1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 May 4, 11:04 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1204 PM CDT TUE MAY 4 2004 .DISCUSSION... JUST UPDATED GRIDS/ZONES TO REFLECT LATEST THINKING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. CURRENT FORECAST REFLECTS THE FASTER 12Z GFS SOLUTION...WHILE THE MESOETA SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE EXISTING SHOWERY PRECIPITATION TO OUR NORTH AND NORTHWEST. MAY SEE SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY BRUSH ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WILL FOLLOW THE MESOETA AND SHIFT FOCUS FURTHER SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING...AND EVEN MENTION THUNDER. THE MESOETA IS ALSO SLOWER TO MOVE THE SCATTERED PRECIPITATION OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST ZONES...SO GRIDS REFLECT A LONGER DURATION. A BETTER DISCUSSION WILL FOLLOW IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. MO...NONE. && DRS
ILZ084-KYZ021-010000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 415 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 2004 ILZ084-KYZ021-051000- JACKSON IL-MUHLENBERG KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARBONDALE 415 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE BIG MUDDY RIVER IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND GREEN RIVER IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE BIG MUDDY RIVER AT MURPHYSBORO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GREEN RIVER AT PARADISE IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TODAY. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE BIG MUDDY RIVER AT MURPHYSBORO SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE MID WEEK. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ILZ075>078-080>083-085>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>020-022-MOZ076- 086-087-100-107>112-114-051000- 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-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY- MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO- 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 AND CAIRO 415 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Big Muddy River occurred, causing some inundation of low-lying woods and fields near the river. At the Murphysboro river gage, the river crested at 16.4 feet on May 5, less than 6 inches above flood stage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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