1 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 Aug 31, 12:15 PM CST, 11 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 115 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT MID AND UPPER LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE MEAN 500 MB RIDGE POSITION STAYS OVER THE PLAINS. A FAIRLY STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN STATES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...TEMPORARILY FLATTENING THE RIDGE. THE SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY. A STRONGER SURFACE HIGH WILL THEN BUILD EASTWARD FROM THE PLAINS TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT. TONIGHT...THE BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER THAN LAST NIGHT. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND STILL DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...EXPECT PATCHY GROUND FOG TO AGAIN FORM TOWARD SUNRISE. THIS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE TYPICAL LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE MORE OF A CONCERN TO AVIATION THAN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WITH NEARLY IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING TONIGHT...WILL FORECAST LOWS 1 TO 3 DEGREES BELOW GFS MOS IN MOST PLACES. LOWS SHOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT...WITH SOME UPPER 50S IN THE USUAL COOL SPOTS. THURSDAY...ETA/GFS/NGM ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT...TAKING IT ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AROUND 18Z. THE FLOW IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT WILL BE WEST TO NORTHWEST...LIMITING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND MOISTURE RETURN. STRONG ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL ALSO LIMIT PRECIP POTENTIAL. TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A BROKEN TO OVERCAST MID LEVEL DECK DURING THE DAY...WHICH WOULD KEEP IT A LITTLE COOLER AND MORE STABLE. WILL FORECAST HIGHS A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW GFS MOS. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT...WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY...IN LINE WITH MOS POPS WHICH ARE AROUND 10 PERCENT. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BECOME NEARLY CLOUD FREE AS DEEP LAYER DRYING OCCURS AHEAD OF THE SHARPENING 500 MB RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS. TYPICAL EARLY SEPTEMBER TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PREVAIL...WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS MAINLY AROUND 60 DEGREES. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEVERAL DAYS OF DRY WEATHER ARE ON TAP DURING THIS PERIOD. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION OVER THE WEEKEND...THEN SETTLE IN OVER NY/PA REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. CONSEQUENTLY...WITH A LIGHT EAST/NORTHEAST FLOW SAT/SUN...SHOULD SEE TEMPS A BIT BELOW NORMAL...ESP AT NIGHT. LOOKING TO STAY FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE MEX MOS TEMPS...WHICH GIVES LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60...AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S OVER THE WEEKEND. SHOULD BEGIN TO WARM A BIT NEXT WEEK AS THE HIGH CENTER MOVES FURTHER EAST. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MY LONG TERM...GM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 409 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-010915- 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 409 AM EST WED AUG 31 2005 /409 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUE TO THE RAINFALL RUNOFF FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA...SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A FLOOD WARNING HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GREEN RIVER AT PARADISE. PLEASE REFER TO HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS /SDFRVSPAH/ FOR INFORMATION REGARDING RIVER STAGES AND RIVER CREST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MANY AREA RIVERS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS /SDFRVSPAH/ FOR INFORMATION REGARDING RIVER STAGES AND RIVER CREST INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. JAP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Green River occurred as a result of heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Katrina at the end of August. At the Paradise Fossil Plant, the river crested at 384.31 feet on the 2nd. Flood stage there is 380 feet. There was minor flooding of low-lying wooded bottomlands and fields.
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, September 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: 5474078.