3 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 Aug 30, 1:23 AM CST, 7 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 223 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005 .DISCUSSION... BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH THIS PACKAGE WILL BE DEALING WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. GFS HAS APPARENTLY HAD THE BEST HANDLE ON THE TRACK...STRENGTH...ETC OF KATRINA...HOWEVER LATEST WATER VAPOR SAT PIX SHOWING CIRCULATION CENTER STARTING TO RECURVE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AND LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE BORDERS OF TN...AL...AND MS...NEAR SAVANNAH TN WHICH IS 75 TO 100 MILES FURTHER NORTHEAST THAN THE GFS FORECAST IT TO BE AT 06Z...CONSEQUENTLY TIMING AND DURATION OF THE HEAVY PRECIP WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED. HAVE DIVIDED THE FIRST PERIOD IN HALF. CONTINUED TO HIT THE POPS...WX...QPF HARD THIS MORNING...BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE HIGHEST POPS WILL LINGER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE DEFORMATION ZONE OVER THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE CWA. EXCEPT FOR THAT AREA...WILL DROP POPS TO CHC CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON IN AREAS THAT WERE CATEGORICAL OR LIKELY THIS MORNING. PRECIP WILL END TONIGHT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AS KATRINA QUICKLY MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. A WEAK COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO CROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY...BUT DUE TO LACK OF MOISTURE...NO PRECIP IS FORECAST WITH ITS PASSAGE. NO OTHER POPS AT THIS TIME BEYOND 2ND PERIOD (TONIGHT). WILL MAKE NO CHANGES BEYOND 5TH PERIOD. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6PM CDT. MO...NONE. IL...FLOOD WATCH SE IL ALONG/EAST OF I57/I24 UNTIL 6 PM CDT. IN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6PM CDT. && JAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 414 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-310915- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO...HERRIN...HARRISBURG... SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN... CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG... POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN... CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND... BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...JACKSON...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN... DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 414 AM EST TUE AUG 30 2005 /414 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS MORNING AS THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA MOVE CLOSER TO THE QUAD STATE. THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TODAY THAT WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECENTLY HAD HEAVY RAINFALL. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 619 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ILZ077-078-083-086-087-090-091-094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022- 301400- BALLARD KY-CALDWELL KY-CALLOWAY KY-CARLISLE KY-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FULTON KY-GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN- GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY-HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-LIVINGSTON KY- LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-MUHLENBERG KY- PIKE IN-POPE IL-POSEY IN-SALINE IL-SPENCER IN-TODD KY-TRIGG KY- UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- 619 AM CDT (619 AM EST) TUE AUG 30 2005 ...STRONG WINDS CAUSING DAMAGE TO TREES IN SOME AREAS... THE COMBINATION OF SATURATED GROUND AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH HAS CAUSED A FEW TREES AROUND THE AREA TO BE BLOWN DOWN EARLY THIS MORNING. AS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...THIS WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN OTHER LOCALES BEFORE THE WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS THREAT WILL BE GREATEST IN AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ALBION ILLINOIS TO FULTON KENTUCKY. JAP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
About five inches of water was on Main Street, and a few other side streets had water over them.
Several inches of water was over State Highway 165 in a low-lying area. Heavy rainfall was the result of the remnants of Katrina.
Several roads were closed at flood-prone locations because of flooding. Rainfall for the day was about 3 inches at the airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, August 2005
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: 5472888, 5472886, 5472887.