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FOUR-STATE REGION TODAY...BUT A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT A FEW POINTS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. PLEASE REFERENCE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES EACH DAY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS... ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT AN EXACT TIME OR LOCATION. MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AT A FEW POINTS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RJP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River rose above flood stage at Shawneetown for several days. The river crested at 36.0 feet on the Shawneetown gage, exactly three feet over flood stage. This resulted in minor flooding of low-lying fields and woods in the vicinity of the river.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, April 2004
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: 5389548.