1 heavy rain, 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 Mar 4, 3:10 AM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 310 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST QUESTIONS ARE PRECIP CHANCES TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AND FLOOD POTENTIAL. LOOKING AT CURRENT RADAR DATA...GFS CURRENTLY HAS A LITTLE BETTER ORIENTATION/QPF BULLSEYE AREAS THAN THE ETA AND MESOETA. OVERALL...ALL 3 MODELS STILL HAVE SAME BASIC PRECIP TIMING/PLACEMENT AS THEY HAVE HAD THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH HIGHEST QPF AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHWEST HALF OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA. STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES THROUGH 0830Z SHOWED ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.0 INCHES ACROSS OUR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. WILL CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH ALREADY GOING FOR TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. WILL SEE A BIT OF A LULL IN THE ACTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY AS WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OF THE PAH FA...SO WILL TWEAK BACK POPS FOR THESE AREAS. FOR TONIGHT...SPC HAS ALL BUT EASTERN MOST COUNTIES IN A SLIGHT RISK AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PAH FA OVERNIGHT...SO WILL MAY MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO GOING POPS TO BETTER REFLECT OVERNIGHT WEST TO EAST TRENDS. GRADIENT TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY TIGHTENS QUITE A BIT...SO GOING WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LOOK ON TRACK. ON FRIDAY...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS. ALL THREE MODELS PAINT MINIMAL IF ANY QPF ACROSS THE AREA WITH ITS PASSAGE...BUT WILL CONTINUE LOW CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE DAY. ALL 3 MODELS...ESPECIALLY MESOETA...THEN SHOW MINOR QPF ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FA FRIDAY EVENING...SO WILL INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FRIDAY EVENING FOR THESE AREAS. MODELS ARE SHOWING LINGERING MOISTURE BEHIND THE FRONT...SO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES FRIDAY NIGHT THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY ON SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD. GFS CONTINUES TO BRING A DISTURBANCE JUST NORTH OF OUR REGION LATE SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY. THIS RUN KEEPS ANY QPF JUST NORTH OF AREA...WHICH IS A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH THAN LAST NIGHTS RUN...AND ETA KEEPS THIS DISTURBANCE WELL NORTH OF US..BUT WILL KEEP THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR NORTHERN AREAS FOR NOW. WILL MAKE MINOR IF ANY CHANGES TO WEATHER BEYOND SUNDAY...MAINLY JUST INCREASING CLOUDS MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. AS FOR TEMPS...FOR TODAY WILL GO A BIT BELOW GUIDANCE FOR NORTHERN AREAS WHERE MORE RAIN AND CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED...AND GO NEAR SLIGHTLY COOLER FWC GUIDANCE FOR SOUTHERN HALF OF AREA. WILL UP GOING TEMPS FOR TONIGHT CLOSE TO FWC/MAV GUIDANCE AS WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE FA AND SOUTHERLY WINDS REALLY PICK UP. GOING HIGHS FOR FRIDAY AND LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT LOOK REASONABLE AND ARE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF A MAV/FWC COMPROMISE...SO WILL ONLY NEED TO MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. IN THE EXTENDED...WILL TWEAK BACK TEMPS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND UP TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREE FOR SUNDAY A LITTLE CLOSER TO LATEST MEX GUIDANCE. NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED BEYOND SUNDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM CST ALONG AND NORTH OF A CAIRO TO HARRISBURG TO SHAWNEETOWN LINE. IN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM ALONG AND NORTH OF A MOUNT VERNON TO BOONVILLE LINE. KY...NONE. MO...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM ALONG AND NORTH OF A DONIPHAN TO SIKESTON LINE. && RST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ILZ075>078-080>089-092-093-INZ081-082-085>087-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>111-051100- ALEXANDER IL-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARTER MO- EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-HAMILTON IL-JACKSON IL- JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN-POSEY IN- PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO-UNION IL- VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- 500 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THERE WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...REFER TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRODUCT /SDFFFAPAH/. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ILZ090-091-094-INZ088-KYZ001>022-MOZ112-114-051100- BALLARD KY-CALDWELL KY-CALLOWAY KY-CARLISLE KY-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-FULTON KY-GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL- MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO- POPE IL-SPENCER IN-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-WEBSTER KY- 500 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A MURRAY KENTUCKY...TO DIXON...TO PETERSBURG INDIANA LINE. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. RST
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain during the first few days of March, caused by a slow-moving front, resulted in rises in creeks and even some flooding of lesser travelled roads. A section of Route PP in Bollinger County was closed because of high water for about a day.
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, March 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: 5386998.