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 20, 8:57 AM CST, 6 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...DELAYED TRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 857 AM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT RADAR SHOWING WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH POTENTIAL FOR UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER SRN ILLINOIS. CURRENT CONVECTION FIRING IN VICINITY OF SURFACE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY..POOLING UPPER 50/LOWER 60 DEWPOINTS ACROSS SWRN IL/SERN MO THIS AM. GOES SOUNDER IMAGES ALSO HINTING THAT THIS AREA HAS LIFTED INDEXES OF -2 TO -3...AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1 TO 1.2 INCHES. THUS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN A POSSIBILITY. 00Z UPPER AIR CHARTS SHOWED MINOR SW-NE ORIENTED MOISTURE AXIS AT 925 MB. A WEAK VORT CENTER DEPICTED ON 50H CHART OF CENTRAL MO HELPED TO ISENTROPICALLY LIFT HIGH STRATUS DECK OVER SERN MO/WRN IL/WRN KY THIS MORNING AND AIDED IN DEVELOPING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND ELEVATED WARM FRONT ALONG THE EASTERN END OF OUR CWA. CONVECTION FIRED TO THE EAST AROUND 8Z AND WEAKENED AS IT MOVED EAST. THE EASTERN LIMB OF DEEPER/LONGER AXIS OF MOISTURE WAS NOTED FROM WRN MO TO MI OVERNIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE EWD TODAY. RUC/AVN GUIDANCE APPEARS TO BE DOING FAIRLY WELL WITH TIMING OF PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION...AND HIGHER MOISTURE INFLUX INTO SERN MO/SERN IL. KEPT GENERAL TRANSITION OF CONVECTION FROM NW TO SE TODAY PER YESTERDAYS GRIDDED FORECAST...CLEARING OUT ANY PCPN OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THIS EVENING. MINOR TIMING CHANGES WERE MADE TO HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK TO ACCOMODATE FOR EARLIER ONSET OF SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL TODAY. OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGE TO TEMPERATURE FORECAST TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...EXCEPT FOR TIMING OF MAX TEMPS TODAY. ENSEMBLE MEAN HEIGHTS/QPF/RH STILL SUGGEST A SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON THU AS SURFACE RIDGE MOVES EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. ALTHOUGH LOWERED DURING FRIDAYS FORECAST...KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN PLACE FOR WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE REGION. .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. MO...NONE. && SMITH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 130 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-211100- 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- 130 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTS OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO PRINCETON INDIANA. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PROGRESSING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ELEMENTS WITHIN THIS LINE MAY STILL BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. THE GREATEST RISK AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY. NEARLY ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD EXIT THE QUAD STATE REGION BETWEEN 5 PM AND 9 PM...ENDING ANY FURTHER THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RJP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
105 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM HAIL 4 N CADIZ 36.93N 87.82W
03/20/2004 0.75 INCH TRIGG KY PUBLIC
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WIELGOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
127 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM HAIL 5 SW NEELYVILLE 36.51N 90.57W
03/20/2004 0.88 INCH BUTLER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
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WIELGOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
225 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM HAIL ALTO PASS 37.57N 89.32W
03/20/2004 0.88 INCH UNION IL TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH SOME PIECES DIME TO NICKEL
SIZE.
0211 PM HAIL CARRIERS MILLS 37.69N 88.63W
03/20/2004 0.88 INCH SALINE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
0214 PM HAIL 5 SE MARBLE HILL 37.25N 89.92W
03/20/2004 0.75 INCH BOLLINGER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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WIELGOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
303 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0259 PM HAIL HAZEL 36.51N 88.33W
03/20/2004 0.88 INCH CALLOWAY KY EMERGENCY MNGR
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WIELGOSKYZ009-012-202120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 307 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004 ...HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE POSSIBLE OVER THE KENTUCKY LAKES AREA... AROUND 300 PM...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE NEAR THE TOWN OF HAZEL IN CALLOWAY COUNTY KENTUCKY. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THIS HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH ACROSS EASTERN CALLOWAY AND SOUTHERN TRIGG COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS LINE OF STORMS MOVES ACROSS THE TOWNS OF NEW CONCORD...HAMLIN...AND LINTON. RJP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
313 PM CST SAT MAR 20 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM HAIL POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W
03/20/2004 1.75 INCH BUTLER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN POPLAR BLUFF.
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WIELGOSThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall. Water was over U.S. Highway 62 at Boonville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, March 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: 5386997.