Flood, Posey
- When
- March 9, 12:00 PM CST to March 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Posey forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.022, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, March 9 to 15, 2004
The Ohio River rose above flood stage at Newburgh and Mount Vernon for several days. The flooding was minor, affecting mostly bottomland used for agriculture.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
The Ohio River rose above flood stage at Newburgh and Mount Vernon for several days. The flooding was minor, affecting mostly bottomland used for agriculture. The land was mostly dormant at that time, so crop losses were negligible. At Newburgh, where flood stage is 38 feet, the river crested at 40.96 feet early in the afternoon of the 12th. At Mount Vernon, where flood stage is 35 feet, the river crested at 37.2 feet on the afternoon of the 13th.
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 Mar 9, 3:50 AM CST, 8 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:50 AM CST, 8 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 350 AM CST TUE MAR 9 2004 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT SATELLITE/RADAR TRENDS SHOW MOST OF FA WL BE MOCLOUDY EARLY THIS AM...BUT AS LOW PINWHEELS THRU...CLOUDS SHOULD BEGIN TO BREAK THIS PM...CLEARING THE EAST BY EARLY THIS EVENING. BEST CHC PCPN WL REMAIN IN NRN/ERN MOST PTNS FA...AND LOOKS TO BE NO MORE THAN A CHC EVENT...MAINLY THIS AM. 1000-850MB THICKNESSES AND SURFACE TEMPS SUPPORTIVE OF MENTION OF MIX IN FAR NE...PER UPSTREAM OBS AS WELL. AFTER THE NEAR TERM THE FORECAST HAS CHANGED LITTLE WITH THE NEW 00Z MODEL DATA CLOSELY RESEMBLING PREVIOUS RUNS...USHERING IN ANOTHER CHC PCPN WITH FROPA WED NIGHT. LOWER LEVEL THERMAL PROFILE STILL SUPPORTIVE OF AN ALL LIQUID EVENT WITH ITS PASSAGE. THEN THE END OF THE WEEK IS DRY WITH THE NEXT BEST CHC PCPN NEXT WEEKEND...WHICH COULD END UP BEING PRETTY WET. CURRENT TEMPS ARE WAY ABOVE MOS SO WE HAD TO DO QUITE A BIT OF NEAR TERM ADJUSTING...BUT THIS SHOULD SETTLE DOWN AS LOW PINWHEELS OUT AND CLOUDS BREAK LATE TODAY. BY TONIGHT BOTH FWC/GFS MOS GET A HANDLE ON THE AIR MASS AND ARE PRETTY CLOSE THROUGHOUT...SO WE STAY PRETTY MUCH IN THEIR BALLPARK. NEXT WEEKENDS PCPN CHC AND RESULTANT TEMPS DEPENDS ON SYSTEMS TIMING...SO WE MODERATED MEX SWING FROM ITS PREVIOUS RUN...AND WL WAIT TIL MODELS CAN HONE IN ON IT A LTL BETTER BEFORE WE GO ONE WAY VS THE OTHER. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. MO...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 5:00 AM CST, 7 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CST TUE MAR 9 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-101100- 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- 500 AM CST TUE MAR 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL POINTS ON AREA RIVERS. REFER TO PRODUCTS /SDFFLWPAH/ AND /SDFFLSPAH/ FOR THE LATEST WARNING AND FORECAST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AT SEVERAL POINTS ON AREA RIVERS. REFER TO PRODUCTS /SDFFLWPAH/ AND /SDFFLSPAH/ FOR THE LATEST WARNING AND FORECAST INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Spencer
- When
- March 9, 12:00 PM CST to March 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Spencer forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.014, -87.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Warrick
- When
- March 9, 12:00 PM CST to March 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warrick forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.092, -87.272 (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
- Cold in Illinois, March 9, 2004
- Wildfire and Strong Wind in Georgia, March 9, 2004
- Flooding in Illinois, March 9 to 18, 2004
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 9 to 11, 2004
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 9 to 10, 2004
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 9 to 10, 2004
- Flood in Missouri, March 9 to 10, 2004
- High Wind in Alaska, March 9, 2004
- Flood in Montana, March 9 to 12, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 9, 2004
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, March 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: 5386982, 5386983, 5386984.