2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Jul 5, 2:00 AM CST, 10 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 300 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 .DISCUSSION... 06Z META PEGS UPSTREAM CONVECTION OVER KC MO AND DIVES IT ESE ACROSS PAH FA THIS AM. RADAR MOSAIC ALREADY SHOWS SOME DEVELOPMENT OVER CNTL MO...OUT AHEAD OF AFOREMENTIONED AREA...AND LOWER TROPOSPHERIC DATA REVEALS THETA-E RIDGE LAYING IN WAIT OVERTOP PAH FA. HAVE THEREFORE ADJUSTED POPS/WX TO ACCOUNT FOR BOTH AN ADVECTIVE AM AND DIURNALLY ENHANCED PM POP...BUT CHOSE NOT TO BE OVERLY DETAILED BY PASTING A SLIGHT CHANCE EVERYWHERE. AFTER THAT ITS A LULL...W/PCPN CHANCES DEPARTING NERN PTNS FA LATE TONIGHT-EARLY TOMORROW...THEN RETURNING...NW TO SE...TUE PM AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS PEAK IN POPS TUE NIGHT W/FROPA OCCURRING BY MIDDAY WED. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY PUSHING THE FRONT THRU...AND W/ETA AND GFS NOW STARTING TO COME A LTL MORE IN LINE...HAVE PRETTY MUCH BOUGHT INTO FROPA OVER ALL OF FA SAVE FAR SE BY 18Z WED...DEPARTING SERN MOST PTNS BY END OF DAY WED. AFTER THAT THE FORECAST IS LITTLE CHANGED W/THE MED TO LONG RANGE GFS/MRF VERY CONSISTENT W/ITS PREVIOUS COUPLE RUNS. HAVE THEREFORE ONLY TWEEKED SLIGHTLY PER LATEST DATA. CONTINUE TO FAVOR A META/ETA NEAR TERM SOLUTION...BUT GFS IS VERY CLOSE...AS IS MOST MOS NOS. THEREFORE TEMP FORECAST REFLECTS BIAS TOWARD ETA MOS EARLY...BLENDING INTO GFS BIASED NOS BY MID TO LONG RANGE...WHICH HAS BEEN OUR PERSISTENCE STRATEGY FOR ABOUT A WEEK NOW. NEWEST DATA SUPPORTS CONTINUATION OF HEADLINING HIS AROUND 100 THIS PM. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 349 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-061000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...HERRIN... HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE AND CAIRO 349 AM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE QUAD STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREATS FROM SEVERE STORMS...IF THEY OCCUR...WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM SEVERE STORMS...IF THEY OCCUR...WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN ALERT STATUS IN CASE THEIR ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED EARLY THIS WEEK.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
108 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM TSTM WND GST OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W
07/05/2004 60 MPH DAVIESS KY TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUST ON WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
111 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0105 PM HAIL 6 W OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.23W
07/05/2004 0.88 INCH DAVIESS KY TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR COMMUNITY OF STANLEY.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
120 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0112 PM TSTM WND DMG EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
07/05/2004 VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE AND
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
1240 PM TSTM WND DMG EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
07/05/2004 VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMBEROUS TREES DOWN ON CAMPUS OF UNIVERSITY OF
EVANSVILLE AND MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
122 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 PM TSTM WND DMG EVANSVILLE 38.65N 90.10W
07/05/2004 ST. CLAIR IL TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE AND
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
125 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 PM TSTM WND DMG EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
07/05/2004 VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AT UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE AND
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
130 PM CDT MON JUL 05 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 PM TSTM WND DMG OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W
07/05/2004 DAVIESS KY PUBLIC
SHINGLES TORN OFF OF HOME NEAR INTERSECTION OF TARAMAC
AND IMPERIAL.
&&
SMITTYThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Radar estimated up to 2.5 inches of rain per hour in thunderstorms. Several roadways were flooded in Owensboro, and creeks rose out of their banks.
Radar estimated up to 3 inches of rain fell in an hour during thunderstorms. Flooding was reported in Hopkinsville, with 4 to 6 inches of water across Highway 800.
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, July 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: 5410525, 5410524.