1 flash 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 Jul 9, 1:40 PM CST, 6 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 240 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 .DISCUSSION... BIGGEST FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...MAINLY SATURDAY... MODELS CONTINUE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. H50 WEAKNESS/SHEAR AXIS TO REMAIN SET UP JUST WEST OF THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT WILL RETROGRADE SLOWLY WESTWARD WITH TIME AS THE SERN U.S. H50 HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM EVENTUALLY EXPANDS TO THE WEST AND NORTH. SOOOO...LOOKS LIKE BEST CHC FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY AND EARLY EVENING SAT WITH THE PROXIMITY OF THE H50 SHEAR AXIS. LIMITING FACTOR HERE SEEMS TO FAIRLY DRY BOUNDARY LAYERS. FORECAST LCLS FROM THE NGM ARE AT OR ABOVE 5000 FT SAT AFTERNOON. THUS...WILL UNDERCUT THE AVN/GFS MOS POPS VALUES CONSIDERABLY. IN FACT...MOST MOS 12 HR POP VALUES HAVE BEEN WAY ON THE HIGH SIDE IN CONVECTIVE SITUATIONS DURING RECENT WEEKS. HAVE BEGUN TO LEAN CLOSER TO THE 6 HR POP VALUES IN CONVECTIVE SITUATIONS. UPPER LEVEL HIGH IN SE U.S. WILL BUILD NORTHWEST AND LIMIT CHANCES OF PRECIP SUNDAY AND MONDAY. PRECIP CHANCES WILL EXIST WEST AND NORTH BUT BELIEVE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN DRY. HEAT WILL ALSO BUILD IN WITH DAYTIME HIGHS NUDGING INTO THE LOWER 90S INTO NEXT WEEK. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S...SHOULD SEE HEAT INDICES APPROACHING 100 DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP MUCH OF THE EXTENDED STATUS QUO...UNTIL THURSDAY...WHEN MOST EXTENDED GUIDANCE HINTS AT SOMEWHAT OF A BREAKDOWN OF THE SE U.S. UPPER RIDGE. THIS WOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER FRONT KNOCKING ON THE DOOR...AND AN INCREASE RISK OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && GM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 442 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-101000- 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 442 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DUE TO THE RELATIVELY SLOW STORM MOVEMENT AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEARLY EVERY DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW IN MOST CASES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PRESLEY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 549 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ILZ077-078-083-INZ081-085-086-092345- EDWARDS IL-GIBSON IN-POSEY IN-VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL-WHITE IL- 549 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH GIBSON COUNTY INDIANA AND WABASH COUNTY ILLINOIS THROUGH 630 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE TOSSED ABOUT...IN ADDITION... SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE BROKEN OFF AND WEAKENED TREES MAY FALL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...REMAIN INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING FOR SHELTER. HOOPER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 550 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 MOZ100-107>109-092345- BUTLER MO-CARTER MO-RIPLEY MO-WAYNE MO- 550 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH RIPLEY AND CARTER COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... STRONG WIND GUSTS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS MAY BE TOSSED ABOUT...IN ADDITION... SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE BROKEN OFF AND WEAKENED TREES MAY FALL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...REMAIN INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING FOR SHELTER. HOOPER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Radar estimated rainfall rates around 2 inches per hour in thunderstorms. Water was over a few roadways just southeast of Cadiz and near Cerulean.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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