Winter Weather, Daviess
- When
- January 27, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 27, 2004
On the heels of a significant ice storm on the 25th, about an inch of snow fell early on the 27th. A woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident on the Pennyrile Parkway near Kentucky 425, the Henderson by-pass.
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.
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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.
On the heels of a significant ice storm on the 25th, about an inch of snow fell early on the 27th. A woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident on the Pennyrile Parkway near Kentucky 425, the Henderson by-pass. The woman was headed northbound on the parkway when she lost control on the ice, crossed the median into the southbound lanes, and struck a tractor-trailer rig. Both the north and southbound lanes of the parkway were closed for about 45 minutes. Another head-on collision on a rural secondary road in Henderson County resulted in less serious injuries. Kentucky State Police reported working only a handful of accidents. Schools were cancelled for much of the area. Ice on the runways cancelled morning flights at the Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport.
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 Jan 26, 10:04 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 10:04 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1004 PM CST MON JAN 26 2004 ALL PRODUCTS AND GRIDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN UPDATED. DECIDED TO KEEP THE ENTIRE ADVISORY IN TACT...BUT THE BEST CHANCE FOR 2 INCH AMOUNTS APPEARS TO BE IN THE EVANSVILLE TRI-STATE AREA. THE DRY SLOT WRAPPING AROUND THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW WILL LIKELY KEEP SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE ADVISORY AREA AROUND AN INCH AT BEST. THE WILD CARD IS THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION...BUT THE SHOWERS/TSTMS ARE NOW OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE AREA...AND ARE MOSTLY A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET...THEREFORE HAVING LITTLE IMPACT ON ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SOME OF THE NORTHERNMOST CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS MAY RESULT IN SOME SNOWBURSTS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...THUS A CHANCE EXISTS THERE FOR SOME ISOLATED 2 INCH ACCUMULATIONS. THE EXISTING RADAR/GROUND TRUTH OBSERVATIONS FIT THE 18Z AVN AND 18Z AND 00Z MESOETA FORECAST VERY WELL...SO UPDATED THE FORECAST TO COME INTO LINE WITH THAT SCENARIO. THE MAIN FEATURES ARE A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST...AND A QUICKER END TO THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION. IT APPEARS THAT THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE DONE BEFORE 12Z. SHOWED THE DISSIPATING TREND AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...BUT DID NOT CHANGE THE LINGERING LOW CHANCES OF LIGHT SNOW/FLURRIES IN THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA FOR TOMORROW. 8-BIT REFLECTIVITY SHOWING THE RAIN/SLEET TO SNOW CHANGE LINE VERY WELL. CURRENTLY THE SNOW LINE RUNS ALONG THE WABASH AND OHIO RIVERS DOWN TO NEAR PADUCAH AND THEN SOUTH FROM HERE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH 1000 AM TUESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORGANFIELD TO OWENSBORO. MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH 1000 AM TUESDAY FOR PERRY COUNTY. IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH 1000 AM TUESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MURPHYSBORO TO SHAWNEETOWN. IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH 1000 AM TUESDAY FOR ALL COUNTIES. && DRS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 3:45 PM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 345 PM CST MON JAN 26 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-271100- 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- 345 PM CST MON JAN 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TONIGHT...A RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO HARRISBURG ILLINOIS TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. PLEASE REFER TO OUR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT /SDFWSWPAH/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT ANY REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Henderson
- When
- January 27, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Union
- When
- January 27, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 27, 2004
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 27 to 28, 2004
- Cold in North Dakota, January 27 to 28, 2004
- Cold in Nebraska, January 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 27 to 28, 2004
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 27 to 28, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Oregon, January 27 to 29, 2004
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 27, 2004
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 2004
- Cold in Iowa, January 27, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 27 to 28, 2004
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, January 27, 2004
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5381156, 5381157, 5381158.