2 heavy rain, 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 Aug 25, 2:40 PM CST, 12 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 340 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE WITH PRECIP CHANCES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WILL BE BRIEF DUE TO CURRENT WEATHER SITUATION. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT AS TO THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT VARY ON SHORT WAVE TIMING WITHIN H50 WEST/SOUTHWEST FLOW AND ACTUAL TIMING/AMOUNTS OF PRECIP. FAIRLY POTENT MID LVL SHORT WAVE WILL CROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...COMBINING WITH SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND CONVECTIVE DEBRIS NEAR THE SFC (SEE ONGOING CONVECTION IN MISSOURI) TO BRING SCT TO LIKELY CHCS FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE REGION. LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF THE SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY STAY JUST TO OUR NORTH AND WEST OF OUR FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...AND THEN EXPECT THE STORMS TO BEHAVE A LITTLE BETTER FROM 10 PM OR SO ON...AS SFC INSTABILITY WANES. STILL COULD BE SHOWERS/STORMS WELL INTO THE NIGHT...AS UPPER SUPPORT WILL BE QUITE STRONG. WILL LIKELY SEE A BIT OF A LULL THURSDAY AS WEAK RIDGING IS LIKELY BEHIND THIS INITIAL SHORT WAVE. REALLY CANNOT SEE ANY GOOD REASON TO TIME PRECIP AGAIN UNTIL FRI AFTERNOON...WHEN STORM CHANCES MAY BE A BIT HIGHER OVER OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES AS COLD FRONT INCHES SOUTH TOWARD THAT AREA. MODELS HINTING AT H50 SOUTHEAST U.S. RIDGE ACTUALLY BULGING BACK OVER THE OHIO/TN VALLEYS SAT...SO WILL NOT BRING THE COLD FRONT THROUGH UNTIL SUNDAY...WHEN NEXT DECENT H50 TROF APPROACHES AND HEIGHTS BEGIN TO FALL OFF. SO...WILL TIME THE HIGHEST CHC OF SHOWERS AND STORMS LATER IN THE WEEKEND (SUN/SUN NIGHT) WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. WILL HANG ON TO DRY FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED AS MED RANGE MODELS STILL FORECAST SURFACE HIGH TO TAKE RESIDENCE EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK. .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Brief flooding of several roads occurred. The co-operative observer in Henderson measured 3.42 inches of rain.
An early morning storm dumped 2.77 inches of rain on Owensboro, causing street flooding. One car stalled out in floodwater. Except for two streets with a long history of drainage problems, all of the flooding receded by mid-afternoon.
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, August 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: 5415426, 5415427.