Flood, Muhlenberg
- When
- January 3, 8:00 AM CST to January 9, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Kentucky, January 3 to 9, 2004
7 feet on the 6th. Flood stage at Paradise is 380 feet.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 Green River rose above flood stage at TVA's Paradise fossil plant, cresting at 384.7 feet on the 6th. Flood stage at Paradise is 380 feet. This resulted in minor flooding of low-lying fields and other bottomlands.
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 3, 1:58 AM CST, 6 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 1:58 AM CST, 6 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 158 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2004 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT PACKAGE IN DECENT SHAPE. WILL MAKE NO MAJOR CHANGES...ONLY A FEW TWEAKS HERE AND THERE. BIGGEST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE COVERAGE AND TIMING OF THE PRECIP EVENT TODAY AND SUNDAY. LATEST SFC MAPS SHOWED A NE-SW ORIENTED ARCTIC FRONT JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF OUR CWA. COLD HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT BUILDS NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE FRONT APPEARS TO BE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD BUT WITH FLOW ALOFT PARALLEL TO THE FRONT AND NO REAL SOUTHWARD PUSH OF THE COLD AIR...LITTLE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. 00Z MODEL RUNS IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT ON THE MOVEMENT AND SOUTHWARD EXTENT OF THE FRONT. IT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE IT AS FAR SOUTH AS THE OHIO RIVER AND STALL THERE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT AS UPPER ENERGY AND CLOSED SFC LOW APPROACH THE CWA...FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR PRECIP DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT...SO WENT WITH HIGHER POPS (CATEGORICAL) NORTH AND WEST. BY 42 HRS MODELS DIVERGE ON TRACK OF SFC LOW. BASED ON THE SEMI PERMANENT SW FLOW ALOFT...PREFER THE SLIGHTLY MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK OF THE ETA. THIS WILL AFFECT THE CLEARING OF PRECIP AND CLOUDS ON SUNDAY. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET TOO FANCY ON THE ENDING OF THIS EVENT...KEPT LIKELY POPS IN ALL DAY SUNDAY JUST IN CASE THE SLOWER SOLUTION WORKS OUT. DUE TO MODEST INSTABILITY (SHOWALTER INDICES AOB ZERO AND K INDICES AOA 30)...WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF THUNDER FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. ON MONDAY THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ARCTIC AIR FINALLY WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE CWA BRINGING TEMPERATURES BACK TO MORE SEASONAL LEVELS. WILL MAKE NO CHANGES BEYOND MONDAY. USED A FWC/MAV MOS BLEND FOR TEMPERATURES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && JAP
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 4:56 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 456 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-041056- 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- 456 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2004 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS OVERNIGHT MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR HIGH WATER TONIGHT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. JAP
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 3 to 4, 2004
- Flood in Ohio, January 3 to 4, 2004
- High Wind in Washington, January 3, 2004
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 3 to 4, 2004
- Flooding in Indiana, January 3 to 18, 2004
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 3 to 4, 2004
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 3, 2004
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 3 to 4, 2004
- Frost and Freeze in California, January 3 to 6, 2004
- Winter Storm in Montana, January 3 to 4, 2004
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 3, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, January 3, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5381137.