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 Feb 6, 3:45 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 345 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2004 .DISCUSSION... MINOR FORECAST CONCERNS IN THROUGH SAT ARE WITH CHANCES/AMOUNTS OF LIGHT WINTER PRECIP. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE PATTERNS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. FAIRLY STRONG SHORT WAVE DIGGING IN ON THE WEST SIDE OF H50 LONGWAVE TROF OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS MORNING WILL HELP TO EJECT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM EASTWARD ONCE IT ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROF THIS AFTERNOON. THOUGH UPPER SYSTEM SEEMS FAIRLY STRONG...LACK OF OVERALL MOISTURE IS LIMITING FACTOR WITH THIS SYSTEM. ETA PROGGED SOUNDINGS INDICATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASING AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROF THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MOISTURE IS LIMITED TO BELOW 700 MB IN TEMPS NOT VERY SUITABLE (A BIT TOO WARM) FOR ICE CRYSTAL NUCLEATION. THEREFORE...WILL INTRODUCE CHANCE OF DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON MOST AREAS EVEN THOUGH THE ENTIRE AIR COLUMN (EXCEPT RIGHT AT THE SURFACE) WILL BE BELOW FREEZING. COULD BE SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY NORTH/WEST...WHERE AFTERNOON SURFACE TEMPS COULD BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING. MOISTURE THEN DEEPENS SOMEWHAT TONIGHT...AND TEMPS IN THE CLOUD BEARING LAYER FALL BELOW -10C. THIS WILL BRING BETTER CHC OF ICE CRYSTALS AND LIGHT SNOW. THOUGH CHANCES ARE PRETTY GOOD OF SEEING LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT/SAT MORNING...OVERALL AMOUNTS LOOK LIKE LESS THAN AN INCH EVEN IN MOISTURE FAVORED AREAS OF IL AND SW INDIANA. ON SATURDAY...SECOND SHORT WAVE DIVES SOUTHEAST ON THE HEELS OF THE FIRST SHORT WAVE...BUT THE DEEPEST MOISTURE SHOULD PASS TO THE NORTH/EAST OF OUR AREA. STILL WILL BE ENOUGH TO MENTION SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. CHILLY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IF SKIES CLEAR SAT NIGHT AND WINDS DIE OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT AS EXPECTED...WILL LIKELY SEE TEMPS DOWN INTO THE TEENS MOST AREAS. MAY EVEN BE COLDER IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW EARLY THIS WEEKEND. NO MAJOR PLANS TO CHANGE MUCH IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY ON MOVEMENT OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY TO MAKE MUCH OF A CHANGE AT THIS TIME. IF CURRENT GFS MODEL IS CLOSE TO REALITY...MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIP WOULD PASS US BY TO THE SOUTH. WILL SPLIT ANY MINOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MOS TEMP GUIDANCE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT WILL LEAN TOWARD THE COOLER MAV NUMBERS SUNDAY NIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR AND HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD. && .PAH...NONE. && MEFFERT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 446 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-071100- 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- 446 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THOUGH PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY LIGHT...SOME ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY...AND THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR TO BE MINOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Green River rose above flood stage at the Paradise plant near Central City. The flooding was minor, with a crest about 5 feet above flood stage on the 10th. Bottomland and surrounding low-lying areas were affected, including dormant farmland.
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, February 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: 5383715.