1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Dec 11, 3:50 AM CST, 9 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 350 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2004 .DISCUSSION... 00Z-06Z MODEL SUGGESTIONS SUGGEST QPF EVENT TO BE DONE BY 12Z...ALTHOUGH WE COULDNT RULE OUT A SPRINKLE OR FLURRY PARTICULARLY IN THE EAST EARLY THIS AM. NEW MESOETA EVEN CLEARS SKIES OUT BY MIDDAY BUT WELL TREND JUST A LITTLE MORE PESSIMISTIC GIVEN THE DEEP TROF AND SLOW REBOUND OF HEIGHTS...THUS HOLDING THE CLEARING OFF OR AT LEAST NOT BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY TIL LATE IN THE DAY OR TONIGHT. AFTER THAT THE FORECAST IS BASICALLY DRY...EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A BASIC PATTERN EVOLUTION THAT ALLOWS A COUPLE OF CLIPPER LIKE SYSTEMS TO PASS THROUGH. HOWEVER IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST MOISTURE/DYNAMICS WITH THESE SYSTEMS WILL STAY TO OUR NORTH AND THEREFORE WE WILL KEEP THE BASICALLY DRY FORECAST. WE WILL BUY INTO THE COOL DOWN SLATED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...ALTHOUGH MAYBE NOT TO THE EXTENT OF GUIDANCE. BUT WE DO MOVE THAT DIRECTION A LITTLE GIVEN THE NEW 00Z MEX SUPPORTS AN UPCOMING SIGNIFICANT COOLDOWN. IN GENERAL WE ARE IN THE VICINITY OF MAV/FWC MOS IN THE NEAR TERM AND BLEND WELL WITH THE MEX IN THE LONG RANGE...THOUGH WE STAY A SHAVE ABOVE THE MIN EXTREMES FOR NOW...AT LEAST TIL A LITTLE MORE MODEL INSISTENCE IS MADE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 413 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-121100- 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- 413 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE GREEN...LOWER OHIO...AND MID MISSISSIPPI RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED FLOODING INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE GREEN...LOWER OHIO...AND MID MISSISSIPPI RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED FLOODING INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Mississippi River occurred below the confluence with the Ohio River. At New Madrid, where flood stage is 34 feet, the river crested at 34.4 feet on the 12th. The flooding primarily affected bottomland fields and a few river access roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, December 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: 5428769.