The center of Tropical Depression Katrina, which was once a powerful hurricane along the Gulf of Mexico coast, moved northward across western Kentucky. The center of the depression passed near Hopkinsville around noon.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
The center of Tropical Depression Katrina, which was once a powerful hurricane along the Gulf of Mexico coast, moved northward across western Kentucky. The center of the depression passed near Hopkinsville around noon. Peak wind gusts were generally around 45 MPH. At Hopkinsville, the peak wind gust was 44 MPH as measured at the Fort Campbell observing station. The strong winds were generally along and southeast of a line from Henderson to Madisonville to Mayfield. An unofficial measurement of a wind gust to 72 MPH was reported along the west shore of Kentucky Lake in Calloway County, however, minor damage in the area was not supportive of such strong winds. A couple of docks were dislodged or damaged along a bay near Jonathan Creek. Elsewhere in Calloway County, the road department responded to 32 reports of roads blocked by trees or limbs. Across the entire area affected by strong winds, scattered trees and limbs were blown down, including some across roads and power lines. A few large trees were uprooted in Christian County, which fell in yards and across roads. No structural damage was reported. In the city of Henderson, several trees fell on city streets. Power outages affected over 10,000 utility customers in western Kentucky. In the Henderson and Owensboro region, 6000 customers were affected. 2500 customers lost power in the Kentucky Lake region, 2000 customers lost power in the Pennyrile region (Madisonville to Hopkinsville), and 800 were affected in the Purchase area (west of Kentucky Lake). Widespread power outages were reported in Princeton and Marion.
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 29, 8:45 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 945 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 .DISCUSSION... WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST THIS EVENING. OUR FORECAST LOOKS TO BE IN LINE WITH THE OFFICIAL HPC TRACK FORECAST WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE 18Z GFS. OVERNIGHT QPF IS ALSO LOOKS REASONABLE WITH RESPECT TO LATEST HPC QPF. WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES BASED ON THE 00Z NAM...WHICH IS SLOWER AND FURTHER WEST WITH THE TRACK OF KATRINA. WILL MAKE SOME MINOR UPDATES TO THE GRIDS AND TABULAR PRODUCTS FOR SHORT TERM T/TD TRENDS...BUT WILL ONLY UPDATE THE ZONES TO CLEAN UP WORDING. DID JUST SWITCH KPAH...KVWX AND KHPX RADARS INTO THE TROPICAL Z-R RELATIONSHIP TO PROVIDE BETTER RAINFALL ESTIMATES WITH THE TROPICAL RAINS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO OUR REGION. THE FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE. AN UPDATED STATEMENT WILL BE OUT WITHIN A HALF HOUR. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL TUE EVENING. MO...NONE. IL...FLOOD WATCH SEIL ALONG/EAST OF I57/I24 UNTIL TUE EVENING. IN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL TUE EVENING. && DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 512 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-301015- 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 512 AM EST MON AUG 29 2005 /512 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE SLOWLY THROUGH TONIGHT AS KATRINA MOVES TOWARD THE QUAD STATE. THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THAT COULD CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY...WHERE STORM TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE. GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF TOTAL STORM RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED WEST OF THE WATCH...ACROSS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS MAINLY ALONG OR EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDOUS WEATHER THREAT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FOR FLOODING REPORTS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
13 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, 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: 5473744, 5473745, 5473746, 5473747, 5473748, 5473749, 5473750, 5473751, 5473752, 5473753, 5473754, 5473755, 5473756.