1 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 Apr 24, 2:00 AM CST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 300 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... 05Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM ITS SURFACE LOW IN SRN PLAINS...DRAPING EWARD ACROSS AR. IR SAT PICS SHOW ACTIVE ONGOING CONVECTION IN WARM SECTOR OVERRUNNING BOUNDARY...AND THIS AREA OF CONVECTION/PCPN AND THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTH ACROSS PAH FA THIS AM. WL TAPER BEST CHANCES FROM WEST (HIGHEST) TO EAST (LEAST). WITH THIS BEING AN OVERRUNNING RAIN AND ONE ONLY MARGINALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THUNDER...INTENSITIES CURRENTLY SEEN ON UPSTREAM 88DS SHOULD DIMINISH AS IT OVERRUNS PAH FA. HOWEVER...SPC EXPANDED SLGT RISK DAY1 AS SOME PM DESTABILIZATION COULD LEAD TO A LITTLE MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR INCOMING COLD FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT. BEYOND SLGT RISK CONCERNS...META HAS BEEN FAIRLY INSISTENT IN PRODUCING ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH FROPA SAT NIGHT...NOT SO MUCH IN AND OF ITSELF...BUT WHEN ADDED TO PREVIOUS 48 HOURS RAINFALL...IT HEIGHTENS CONCERN. WL LET THE AM PCPN EPISODE PLAY OUT AND MONITOR ITS QPF...THEN NEWEST FFG VALUES AND 12Z MODEL DATA...FOR BEST DECISION MAKING ON WHETHER OR NOT TO ISSUE FLOOD WATCH FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. FOR NOW WL STEP THAT DIRECTION WITH INCLUSION OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE IN GRIDS/ZFP AND ON HWO. FRONT DEPARTS FA SUN SO WELL TAPER OFF PCPN CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY...MAINLY IN THE AM. AFTER THAT THE FORECAST IS LITTLE CHANGED...WITH A COOL/DRY POST FRONTAL ENVIRO EARLY IN THE WEEK MODERATING BACK TO NEAR NORMS AND NEXT CHANCES OF PCPN BY WEEKS END. MOS/TEMP STRATEGY WAS TO LEAN TOWARD COOLER NOS IN HIGHEST EXPECTED RAIN AREAS...BUT NOT GO QUITE AS COOL POST FRONTAL BECAUSE RUN-RUN TREND WAS UP A TAD. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. MO...NONE. && HUMPHREY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-251000- 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- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH THIS MORNING...AND MAY PRODUCE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING IS MINIMAL...BUT AFTERNOON DESTABILIZATION WILL YIELD A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IF THEY DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH TONIGHT AND INITIATE ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES WORTH. IT WILL ALSO INTRODUCE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER...ALTHOUGH IT IS STILL A SLIGHT RISK. MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AT A FEW POINTS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT WILL LINGER A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO SUNDAY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING. WITH THE FRONT WILL LINGER A SLIGHT RISK THAT STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AT A FEW POINTS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN ALERT STATUS AS THEIR ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ANY TIME THROUGH SUNDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Green River occurred. At the Paradise Fossil Plant gage, the river crested at 384 feet on the 26th, which was four feet above flood stage. This resulted in minor flooding of fields and woods in the vicinity of the river.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, April 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: 5389549.