Flood, Wabash
- When
- June 20, 3:00 AM CST to June 27, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.446, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Illinois, June 20 to 27, 2004
Minor flooding of the Wabash River occurred. 15 feet on June 24.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Minor flooding of the Wabash River occurred. At Mount Carmel, where flood stage is 19 feet, the river crested at 22.15 feet on June 24. At New Harmony, where flood stage is 15 feet, the river crested at 16.26 feet on June 25. This resulted in flooding of low-lying fields and bottomlands near the river. Several local river roads were flooded, including a street in East Mount Carmel. Oil well production was halted, except for some wells on substructures. A flood gate was installed at Mount Carmel.
What forecasters said that day
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 20, 1:25 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:25 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 225 AM CDT SUN JUN 20 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST REMAINS TIMING/COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...AND THEN HOW FAR SOUTH THE SURFACE FRONT WILL GO. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER NW IOWA WITH A PRONOUNCED COOL AND DRY AIMRASS OVER THE REGION. IR SATELLITE INDICATED HIGH CLOUDINESS CONTINUED TO STREAM NORTHEAST INTO THE FA BUT A STEADY EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF CLOUD COVER WAS NOTED SO EXPECT THE DAY TO START OFF WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. MODELS HAVE TRENDED LATER ON BRINGING IN RAIN CHANCES TONIGHT/MONDAY. GIVEN THE CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS AND RECENT TRACK RECORD OF THE ETA VS GFS TOWARD THE LATER TREND WILL LEAN EVEN A BIT MORE TOWARD THE ETA FOR THE ONSET OF RAIN BUT MORE TOWARD THE GFS (ETA TOO FAST) FOR PROGRESSING CHANCES SE ACROSS THE FA MONDAY. THIS MEANS ELIMINATING RAIN CHANCES EVERYWHERE TONIGHT EXCEPT POSSIBLY THE NW PART OF THE FA AS WELL AS REDUCING CHANCES MONDAY ACROSS THE SE HALF OR SO OF THE FA WHICH WILL ALSO BE LEAST AFFECTED BY 500MB SHORT WAVE FURTHER N. BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE FA WITH THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. SURFACE FRONT SHOULD PUSH SOUTH OF THE FA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HIGH MOVES IN FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. GIVEN PROBABLE VERY SLOW SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT AND MOISTURE AXIS IN WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...WILL OPT TO MAINTAIN LOW RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTH UNTIL WEDNESDAY. RAIN CHANCES AGAIN BEGINNING THURSDAY LOOK REASONABLE GIVEN ANOTHER SOUTHWARD PUSHING SURFACE FRONT. WILL TWEAK SOME TEMPS DOWN A BIT TONIGHT DUE TO LATER TREND IN CLOUDS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && SHANKLIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:00 AM CST, 23 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CDT SAT JUN 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...HERRIN... HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE AND CAIRO 500 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE REGION EXCEPT OVER MAINLY WESTERN KENTUCKY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE DAY MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY ABREAST TO THE LATEST THUNDERSTORM FORECASTS FOR LATE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SHANKLIN
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, White
- When
- June 20, 3:00 AM CST to June 27, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- White forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.088, -88.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and High Wind in Colorado, June 20, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 20, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 20 to 21, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 20, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 20, 2004
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 20 to 21, 2004
- Hail in Kansas, June 20, 2004
- Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 2004
- Hail in Texas, June 20, 2004
- Hail in Wyoming, June 20, 2004
- Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 2004
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 2004
Sources
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: 5408586, 5408587.