1 flash 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 Mar 28, 3:00 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 300 PM CST SUN MAR 28 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE REMAIN THE TIMING OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY THE DAILY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS THROUGH MID WEEK. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES THE SURFACE COLD FRONT FROM EXTREME WESTERN ILLINOIS INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL MISSOURI AS OF MID AFTERNOON. RIGHT ALONG THIS FRONT WAS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THE LEADING EDGE OF WHICH WAS JUST PUSHING INTO THE FAR WESTERN FRINGE OF OUR FORECAST AREA IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. USED A BLEND OF BOTH THE ETA AND GFS IN THE NEAR-TERM. THIS TAKES THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS EVENING...INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT. GIVEN THE LIMITED INSTABILITY AND MODERATE WIND FIELDS ALOFT...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE ACTIVITY IS NOT ANTICIPATED. USED A BLEND OF ETA AND GFS MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. WE WILL LIKELY SEE SOME SUNSHINE ON MONDAY AS THE FRONT SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA...AND MUCH DRIER AIR FOLLOWS IN ITS WAKE. THIS SUNSHINE WILL LIKELY HELP TO BOOST TEMPERATURES INTO THE 60S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...SO WE NUDGED TEMPERATURES UP TO VALUES IN LINE WITH THE ETA MOS. LATE MONDAY INTO MID WEEK...AN UPPER LOW WILL CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN FLOW AS IT DIVES SOUTHWARD INTO THE MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY REGION. PERTURBATIONS ROTATING AROUND THIS LOW WILL LIKELY KEEP ABUNDANT CLOUDINESS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RIGHT NOW...TIMING OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SPOKE OF ENERGY IS IFFY...SO GENERALLY WENT WITH LOW CHANCE POPS AREA-WIDE THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER POPS NORTH AND EAST IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE UPPER LOW. MODEL INSTABILITY FORECASTS EVEN SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THIS PERIOD CLOSE TO COOLER AVN MOS DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED SKY COVER. LATE IN THE WEEK...THE GFS...ECMWF...AND CANADIAN SHIFT THE LOW EAST OF THE AREA AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. ACCORDINGLY... LATE-WEEK TEMPERATURES SHOULD MODERATE BY A FEW DEGREES EACH DAY. ANOTHER CUT-OFF LOW IS PROGGED TO INFLUENCE THE AREA LATE NEXT WEEKEND OR EARLY IN THE NEW WEEK. NEVERTHELESS...KEPT CONDITIONS DRY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY SINCE IT MAY TAKE LONGER THAN THE MODELS ADVERTISE FOR THE LOW OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. TO EJECT EASTWARD. GENERALLY FAVORED TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE GFS MOS LATE IN THE WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. MO...NONE. && RJP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 610 PM CST SUN MAR 28 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-291100- 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- 610 PM CST SUN MAR 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH. ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORM CELLS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE...BUT FOR THE MOST PART...THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE THRESHOLDS. OVERNIGHT...THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH THE THREAT FOR THUNDER DIMINISHING AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...PRIMARILY DURING THE MIDDAY TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE CONVECTION COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE REQUESTED TONIGHT.
ILZ084-088-290030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 601 PM CST SUN MAR 28 2004 ...LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF JACKSON AND UNION COUNTY ILLINOIS THROUGH 630 PM... A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH WILL MOVE FROM WOLF LAKE AND GORHAM ILLINOIS...TO CARBONDALE AND COBDEN ILLINOIS BY 630 PM. AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST...THEY WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN SIZE...AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. PERSONS OUTSIDE SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR THE STRONG WINDS AND SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND THE AREA. IN ADDITION... SMALL BRANCHES AND WEAKENED TREES MAY BE BROKEN OR KNOCKED DOWN BY THE WIND. SMITH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
617 PM CST SUN MAR 28 2004
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0556 PM HAIL ANNA 37.46N 89.24W
03/28/2004 0.25 INCH UNION IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
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CNILZ085-088-089-290044- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 623 PM CST SUN MAR 28 2004 ...LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE OVER WILLIAMSON...JOHNSON AND NORTHEAST UNION COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM... AT 620 PM...A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...WER LOCATED NEAR CARTERVILLE... EXTENDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH CRAB ORCHARD LAKE...AND SOUTH TO TOWARD WATER VALLEY. THESE STORM WILL MOVE ALONG ROUTE 13... REACHING INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN 630 AND 640 PM. PERSONS TRAVELING ON ROUTE 13 AND INTERSTATE 57...AS WELL AS BOATING ON CRAB ORCHARD LAKE SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR STRONG WEST WIND. THIS MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS TRUCKS AND CAMPERS. SMALL HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN SIZE MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PERSONS OUTSIDE SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR THE STRONG WINDS AND SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND THE AREA. IN ADDITION...SMALL BRANCHES AND WEAKENED TREES MAY BE BROKEN OR KNOCKED DOWN BY THE WIND. SMITH
ILZ085-088-089-290044- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 623 PM CST SUN MAR 28 2004 ...LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE OVER WILLIAMSON...JOHNSON AND NORTHEAST UNION COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM... AT 620 PM...A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...WERE LOCATED NEAR CARTERVILLE... EXTENDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH CRAB ORCHARD LAKE...AND SOUTH TO TOWARD WATER VALLEY. THESE STORM WILL MOVE ALONG ROUTE 13... REACHING INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN 630 AND 640 PM. PERSONS TRAVELING ON ROUTE 13 AND INTERSTATE 57...AS WELL AS BOATING ON CRAB ORCHARD LAKE SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR STRONG WEST WIND. THIS MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS TRUCKS AND CAMPERS. SMALL HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN SIZE MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PERSONS OUTSIDE SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR THE STRONG WINDS AND SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND THE AREA. IN ADDITION...SMALL BRANCHES AND WEAKENED TREES MAY BE BROKEN OR KNOCKED DOWN BY THE WIND. SMITH
ILZ085-086-290115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 644 PM CST SUN MAR 28 2004 ...LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN WILLIAMSON AND SALINE COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM... AT 638 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM CREAL SPRINGS AND PITTSBURG...TO NEAR JOHNSTON CITY LAKE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NEAR 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NEAR AN ELDORADO TO SOMERSET LINE AROUND 715 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCAL WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. PERSONS TRAVELING ON ROUTE 13 AND ROUTE 34 AND 145 SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR STRONG WEST WINDS. THIS MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS TRUCKS AND CAMPERS. SEE SHELTER INSIDE SHOULD THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. ANY LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND THE AREA. IN ADDITION...SMALL BRANCHES AND WEAKENED TREES MAY BE BROKEN OR KNOCKED DOWN BY THE WIND. SMITH
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
High water was over the road on Illinois Route 154 about 3 to 4 miles east of Pinckneyville. On Route 127 in Pinckneyville, high water was standing in the underpasses.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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